On 15/09/1993 at 23:35 natural circulation in unit 2 deteriorated according to instruments of the unit control room. Delta T and T began to increase. The necessary surveillance was performed by the personnel. No other anomaly was found. By 03:30 main gate valves of loop 1 were closed, the loop was refilled and vented. After taking loop 1 into operation the natural circulation was restored. During the event max. temperatures of hot leg was 99 deg. C, delta T max. was 50 deg. C. During this event unit 2 was operated under limiting condition 6.1.1.1.2/b of the Operating Technical Specifications.
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.
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[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 […]