Tag Archives: Safety

18 nuclear power plants in the EU are operating without a valid license via Business Insider

Posted on 2019/08/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

18 nuclear power plants in the European Union are operating without a valid license, according to research conducted by Germany’s Green Party.  This number doesn’t include the 34 other illegal power plants in neighboring European countries that aren’t part of … Continue reading →

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Can 2020 Summer Olympics help Fukushima rebound from nuclear disaster? via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2019/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By DAVID WHARTONSTAFF WRITER  […] Since the spring of 2011, the world has known Fukushima for the massive earthquake and tsunami that killed approximately 16,000 people along the coast. Flooding triggered a nuclear plant meltdown that forced hundreds of thousands more from their … Continue reading →

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French regulator to EDF: don’t assume new reactor model is accident-proof via WKZO

Posted on 2019/07/18 by nfield

By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – French nuclear regulator ASN warned state-controlled utility EDF that it may have to review parts of the design of its new nuclear reactor model if it hopes to get clearance to build it. … Continue reading →

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NRC eyes reducing inspections of nuclear reactors via The Hill

Posted on 2019/07/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY JOHN BOWDEN – 07/17/19 07:14 AM EDT Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials have reportedly recommended the agency cut back on inspections of U.S. reactors as a cost-cutting measure. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that NRC officials said that the move would maintain adequate safety … Continue reading →

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Russia Is About to Tow Its “Floating Chernobyl” Through the Arctic Circle via Vice

Posted on 2019/07/02 by nfield

By Alex Lubben […] In a world’s first, Russia will ship a nuclear power plant on a barge from a point north of Moscow across the Arctic, thousands of miles, to an extremely remote area where it’ll power offshore oil … Continue reading →

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NRA safety license for Sendai reactors legal, Fukuoka court finds, dismissing volcano risk lawsuit via Japan Times

Posted on 2019/06/18 by nfield

FUKUOKA – A district court said on Monday it found nothing illegal with a safety clearance granted to two reactors in Kyushu that were restarted after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, dismissing a demand for a retraction filed by plaintiffs who … Continue reading →

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The City in the Shadow of an Aging Nuclear Reactor via BBC

Posted on 2019/05/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This model Soviet city, or atomograd, was purpose-built in the 1970s to entice skilled workers to work in the nuclear power plant. Decades on, what does daily life look like? By Daryl Mersom Metsamor has been described as one of … Continue reading →

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Fast cleanup of nuclear reactors may be risky but also rewarding via Fox 5

Posted on 2019/05/23 by nfield

By Bob Salsberg, AP PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – Companies specializing in the handling of radioactive material are buying retired U.S. nuclear reactors from utilities and promising to clean them up and demolish them in dramatically less time than usual — eight … Continue reading →

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Despite Energy Department Outreach, Radiation Fears Remain In Piketon via WOSU Public Radio

Posted on 2019/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By NICK EVANS In Waverly, a YMCA gym is lined with poster boards set up on easels. Glen Broughton stands in the middle, looking over a huge three-dimensional map of the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. “Our camper sets right here, … Continue reading →

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I oversaw the U.S. nuclear power industry. Now I think it should be banned. via the Washington Post

Posted on 2019/05/19 by nfield

The danger from climate change no longer outweighs the risks of nuclear accidents. By Gregory Jaczko Gregory Jaczko served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2005 to 2009, and as its chairman from 2009 to 2012. The author of “Confessions … Continue reading →

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