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Russia finally submerges burning nuclear submarine

Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze (Reuters), 31 Dec 11 – Russia said it had won the battle with a raging blaze aboard a nuclear submarine on Friday by submerging the stricken vessel at a navy shipyard after hours of dousing the flames with water from helicopters and tug boats. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/29/us-russia-submarine-fire-idUSTRE7BS0MJ20111229

December 31, 2011 Posted by | incidents, Russia | Leave a comment

Huge fire on Russian nuclear submarine

Massive fire enguls Russian nuclear sub, 9 News, 30 Dec 11 Fire engulfed one of Russia’s biggest nuclear submarines while it was being repaired Thursday, sending flames and smoke billowing into the sky, but officials said all weapons had been removed and no radiation leak
was reported.

Emergency workers launched a massive operation to douse the flames after the blaze broke out on the 11,740-tonne Yekaterinburg while it was docked in the the northern Murmansk region near Russia’s border with Norway…… http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8396466/massive-fire-enguls-russian-nuclear-sub

December 30, 2011 Posted by | incidents, Russia | Leave a comment

Another safety problem shuts down Pilgrim nuclear power plant

Pilgrim nuclear plant shut down because of safety relief valve leak By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Boston Globe , 27 Dec 11 The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth was shut down early this morning because of a leak detected in one of four safety relief valve systems. The steam leak was slightly radioactive and contained inside the plant. It posed no threat to the public or to plant workers, according to a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission….. Last spring, safety issues and an emergency shutdown at Pilgrim occurred. In November, the NRC officially required a yearlong review of safety procedures because of the problems, which occurred as control room operators as were restarting the reactor after it had been refueled.  …. http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/12/pilgrim-nuclear-plant-shut-down-because-safety-relief-valve-leak/iGrt6XDLKSsJAem1djJ3aJ/index.html

December 28, 2011 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Nuclear ballistic missile submarine almost hit cargo vessel

Nuclear sub narrowly avoided collision in Strait of Juan de Fuca, newspaper reports By Tom Callis, 25 Dec 1 Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — A nuclear-powered submarine narrowly avoided colliding with a cargo ship in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in October, according to the Navy Times.

The newspaper reported Wednesday that the USS Kentucky, a ballistic-missile sub based at Bangor, was traveling at periscope depth when it came within 900 yards of a 839-foot-long cargo ship on Oct. 12. The officer of the deck had failed to check for other vessels while
making a course change, the Navy Times said. Both ships turned to avoid colliding…

…The newspaper did not say where in the Strait the incident occurred. In an email, a Navy spokesman declined to provide the location or additional information, adding “it is U.S. Navy policy not to discuss specific submarine operations.”

Coast Guard spokespeople could not be reached for comment Saturday. Nosse was relieved of his position in October after the incident and reassigned to Submarine Group 9, the newspaper said……. The newspaper said the control room had a made series of accumulating
errors, including confusing the inbound cargo ship as an outgoing vessel, and the commanding officer, concerned about a trawler, ordering a change of course but not saying in which direction…..  http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20111225/news/312259992/nuclear-sub-narrowly-avoided-collision-in-strait-of-juan-de-fuca

December 26, 2011 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Radioactive spill adds to the problems of Point Lepreau nuclear power plan

Radioactive water spilled at Point Lepreau nuclear power plant in New Brunswick The Canadian Press  12/13/2011 LEPREAU, N.B. – Radioactive heavy water spilled Tuesday evening at the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant in New Brunswick.
Kathleen Duguay, a spokeswoman for NB Power, said the spill occurred in the reactor building…..The cause of the accident wasn’t known.
Lepreau was taken offline in March 2008 for an overhaul that was supposed to take 18 months. But the project has been plagued by cost overruns and delays and is now not expected to return to service until the fall of 2012.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. is overseeing the refurbishment. The province has pegged the total cost overruns, including replacement power while the nuclear reactor is offline, at about $2.4 billion..http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/radioactive-water-spilled-at-point-lepreau-nuclear-power-plant-in-new-brunswick-135542773.htm

December 14, 2011 Posted by | incidents | Leave a comment

Japan’s Mihama nuclear reactor to shut down following leak

Kansai Electric to manually shut Mihama nuclear unit   Mihama 500 MW unit one of only nine reactors still running in Japan TOKYO, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Kansai Electric Power Co will manually halt its Mihama No. 2 nuclear reactor as a safety precaution after it
discovered unusual levels of coolant leaking from a valve inside the containment vessel, Continue reading →

December 8, 2011 Posted by | incidents, Japan | Leave a comment

Deliberate explosion damaged Iran’s uranium enrichment facility

‘Blast in Iran struck uranium enrichment facility’, By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ, 11/30/2011  Satellite imagery confirms Isfahan facility rocked by blast was a
nuclear facility, ‘The Times’ reports, citing Israeli intel officials. Satellite imagery “clearly showing billowing smoke and destruction” has proven that an explosion Monday damaged a nuclear facility in the Iranian city of Ifsahan, according to aWednesday Times of London
report .

