On October 8, 1996 the plant was under 240 MW electrical power operation with two working turbogenerators. At 7 am one of the turbogenerators was disconnected from the grid and tripped by the control and protection system. Then, in order to maintain the parameters of primary and secondary circuits, the reactor power was decreased by personnel from 240 to 0 MWe. The previous investigation revealed that the cause of generator disconnection was a short circuit at the high-voltage line connecting the NPP with the national grid. The deviation caused neither on-site nor off-site radiation impact. Justification of rating: As full safety functions were available, the event is rated at level "0" per User's manual Part III.
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.
