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Monju nuclear reprocessing plant – black smoke and fire alarm

fast-breeder-MonjuFire at Japan’s Monju nuclear reprocessing plant? May 3, 2013 NHK: Black smoke at Japan nuclear plant — Fire alarm sounds after test http://enenews.com/nhk-black-smoke-at-japan-nuclear-plant-fire-alarm-sounds-after-testTitle: Black Smoke Detected From Nuclear Reactor ‘Monju’ During Test Operations | 

Source: RocketNews24 via NHK
Author: Andrew Miller
Date: May 1, 2013

Black Smoke Detected From Nuclear Reactor ‘Monju’ During Test Operations

It as been reported that engineers at Japan’s fast breeder reactor plant Monju made a mistake during testing of the plant’s emergency power generator, which subsequently resulted in the release of black smoke and the ringing of the plant’s fire alarm. […]

JAERI [Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute] reported this latest incident to the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority, claiming that the conduct of the staff at the plant is clearly in breach of security regulations. It also made the following statement:

“In order to prevent a recurrence of the same problems, it is necessary to pay meticulous attention to the way in which personnel at the plant carry out their work.”
Full report here

May 3, 2013 Posted by | incidents, Japan | Leave a comment

Fire on UK nuclear submarine

HMS Torbay nuclear submarine evacuated, BBC News Devon 25 April 13 A nuclear submarine in Devonport dockyard had to be evacuated after a fire broke out while maintenance work was being carried out.About 55 people had to leave when the fire broke out as welding was being done on the outside of the Trafalgar class submarine, said the Royal Navy.The “small fire” among protective blankets was put out within five minutes by a fire crew, it said.The Royal Navy said no-one was injured and an investigation would take place. It added the submarine had not been damaged…. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22302965

April 26, 2013 Posted by | incidents, UK | Leave a comment

New York Symposium will hear the story of radiation contaminated US Navy men

text ionisingThe Story of Two Contaminated Navy Navigators,Fukushima and the Health Effects of Low Dose Radiation MARCH 06, 2013http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/06/fukushima-and-the-health-effects-of-low-dose-radiation/ by JOHN LaFORGE   March 11 and 12, the Helen Caldicott Foundation is convening a symposium at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City, “The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.”

Media attention may be brought to the gathering because of two US Navy navigators who will speak about their radioactive contamination while aboard the air craft carrier USS Reagan. They weren’t exposed by working around the carriers’ two Westinghouse propulsion reactors.

Navigators Maruice Enis, from Rochester, Minnesota, and Jamie Plym, from St. Agustine, Florida, were contaminated when Tokyo Electric Power Company reactors released unprecedented amounts of radiation to the air and the sea following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami beginning March 11, 2011. Four of Tepco’s six Fukushima-Daiichi reactors were wrecked. Continue reading →

March 7, 2013 Posted by | incidents, Japan | Leave a comment

Iran nuclear explosion Jan 21 – radiation now leaking

eyes-surprisedRADIATION LEAKING FROM IRAN’S NUKE EXPLOSION, WND, by REZA KAHLILI, 25 FEB 13, Islamic regime fears poisonous fallout clouds could hit cities Radiation is leaking from Iran’s nuclear facility at Fordow, which suffered devastating explosions on Jan. 21, WND has learned, and the regime has ordered millions of antidote iodine pills from Russia and Ukraine amid fears the radioactivity will spread.

flag-IranMany of the personnel, who arrived after the explosion to assist with the cleanup at the site, have been taken to a military hospital suffering from headache, nausea and vomiting, according to a source in the security forces protecting Fordow.

A special team of nuclear experts was ordered to the site days ago, the source said, and detected high levels of radiation. The number of confirmed dead from the explosions has risen to 76, said the source, who provided exclusively to WND the names of 14 Iranian scientists and one North Korean who died in the blasts.

Security forces have arrested 17 high-ranking officers, including majors and colonels, over the incident and summarily executed Maj. Ali Montazernia, a member of the security forces in charge at Fordow.

