The plant was operating at rated power. At 9:24 a short circuit on the internal paging system tripped the inverter no. 6 which supplies power to the turbine electro-hydraulic (EH) control system. Drop of the EH fluid pressure caused turbine trip which scrammed the reactor. The cause of the short circuit was determined to be human error during maintenance of the paging system. All tge safety functions during the event were fully available. The inverter was repaired. A modification was done on the paging system to additionally isolate it from the inverter. After the system had been checked, the operation was resumed. Basis for rating: real initiator - expected (reactor trip)
An analysis by the Norwegian NGO Bellona of transborder trade operations with the customs code 840130 (irradiated fuel assemblies or fuel elements) show a more than twofold increase of import to EU countries of fresh nuclear fuel in cash terms – from 280 million Euros in 2022 to 686 million Euros in 2023. In physical […]
The French government has said it is "seriously" studying the option of building a plant to convert and enrich reprocessed uranium to cut its reliance on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The only plant in the world that currently converts reprocessed uranium for use in nuclear power plants is in Russia. "The option of […]
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.
