Safety , cost, problems, as nuclear reactors age
Special Report: Energy The Dilemma of Aging Nuclear Plants The New York Times by PATRICIA BRETT October 19, 2009 “……….
A large part of the world’s installed nuclear power capacity is now coming to the end of that designed life span. Continue reading
India’s unhealthy nuclear industry
The New nation 19 Oct 09 “……………….In India, health hazards from nuclear power plants have always been swept under the carpet. In 2007, physicist V Pugazhendhi of the Doctors for Safer Environment released a study on the incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease among women in and around Kalpakkam, where the prototype fast reactor is under construction. It showed the disease affected 24 per cent women within a radius of 5 km from the plant. Continue reading
Nuclear industry stalled in all safety-conscious countries
SPIEGEL ONLINE By Dinah Deckstein, Frank Dohmen and Cordula Meyer Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan. 15 Oct 09
Global Renaissance off to a Slow Start
The French state-owned company isn’t the only one having trouble building new nuclear power plants. Last year, for the first time since the beginning of the nuclear age, not a single new reactor went into service worldwide. Continue reading
Safety concerns about Westinghouse new nuclear reactor design
NRC raises concern about new reactor design
Google News By H. JOSEF HEBERT (AP) – 16 Oct 09
WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission raised safety concerns Thursday with the design of a proposed next-generation reactor to be built by Westinghouse Electric Co., saying a key part of the reactor may not withstand a tornado, earthquake or even high winds.
The NRC staff directed Westinghouse to make changes in the reactor design so that its outer shell, which is supposed to protect the reactor’s concrete containment structure, is strengthened. The staff concluded the outer steel and composite structure does not meet the design requirements for safety.
The reactor, called the AP1000, is one of three next-generation reactor designs under NRC review. The others are being proposed by Areva Inc., the French nuclear company, and GE Hitachi Corp………… http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hc6n8iqEyIKVzXyV1ZwW38FZkxxAD9BBQ7BO4
Work stops with safety fears at French nuclear plant
Watchdog suspends work at French plutonium plant
PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The French nuclear safety watchdog ASN has suspended work dismantling a plutonium technology plant over worker safety fears, after almost three times as much plutonium was found at the site than expected. Continue reading
Seabrook nuclear plant has recurring problems
NRC cites`problems at Seabrook nuke plant By Shir Haberman
seacoastonline.com October 08, 2009 “………..One of those recurring issues has to do with the diesel generators used to operate plant safety systems in the event of an off-site power outage…… NRC Region I spokesman Neil Sheehan said this most recent diesel generator problem had more to do with failures in following procedures by the company than equipment problems. Continue reading
Safety doubts on Japan’s nuclear industry
Atomic power safety questions still unanswered BY KEISUKE KATORI AND AYAKO SUZUKITHE ASAHI SHIMBUN 5 Oct 09
Ten years after a nuclear accident killed two plant workers and shattered the “safety myth” surrounding atomic power generation, Japan still has much work to do in improving responses to cases of radiation exposure. Continue reading
NRC finds problems in NJ nuke plant emergency
NRC finds problems in NJ nuke plant emergency Google News (AP) –1 Oct 09 LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Federal regulators say the emergency shutdown of the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant in July exposed two low-level problems.
The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in southern New Jersey was shut down after a lightning strike knocked out electricity to the area.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says an emergency diesel generator took too long to start up because plant operators failed to notice and fix degraded components.
The Associated Press: NRC finds problems in NJ nuke plant emergency
India to use untested nuclear technology
India plans to cut carbon and fuel poverty with untested nuclear power
Prime minister Manmohan Singh announces 100-fold increase in nuclear energy output by 2050 with thorium technology Guardian.co.uk by Randeep Ramesh 29 September 09 Continue reading
Workers dropped bundles of uranium
2 SRS workers fired over dropping uranium
AugustaChronicle.com By Rob Pavey | Staff Writer
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 Savannah River Site officials have taken corrective actions — and fired two workers — after two incidents in H Canyon in which bundles of highly enriched uranium were dropped by a crane. According to a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board report — dated Aug. 21 and made public Thursday — the incidents “had potential criticality safety implications” and halted reprocessing operations for a week. Continue reading
Nuclear Waste Truck Overturns
Nuclear Waste Truck Overturns on I-81
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Particularly dangerous wastes in new nuclear plant design
Expert fears problems with new area nukes
TimesLeader By Rory Sweeney 17 Sept 09
WILKES-BARRE – The French-designed nuclear reactor that PPL Corp. is proposing to build at its Bell Bend site in Salem Township is untested and could create more problems than it solves, according to a French nuclear consultant……. Continue reading
Locals concerned about planned nuclear waste site at Fermi complex
THE MICHIGAN MESSENGER Watchdog: ‘We think the casks themselves are sitting ducks. If one of them was targeted, radiation would become wind borne.’By Eartha Jane Melzer 9/15/09 Continue reading
Energy company to pay up for waste violations at nuclear plant
Energy NW to pay $80,000 penalty
The News Tribune By Drew Foster, 09/09/09
Energy Northwest must pay an $80,000 fine to the state for waste management violations after a penalty against the Richland-based power supplier was recently upheld.The state Pollution Control Hearings Board upheld the 2007 complaint, filed by the state Department of Ecology after waste management violations were found at the Columbia Generating Center nuclear power plant outside Richland. But the board reduced the amount of the penalties from $120,000 to $80,000.
Opposition to nuclear plant in Quebec
Nuclear not good, even in remote Quebec: environmentalists
CBC News September 6, 2009
A proposed nuclear reactor that would power mining operations in Quebec’s remote regions carries more risks than benefits, according to an environmental group……. Continue reading
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