On 22/06/2001 at 11:21 fire alarm signal was annunciated on unit 2, from the three reactor building cable rooms A110/2, A018/2 and A019/2. Immediate actions were taken to inspect the rooms. Meanwhile failure signals were received from some affected busses and at 11:34 RCP 6 tripped. At 11:35 fire fighting was commenced with the installed fire water system. At 11:40 unit power reduction was started, at 11:50 the turbines were tripped. Due to failure on temperature measuring circuits of the bearing of RCPs 2 and 4, these pumps were stopped. Since the values of RCP 1 and 4 seal flow parameters became non-real this emergency command signal was blocked. At 11:48 the fire alarm ceased therefore the fire extinguishing system was shut down and the site inspection was commenced. At 12:25 the reactor was at minimum controlled power level, after that boron injection into the primary circuit was started. The site inspection revealed that fire occurred in the vertical cable shaft A110/2, at elevation of 14 m. After having extinguished the fire completely personnel proceeded to take up the list of and inspect the deenergized equipment. The fire led to loss of power of the valves on make-up water header TK52 and on leg TE01 of the reactor water purification system as well as to loss of position indication of some of the Y safety system isolation valves. Several process parameter measuring circuits failed or non-real values were indicated.
Jan vd Putte quickly changed from dressing as the pied piper at the protest during the IAEA nuclear power conference to warn for the Russian nuclear power conglomerate Rosatom and its role in Ukraine.
Anke Herold, Executive Director Oeko-Institut, Freiburg (Germany), in Brussels about the claim to triple nuclear by 2050: IPCC scenarios vs forecast development of nuclear.
Yesterday, the ANVS, the Dutch nuclear supervisor, authorized the transport of up to six shipments of fissile enriched uranium from Russia to Urenco in Almelo. This is remarkable because after the Russian invasion, almost two years ago, the uranium-enriching state-owned company in Almelo claimed to be "very concerned" about developments in Ukraine and therefore "stopped […]
[The Guardian]: "As nuclear plant is hit by further delay, real cost will be far higher after inflation is included, as project uses 2015 prices. The owner of Hinkley Point C has blamed inflation, Covid and Brexit as it announced the nuclear power plant project could be delayed by a further four years, and cost […]
From WNN: In 2022, 13 EU countries with nuclear electricity production generated 609,255 GWh of nuclear electricity - down 16.7% compared with 2021, according to figures released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. It noted this is the lowest level registered in the period from 1990, the first year for which comparable […]