The Islamic regime has put up a wall of silence surrounding the explosions, but with the possibility of radioactive fallout creating grave health and environmental disasters in the nearby holy city of Qom and other surrounding cities, it may not be able to maintain the secret, the source suggested. Continue reading →

February 25, 2013 Posted by | incidents, Iran | 3 Comments

UK nuclear submarine leaked radiation in Scottish waters

Radiation leak on nuclear sub off Scots coast Express UK ,  February 17, 2013 BRITAIN’S?nuclear?fleet?suffered?a?dangerous setback after a submarine was docked for emergency repairs following a radiation leak off Scotland. By: Marco Giannangeli HMS Tireless was taking part in a training exercise for new officers off the west coast 10 days ago when a problem developed in its ageing 30-year-old reactor system. Continue reading →

February 21, 2013 Posted by | incidents, UK | Leave a comment

Curiouser and curiouser- it’s now assumed that there was no explosion at Iran nuclear site

man-puzzledThe IAEA Says It Has Inspectors At Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site And flag-IranThere Has Been No Explosionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/massive-explosion-reported-at-irans-fordow-nuclear-facility-2013-1 Robert Johnson | Jan. 30, 2013,Conflicting reports of a recent explosion at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility appear to have been put to rest.

 (This is an updated post)

Reza Kahlili originally reported for WND on the “blast”: “The blast shook facilities within a radius of three miles. Security forces have enforced a no-traffic radius of 15 miles, and the Tehran- Qom highway was shut down for several hours after the blast.”

Kahlili’s report said the Fordo nuclear facility was severely damaged in an explosion and up to 240 workers trapped inside.

Jay Carney then told reporters in a press conference, that the White House had no information on the report: “We [the U.S.] have no information to confirm the allegations in the report and we do not believe the report is credible. We don’t believe those are credible reports.”

Iran’s official news agency, said the same thing, with the IRNA, promptly denying the explosion, claiming the news was simply the result of the Western media-fueled “propoganda machine.”

That might have ended the story there, but The Times of London’s Israel correspondent Sheera Frenkel also confirmed the incident through her own independent sources: Continue reading →

February 1, 2013 Posted by | incidents, Iran | Leave a comment

Times of London says there was explosion at Iran nuclear site

questionTop British Paper: Massive explosion believed to have damaged nuclear facility in Iran -Sources http://enenews.com/top-uk-paper-massive-explosion-believed-damaged-nuclear-facility-iran-sources
 January 28th, 2013 
 Title: ‘Blast’ at Iranian nuclear facility
Source: The Times of London* (via The Australian)
Author: Sheera Frenkel
Date: January 29, 2013  
h/t pcjensen
A MASSIVE explosion is believed to have damaged Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, which is being used to enrich uranium, Israeli intelligence officials say.

Sources in Tel Aviv said yesterday they thought the explosion happened last week. The Israeli government is investigating reports that it led to extensive structural damage and that 200 workers had been trapped inside.

Israel believes the Iranians have not evacuated the surrounding area. It is unclear whether that is because no harmful substances have been released, or because Tehran is trying to avoid sparking panic among residents. […]

One Israeli official said: “We are still in the preliminary stages of understanding what happened and how significant it is.” He did not know, he added, whether the explosion was “sabotage or accident”, and refused to comment on reports Israeli aircraft were seen near the facility at the time of the explosion. […]

*Wikipedia: By June 2012 The Times’ average daily circulation had fallen to 400,120 copies, compared to The Daily Telegraph’s 573,674, with the two retaining respectively the second-highest and highest circulations among British “quality” newspapers.
More Reports:

See also: Report of huge explosion at nuclear facility in Iran — Major news networks dismiss claim

January 31, 2013 Posted by | incidents, Iran | Leave a comment

International Atomic Energy Agency says “no explosion at Iran nuclear site”

questionIAEA says no indications of blast at Iran nuclear site, SMH, 31 Jan 13,  The UN atomic agency said on Wednesday that it had no indications that an explosion took place at an Iranian nuclear facility, as reported by Israeli and US media.

“We understand that Iran has denied that there has been an incident at Fordo. This is consistent with our observations,” said Gill Tudor, spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The reports cited the conservative American news website WND, which said an explosion at the Fordo facility on January 21 had caused major damage and trapped workers.

Iran denied any such blast took place, with a senior lawmaker calling the rumours “Western propaganda” aimed at influencing upcoming talks with world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme…….http://www.smh.com.au/world/iaea-says-no-indications-of-blast-at-iran-nuclear-site-20130130-2dle8.html#ixzz2JbPAQz5z

January 31, 2013 Posted by | incidents, Iran | Leave a comment

Incident at Hanford nuclear site meeting

Paper: Engineer files police report after incident at nuclear site — Says she was grabbed, physically prevented from leaving meeting http://enenews.com/paper-engineer-files-police-report-after-incident-at-nuclear-facility-says-she-was-grabbed-physically-prevented-from-leaving-meeting
  January 9th, 2013 
 Title: DOE engineer files police report alleging incident at meeting
Source: Tri-City Herald
Author: By Annette Cary
Date: January 9, 2013
A Department of Energy engineer has filed a police report alleging she was physically prevented from leaving a Hanford meeting in December.