The report quoted Israeli intelligence officials as saying that there was “no doubt” that the blast damaged a uranium enrichment site, and asserted that it was “no accident.”
Officials from Isfahan have been denying that the city had been hit by an explosion. …http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=247560

December 1, 2011 Posted by | incidents, Iran | Leave a comment

Explosion near Isfahan, in Iran, possibly near nuclear centre

Blast near Iran nuclear facility Gulf Daily News, , November 29, 2011
TEHRAN: The sound of an apparent explosion was heard from Iran’s Isfahan city yesterday, Gholamreza Ansari, the head of the judiciary in the province said. An important Iranian nuclear facility involved in processing uranium is located near the city, although Iranian media reports did not say whether the explosion was near the nuclear centre. International Atomic Energy Agency spokeswoman Gill Tudor said the UN watchdog was aware of the reports but had no further information.

Iranian media provided contradictory information about the incident, which came less that three weeks after a massive explosion at a military base near Tehran that killed more than a dozen members of the Revolutionary Guard including the head of its missile forces…. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=318693

November 29, 2011 Posted by | incidents, Iran | Leave a comment

Nuclear fuel company fined for safety breach

Global Nuclear Fuel Fined for Near-Critical Amount of Uranium in Air Filters Nuclear Street, 16 Nov 11, Enough uranium accumulated in air filters at a North Carolina nuclear fuel plant earlier this year to pose a risk of criticality, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined…. http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2011/11/16/global-nuclear-fuel-fined-for-near_2d00_critical-amount-of-uranium-in-air-filters-111601.aspx

November 17, 2011 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Guilty plea in nuclear materials trafficking

Woman pleads guilty in US on Pakistan reactor deal Google News, 16 Nov 11 WASHINGTON — The former boss of a US company’s Chinese subsidiary pleaded guilty to illegally supplying material to Pakistan for use in a nuclear reactor and is now cooperating with US investigators…. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jpFZDocKmk3MLn9RQXrDUsmItKMQ?docId=CNG.fca116c64091d56b372d5ceeb38eb

November 16, 2011 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Fire at Idaho National Nuclear Laboratory

Fire reported at nuclear research lab in Idaho, SALMON, Idaho Nov 12, 2011  (Reuters) – A sodium fire was reported on Friday at a U.S. nuclear research laboratory in Idaho but all workers had been moved to safety and there was no risk to the public, the lab said.

The fire was reported at the Materials and Fuels Complex at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling Department of Energy site in the high desert of eastern Idaho about 40 miles from Idaho Falls…. The lab said fire crews had responded to the building, which is owned and operated by the private Idaho Cleanup Project, and that state, county and tribal officials had been notified.

The Idaho Cleanup Project is a private company contracted with the Department of Energy to clean up waste at the site  On Tuesday, at least six workers were contaminated by low-level plutonium radiation and 11 others were exposed following a mishap at the lab, the lab has said.

Some 6,000 employees and contractors work at the Idaho National Laboratory, the Energy Department’s leading facility for nuclear reactor technology. It opened in 1949 as a national reactor testing station… http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/idINIndia-60481720111111

November 13, 2011 Posted by | incidents | Leave a comment

Nuclear waste laboratory workers found to have plutonium in their lungs

Further lung examinations were ordered for two workers whose body scans tested positive for radiation in their lungs and for a third worker whose lungs showed an “anomaly,” 

More tests ordered for plutonium-exposed Idaho lab workers, By Laura Zuckerman, SALMON, Idaho   Nov 9, 2011  (Reuters) – Doctors at a nuclear research lab in Idaho on Wednesday ordered further medical tests of 16 workers accidentally exposed to low-levels of radiation from plutonium fuel in a decommissioned reactor. Continue reading →

November 10, 2011 Posted by | incidents, USA | Leave a comment

Tokai village – the first to get nuclear power, the first to renounce it?

“Nuclear power plants bring in money before they’re even built,” he says, noting their financial lure. “We can’t allow a government policy that mocks the countryside (by trying to win them over with money.) It’s an evil policy, the same as colonialism.

Mayor of Japan’s home of nuclear power hoping to make village a different kind of ‘first’, Mainichi Daily News, Japan October 23, 2011 Amid the ongoing disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, the mayor of the Ibaraki Prefecture village of Tokai, the birthplace of Japanese nuclear power, is calling for the village’s nuclear reactors to be decommissioned. Continue reading →

October 25, 2011 Posted by | incidents | Leave a comment

Firecauses shutdown of Swedish nuclear reactor

Nuclear reactor stopped at NPP in Sweden due to fire, Voice of Russia, 23 Oct 11, A nuclear reactor at the nuclear power plant in the Swedish city of Oscarshamn has been temporarily shut down due to a fire, local mass media report Sunday.

The fire broke out on the night from Saturday to Sunday in machine unit of the second reactor but was quickly extinguished. According to preliminary data, the fire was caused by the leakage of lubricant.

It is not clear when the reactor will be relaunched.    http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/10/23/59211079.html

October 24, 2011 Posted by | incidents, Sweden | Leave a comment

leak from nuclear reactors in Pakistan

Leak at Pakistani nuclear plant, no radiation damage reported yet, National Post,   Oct 20, 2011 By Faisal Aziz  KARACHI — A Pakistani nuclear power plant imposed a seven-hour emergency after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe to the reactor, but no radiation or damage has been reported, an official said on Thursday. Continue reading →

October 23, 2011 Posted by | incidents, Pakistan | Leave a comment

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