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Belgium Shuts Down Doel-3 And Tihange-2 After Unexpected RPV Test Results via NukNet

Posted on 2014/03/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

26 Mar (NucNet): The Doel-3 and Tihange-2 nuclear reactor units in Belgium were shut down today after tests related to the reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) showed “unexpected results”, Electrabel, a subsidiary of French energy company GDF Suez and operator of … Continue reading →

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WWI Shell Found At Belgium’s Tihange Nuclear Power Plant, Forcing Partial Evacuation via Huffington Post

Posted on 2013/02/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRUSSELS — A Belgian utility says an unexploded World War I shell was found on the grounds of a nuclear power plant but was safely removed by military experts. Electrabel spokeswoman Anne-Sophie Huge said the shell was found during drainage … Continue reading →

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Belgium: Possible flaw in nuclear plant via AP

Posted on 2012/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRUSSELS (AP) – A possible hairline crack in the steel tank containing the reactor at a Belgian nuclear plant poses no danger to the public, the country’s nuclear regulatory agency said Friday. The possible flaw was discovered while the plant … Continue reading →

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Belgium agrees on conditional nuclear exit plans via Reuters

Posted on 2011/10/31 by snasser

(Reuters) – Belgium’s political parties have reached a conditional agreement to shut down the country’s two remaining nuclear power stations, owned by GDF Suez unit Electrabel, a government spokeswoman said Monday. The plan for a shutdown of the three oldest … Continue reading →

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Belgium Abandon Nuclear Energy From 2015 via Newish info.

Posted on 2011/10/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Negotiators working on the formation of a new Belgian federal government reached an agreement for the country to abandon nuclear energy from 2015, said Friday night the evening Le Soir in its online edition. The representatives of the six parties … Continue reading →

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The US Has No Plans to Give Up Nuclear Weapons. The Public Needs to Change That　via Truthout

Posted on 2023/04/25 by nfield

By Jon Letman , TRUTHOUTPublishedApril 24, 2023 A first step toward anti-nuclear advocacy is becoming aware of the current sprawling state of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his intention to deploy short-range nuclear missiles to Belarus in March, he pointed … Continue reading →

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UK ignites new depleted uranium weapons debate via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/04/16 by nfield

Linda Pentz Gunter and Maria Arvaniti Sotiroupoul On March 21, 2023 Britain confirmed that it was sending depleted uranium (DU) weapons to Ukraine , prompting a response from Russian president, Vladimir Putin, that, “If all this happens, Russia will have to respond accordingly, given that the … Continue reading →

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US atomic bombs back in Britain? via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/05/17 by nfield

Move puts UK on front line in a NATO/Russia war By Kate Hudson News that US nuclear weapons may already be back in Britain, at RAF/USAF Lakenheath in East Anglia, makes Britain once again a forward nuclear base for the … Continue reading →

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Half of Ukraine’s renewable energy facilities threatened with destruction via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/04/04 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter “Due to the Russian war against Ukraine, half of the RES (Renewable Energy Source) facilities are threatened with complete or partial destruction,” wrote the Ukraine Association of Renewable Energy on its website earlier last month. Ukraine was, said … Continue reading →

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The vulnerability of nuclear plants during military conflict:Lessons from Fukushima Daiichi Focus on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine via Greenpeace International

Posted on 2022/03/03 by nfield

2 March 2022 Briefing -Greenpeace International by Jan Vande Putte (radiation protection advisor & nuclear campaigner for Greenpeace East Asia & Greenpeace Belgium) and Shaun Burnie (senior nuclear specialist, Greenpeace East Asia) […] Nuclear power plants are some of the … Continue reading →

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