2011 October 06 « nuclear-news

Israel a nuclear threat to Middle East

Turkey claims Israel nuclear threat, Sky News, October 6, 2011 Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has branded Israel as a ‘threat’ to its region, accusing it of owning nuclear weapons.

‘I right now see Israel as a threat for its region, because it has the atomic bomb,’ Erdogan said in a foreign policy speech during an official visit to South Africa. Israel has never officially admitting to possessing nuclear weapons, but is widely believed to be the only Middle East country to have them….. http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=669810&vId=

October 6, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Ukraine’s new nuclear waste storage facility

Ukraine begins construction of new nuclear waste storage, Google News, 6 Oct 11 KIEV — Ukraine launched construction of a new facility Wednesday to stockpile industrial nuclear waste in the contaminated zone around its Chernobyl plant, site of the worst nuclear accident of the last 25 years. Continue reading →

October 6, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Ukraine, wastes | Leave a comment

Radiation mishap at Belgian nuclear waste facility

UN agency reports Belgian nuclear mishap, 3 people contaminated ,Washington Post, By Associated Press, October 5 VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear agency says three people were exposed to radiation and had to undergo decontamination after a mishap at a Belgian waste facility.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says no radioactivity has been released into the environment through the incident at the Belgoprocess nuclear waste processing facility in Dessel, Belgium…… http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/un-agency-reports-belgian-nuclear-mishap-3-people-contaminated/2011/10/05/gIQA3yAYNL_story.html

October 6, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, incidents | Leave a comment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission report on dangers of spent fuel pools

Nuclear agency urged to review spent fuel pools,Forbes, By MATTHEW DALY , 10.05.11, WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should take immediate steps to improve the safety of pools containing radioactive waste stored at U.S. nuclear plants, an internal report released Wednesday said.

The report by NRC staff elevates the importance of spent-fuel pools, saying current regulations do not require instruments measuring water levels to be operable in case of accident. Water levels at spent-fuel pools were a key issue after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear plant in Japan…..

The report also recommended immediate reviews of seismic and flooding risks at the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors. Those risks have come under greater scrutiny in the wake of the Japan crisis and the East Coast earthquake in August, which caused the ground to shake much more than a Virginia nuclear plant near the quake’s epicenter was designed to withstand….

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/05/general-us-japan-nuclear-safety_8719035.html

October 6, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | Leave a comment

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