30,000 protestors demonstrate against nuclear power in Taiwan
On Sunday, tens of thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital city, chanting slogans urging the government to cease the construction of the nuclear power project. Organizers said over 30,000 people took part…
Fugutive nuke operator described as “dangerous and evil”
Michael Buhrman, the infamous former licensed senior nuclear reactor operator turned fugitive who is believed to have fled the country to evade capture by authorities, was convicted last month of aggravated vehicular hijacking…
Employee supervisor at V.C. Summer nuclear power plant fails fitness for duty test
An employee supervisor at the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina tested positive for alcohol during a random fitness for duty test. The individual has had site access terminated. Source: NRC…
Healthy discussion of the Arkansas Nuclear One accident
Early Easter Sunday morning, an industrial accident at the Arkansas Nuclear Power Plant killed one worker and injured 8 others and left the unit without offsite power. At the time of the…
Licensed reactor operator at Grand Gulf fails drug test
A licensed reactor operator at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant in Mississippi tested positive test for illegal drugs during a random fitness-for-duty test. The operator has had access to the GE BWR…
NRC expanding social outreach efforts with new live chat next week
In 2009, President Obama issued a memorandum to executive agencies which outlined guidance for the use of social media to increase outreach efforts. In January 2011, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission launched its first…
Former NRC Chairman added to NNSA panel
Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, has been appointed to an little-known panel with the National Nuclear Security Administration this week. The Congressional Advisory Panel was created by the 2013…
Safe energy organizations heed former NRC chairman’s call to revoke operating licenses of nuclear reactors
At the 2013 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington, DC on April 8th and 9th, former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko called for the phase out of all 103 operating reactors…
Former Chairman of Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reactors Should Be Phased Out
Dr. Gordon Edwards, a well respected nuclear expert, explains the background of Chairman Jaczko’s decision: Gregory Jaczko, Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission until last year, has arrived at a very basic…
Japan adopts new set of nuclear safety rules
On Wednesday, officials from Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority approved a new set of nuclear safety guidelines for utilities to follow in order to prepare for emergencies and natural disasters, the new rules will…
EDF plagued by financial problems which could derail Hinkley plans
A former energy advisor to the French government, Mycle Schneider, was being interviewed by BBC this week when he questioned the French utility EDF’s ability to build new nuclear power plants in Britain….
Japan’s nuclear power plants to be forced to assess risks from volcanoes
Japan, one of the most densely populated nations in the world, lies in a zone of extreme crustal instability named the Ring of Fire, where 90% of the world’s earthquakes and a large…
More contraband discovered concealed above ceilings at Braidwood nuclear power plant
This week, while remodeling a bathroom in the protected area on the third floor of the Administrative Building, workers found a bottle of gin while removing the ceiling tiles. The finding is eerily…
Fatal accident at Arkansas Nuclear One leaves unit without offsite power
Around 07:50 on Easter Sunday morning, an accident at the Arkansas Nuclear Power Plant not only killed one worker and injured others it also left the Unit 1 reactor without offsite power. Workers…
Japanese utilities face 1.2 trillion yen burden every year nuclear plants shut down
In Japan, a fierce debate is taking place over the future of the nation’s energy supply. Protests in Tokyo last July held more demonstrators than the 1960s protests against a security treaty with…
Plans for new nuclear plant construction scrapped
Tohoku Electric first announced plans to construct the Namie-Odaka nuclear power plant 10 kilometers north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in 1968. After the proposed site was one of the areas…
TEPCO’s overconfidence and lack of humility blamed for Fukushima Daiichi disaster
On Wednesday, officials from the Atomic Energy Society of Japan discussed the report at their annual meeting held at Kinki University in Osaka Prefecture. The report released by the Atomic Energy Society accepted…
Is Duke Energy taking a page from the TEPCO playbook?
There have been many flood-related concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants in the United States in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, documents released through the Freedom of Information…
Impeached governor inked secret deal to construct fast breeder reactor
Former governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, Benigno R. Fitial stands alone in history as the first governor of any U.S. territory to be the subject of impeachment, but only the ninth United…
Watchdog experts evicted from post-Fukushima conferences
This week Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility attorney John Geesman, seismologist consultant Dr. Douglas Hamilton, and outreach coordinator David Weisman traveled to a three day workshop in Oakland, which was a part of the…
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