Kazakhstan to work towards launch of international fuel bank in 2013 at Ulba Metallurgic plant
An international bank of nuclear fuel capable of storing up to 60 tons is to be launched in Kazakhstan in 2013, according to Timur Zhantikin, Head of the State Agency for Nuclear Power…
Japan Atomic Energy Commission confirms nuclear fuel reprocessing more expensive than direct disposal
If Japan’s future energy policy has a goal of zero reliance on nuclear power, a working group of Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission says that fuel recycling should be discontinued and the spent fuel disposed of….
China and Japan to review nuclear safety – Kazakhstan and Japan form nuclear fuel agreement
Japanese Minister Goshi Hosono and China’s minister of environmental protection, agreedto create a dialogue mechanism between Japan’s “future” nuclear plant regulatory body, and its counterpart within the Chinese Environmental Protection Ministry. “It is…
March 30th, 2011 – IAEA requests NRC to provide bounding assessments for Fukushima Units 1-3 – Assumptions on if fuel has left RPV
From: Astwood, Heather Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:31 PM To: Astwood, Heather; Regan, Christopher; LIA07 Hoc; LIA08 Hoc; Brown, Michael; McDermott, Brian; Hoc, PMT12; Blount, Tom Subject: Requests for IAEA support on…
NRC Fukushima Transcripts – Evidence of fuel or very highly radioactive material outside of Reactor 4 after explosion
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ET AUDIO FILE WEDNESDAY – MARCH 16, 2011 JACK: Yes, Mike, I don’t know that we’ve had anybody say that the fuel is…
NRC Transcripts – On-site radiation levels imply nuclear fuel in the environment
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ET AUDIO FILE WEDNESDAY – MARCH 16, 2011 JOHN MONAGER: One thing that was interesting, they talk about the rad fields in…
Alarms at Japanese nuclear power plant and processing facility after magnitude 5 earthquake
At 7:30 am local time March 1st, a magnitude 5 earthquake hit 68 miles from TOKYO, Japan. After the earthquake, alarms sounded from the nuclear fuel processing plants and Tokai 2 nuclear power plant…
NRC says 11 nuclear plants need to provide information on effects of irradiation on nuclear fuel
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has requested information from 11 nuclear power plants, mainly concerning analyses of the effects of irradiation on nuclear fuel’s physical properties under certain postulated accident conditions. The agency is…
San Onofre Reactor 2 operated for several months with degraded nuclear fuel cladding
Three weeks after shutting down, problems continue to surface at San Onofre Unit 2. Scott Burnell, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, said the root cause of the faster-than-expected wear…
100 people in nursing home 40 km from Fukushima Daiichi left behind
IN the radioactive ghost town of Iitate, about 100 people have been left behind amid the nuclear fallout from last March’s earthquake and tsunami. Most are suffering Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. While they are…
Czech Republic to move away from nuclear energy goals – 18 proposed builds cancelled
Czech nuclear expansion should be much more moderate than originally thought, including only an enlargement of one of the two existing nuclear plants and extending the life of the other, recently installed Czech…
New ‘life’ in Fukushima Reactor 2 might be due to melted fuel movement
The Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2 core spray system had been interrupted for 6 hours on 26 January in order to change a pump. Tepco says the way the water is flowing might have…
TEPCO to inject Fukushima reactor with boron
On February 6th, TEPCO announced that to combat the rising temperature levels in Reactor 2, they would inject boric acid water to suppress any possible fission reactions that might take place. According to TEPCO…
Blue Ribbon Commission Report Faces Criticism On Capital Hill
The head of a federal commission on nuclear waste bluntly warned lawmakers Wednesday that the United States cannot compete with other countries on nuclear power until policymakers establish a site to permanently store…
NRC Approves AREVA’s application to ship reload fuel for troubled Genkai Reactor 1
NRC AREVA Export of Nuclear Fuel to Genkai Nuclear Power Station The Genkai Nuclear Power Plant is located in the town of Genkai in the Higashimatsuura Districtin the Saga Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the Kyūshū Electric Power Company….
DOE finds Idaho National Lab at fault for exposure of 16 works
In its report on the November 8 mishap at the Idaho National Laboratory, the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Health, Safety and Security said the accident could have been avoided had the lab and…
By Dumping Nuclear Waste Japan May Have Broken Agreement With United States
The Japanese government admitted in December that nuclear substances have been found in the waste of domestic facilities subject to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection, but left unreported to the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Top government spokesman Osamu Fujimura said…
Japanese Municipalities Join Together To Face Common Nuclear Opponent – Chubu Electric
A growing number of municipalities near the suspended Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant in Shizuoka Prefecture are up in arms about plans by operator Chubu Electric Power Co. to restart the plant. Chubu Electric…
Japan to use Muon particles from space to inspect heart of Fukushima reactors
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan are developing technology that would incorporate particles from space to look into the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor vessels. The team comprises researchers at the state-run university’s…
March 12th, 2011 – RASCAL PAG Reports – 40% Fuel failure mimics TMI 2
From: PMT02 Hoc To: Jaczko. Gregory; Viroilio. Martin; McDermott. Brian; Rosenberg. Stacev; Watson. Bruce Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:45:32 AM Sir, Speculative cases ran using the RASCAL software include using the Oyster…
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