[…] The confrontation reportedly happened between two DOE employees and involved a disagreement about how much money should be paid to Bechtel National, which is building the Hanford vitrification plant.

The woman reported that as she tried to leave the meeting someone grabbed her arm to keep her from walking out, said Capt. Mike Cobb of the Richland police. […]

“The Department of Energy will not tolerate harassment, intimidation or other inappropriate behavior from its employees,” DOE said in a statement when asked about the police report. “Any and all allegations will be investigated promptly and thoroughly.” […]
See also: Battle over Bechtel clean-up at Hanford escalating after police reports filed -Enformable

January 11, 2013 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Gun toting nuclear plant operator disappears

Nuclear plant operator accused in carjacking vanishes By Clifford
 Tribune
 January 10, 2013
“……..Prosecutors seek to hold trial in absentiaAuthorities
wondered why a well-paid nuclear plant operator might steal a
12-year-old car at gunpoint. But an even more pressing question arose
when Buhrman disappeared after posting bond. A GPS device that had
been attached to his leg was found Sept. 28 in his deserted Coal City
house, its strap sliced in half, authorities said. Continue reading →

January 11, 2013 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

“Unusual event” – fire emergency at Texas nuclear plant

ABC 13: Fire erupts at U.S. nuclear plant in Texas, emergency declared http://enenews.com/abc-13-fire-erupts-at-u-s-nuclear-power-plant-in-texas-emergency-declared
  January 9th, 2013 
Title: Fire closes part of nuclear plant; no one injured
Source: Victoria Advocate
Author: Caty Hirst
Date: January 8, 2013 
[…] “The good news is no one was injured,” said South Texas Project spokesman Buddy Eller. […]

The fire, in Unit 2 of STP Generating Station near Bay City, was declared an “unusual event,” the lowest level of emergency classification, according to a company news release. […]

The cause of the fire is under investigation […]

See also: Fire strikes South Texas Project nuclear power plant transformer -AP

 

January 10, 2013 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Nuclear sub officer’s widow collects posthumous George Medal, BBC News 16 Nov 12 The widow of a navy officer who prevented a massacre on a nuclear submarine, has received his posthumous bravery award from the Queen.

Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux died while tackling Able Seaman Ryan Donovan as he opened fire on HMS Astute, which was docked in Southampton on April 2011.

He was awarded the George Medal, one of the highest accolades for bravery…… Donovan was jailed for at least 25 years in September 2011 for murdering Lt Cdr Molyneux and attempting to murder Lt Cdr Christopher Hodge, Petty Officer Christopher Brown, and Chief Petty Officer David McCoy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20364041

November 17, 2012 Posted by | incidents | Leave a comment

Guilty plea for arson at nuclear submarine

Ex-worker pleads guilty in $450M nuclear-sub fire David Sharp, Philly.com.  Associated Press , November 9, 2012,  PORTLAND, Maine – A former shipyard worker who set a fire that caused about $450 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine pleaded guilty Thursday under an agreement that could send him to prison for nearly 20 years…..
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20121109_Ex-worker_pleads_guilty_in__450M_nuclear-sub_fire.html

November 10, 2012 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Computer problem causes nuclear reactor shut-down

Pa. nuclear reactor shut down after computer system problem discovered, The Republic, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS November 09, 2012   BERWICK, Pa. — One of two reactors at a northeastern Pennsylvania nuclear plant was shut down Friday morning after a problem with the computer system that controls its level of water, power company officials said.

The Unit 2 reactor at PPL’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant was manually shut down by operators after operators began receiving “invalid data” on a screen, company spokesman Joe Scopelliti said….. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9b8f86ecd78f4764b1095c5902c4addc/PA–Reactor-Shutdown

November 10, 2012 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Increase in UK nuclear transport accidents

Sharp rise in nuclear transport accidents , 3 Oct 12, http://www.robedwards.com/2012/09/sharp-rise-in-nuclear-transport-accidents.html from Sunday Herald, 30 September 2012 The number of accidents transporting radioactive materials has risen sharply, prompting fears for public safety.

According to a new report from the UK government’s Health Protection Agency (HPA), there were 38 incidents reported in 2011, up from 30 in 2010. This is the second highest in the last six years, which have seen a total of 195 mishaps (see table below). Continue reading →

October 4, 2012 Posted by | incidents, UK | Leave a comment

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