Armenia’s nuclear power plant the most dangerous in the world?
Aging nuclear technology, a disaffected work force in a facility located in a seismically active region – what could possibly go wrong?
Armenia’s Aging Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant Alarms Caucasian Neighbors International Business Times, By Dr. John C.K. Daly | October 6, 2011 The USSR might have imploded two decades ago, but debris from its headlong industrialization drive litter the post-Soviet landscape, and nothing more unsettles the population of the fifteen new nations carved out of the Soviet Union than its nuclear legacy. Continue reading
Concern over India’s Kalpakkam nuclear reprocessing facility
Indian peace activists have expressed suspicions that the plutonium separated at Indian civilian reprocessing facilities will be diverted and used to increase the country’s stock of atomic weapons.
Technological preparations towards the building of a full-scale fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam are reportedly in an advanced stage.
Anti-Nuclear Struggle Has Large Fallout, International News Magazine, 05 October 2011 Peter Custers “……..The Kalpakkam complex does not just harbour a nuclear power plant, but also a reprocessing facility- a plant where nuclear fuel rods, after they have outlived their use in reactors, are chemically treated so as to extract raw materials for re-use as energy source.
Storage of such high-level waste in tanks has resulted in catastrophic accidents, Continue reading
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
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…..
Criminals in possession of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)
US:Officials say crime ring has uranium, AAP International News 27 Sep 2011, WASHINGTON, – Investigators following up on a nuclear sting in Eastern Europe suspect that a crime syndicate was trying to sell weapons-grade uranium to buyers in North Africa.
Officials in Moldova, a former Soviet republic, told The Associated Press that at least one kilogram of highly enriched uranium, or HEU, remains in criminal hands and probably is in another country.
The investigation has provided fresh evidence of a black market in nuclear material that probably was taken from poorly secured stockpiles in the former Soviet Union.
US authorities have been aiding the Moldovans in the search for a Russian, believed to be the ringleader of the smuggling operation. They also are searching for a North African buyer who fled Moldova. —http://aap.newscentre.com.au/acf/110927/library/nuclear_issues/26771097.html
General Eclectric warns on nuclear reactors and earthquakes
GE warns nuclear reactors could struggle in earthquake, October 02, 2011, NJ.com. By Eliot Caroom/The Star-Ledger A manufacturer of dozens of boiling water nuclear reactors in the country, including many on the East Coast, warned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last year and reiterated last week that earthquakes could hinder its reactors from shutting down. Continue reading
Nuclear plant in Georgia leaking radioactive water to ground
Radioactive water found under Ga. nuke plant, Forbes, By RAY HENRY , 09.30.11, ATLANTA — Radioactive water has been found underneath a Southern Co. nuclear power plant in southeast Georgia, but officials said Friday that the leak does not pose an immediate threat to public health and is unlikely to contaminate any drinking water.
The Atlanta-based Southern Co. learned of the leak beneath Plant Hatch in Baxley on Wednesday when it identified radioactive tritium in two test wells about 25 feet below the ground, said Dennis Madison, a utility vice president who oversees the plant. Workers guided by ground-penetrating radar were planning to dig Friday to identify the source of the leak…. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/30/business-multiutilities-us-plant-hatch-leak-georgia_8710682.html
Radioactive danger in flooding – report on uranium proposal for Pittsylvania County
flooding increases the risk of radioactive contamination, whether it’s a catastrophic event or long-term “chronic” release of contaminants into the water,
Report highlights flooding at proposed uranium site, News Advance 29 Sept 11 An environmental group is calling for more water studies of a proposed uranium site before legislators debate whether to lift the state moratorium on uranium mining. Continue reading
Assassination of Syrian nuclear engineer
Unguarded uranium – yellowcake for the taking, in Libya
post-Gaddafi Libya affords little or no protection to this vast haul of material which, if refined, is the essential element of a nuclear bomb.
‘Uranium’ stockpile uncovered in Libya, SMH, Richard Spencer, September 27, 2011 SABHA: International atomic agencies and Libya’s rebels say it will take weeks to safeguard at least 10,000 abandoned drums thought to contain uranium. Continue reading
New York Governor confident that nuclear reactor can be closed
“The replacement power issue is not a justification to keep Indian Point operating. And my point has always been safety first and the reward doesn’t justify the risk,” Cuomo said….
New York can replace Indian Point reactors: Governor Cuomo, by Scott DiSavino, 26 Sept 11, (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is confident the state can replace the power generated by the giant Indian Point nuclear plant, Continue reading
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant – concerns about earthquakes
An Associated Press analysis of pre-quake data shows the risk that an earthquake would cause a severe accident at a U.S. nuclear plant is greater than previously thought.
Quake prompts questions, testing at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, By JIM HAYDEN, The Holland Sentinel, Sep 25, 2011 The rare earthquake in Virginia last month rattled more than nerves along the East Coast. The temblor touched off a lowest-level emergency warning at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant along the shores of Lake Michigan. Continue reading
Toothless Nuclear Safety Plan adopted by IAEA
151-nation meeting endorses post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan, Washington Post September 22 VIENNA — Members of the 151-nation International Atomic Energy Agency have endorsed a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan but the IAEA chief says it will only be as good as the will of individual countries to enact it.
“It is time for action,” says IAEA head Yukiya Amano, asking nations for “sustained commitment and full involvement.”
Before Thursday’s endorsement, the plan was approved last week by the agency’s policy making 35-nation board despite gripes by influential member nations that it was too timid.
Drawn up in response to Japan’s March 11 reactor disaster, the plan outlines steps to be taken by states to pinpoint weaknesses and remedy them. But these measures can only be carried out “upon request” of the nation involved.
States are “strongly encouraged to voluntarily” open their nuclear facilities to outside checks of potential weak links. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/151-nation-meeting-endorses-post-fukushima-nuclear-safety-plan/2011/09/22/gIQAJJMwnK_story.html
Nigeria’s Atomic Energy Commission’s dream – a nightmare for the country
OIL POLITICS: Nigeria’s Nuclear Nightmare , NEXT, By Nnimmo Bassey, September 22, 2011, The Nigerian government appears to be scheming to get deeper into the nuclear mire at a time when the world is inching, albeit slowly, from dirty and dangerous energy sources. The fact that Nigeria has one of the worst electricity supplies in the world, with only about 40% of the population having access to public power supply does not justify toeing the nuclear path. It calls for investing in safe forms of renewable energy production. It also calls for the wastage in the gas and oil fields. Following the Fukushima incident earlier this year the dangers associated with nuclear power generation have again been brought to the front burners. With heightened concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants, it is shocking to see the Nigerian President pushing Nigeria unto the nuclear path. This may appear like a dream come true for the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, but this has all the potential of turning into a nightmare for the country. Continue reading
Russian nuclear submarine collides with fishing boat
Nuclear submarine collides with fishing boat ABC News, 23 Sept 11, A Russian nuclear submarine collided with a fishing boat off the country’s Pacific coast, damaging the outer shell of the naval vessel but causing no radiation leak, Russian news agencies reported overnight. Continue reading
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