After refueling outage in the year 2001 the plant has been started for operation (Aug. 12. 2001) without testing the boron concentration in the borated water storage tanks of the emergency core cooling system. The plant personnel began with first boron concentration tests on 25th of August. On the 27th of Aug. it was recognized that 3 out of 4 trains of the system have not fulfilled the technical specification for the boron concentration on the date when the plant was put in operation. After identification of the deviations the plant personnel did not shutdown the plant but they have taken measures to increase the boron concentration in the water tanks up to the specified value. The incident is characterized by deviations from technical specifications and deficiencies in procedures but also in the safety management of the plant.
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.
