The licensee radiography crew believed they had retracted the source back into the body of the radiography camera. They then approached the pipe. One radiographer noticed that an indicator on the camera suggested the source was actually not fully retracted into the body of the camera. The radiographers' survey meters registered a zero reading; however, one radiographer's digital rate meter was alarming. One of the radiographers turned one crank on the camera, and that is when the source became fully retracted. After observing their pocket self-reading dosimeters, they realized the dosimeters were off-scale. The licensee sent their dosimetry badges for emergency processing. One of the badges recorded a whole body dose of 51 mSv (5.1 rem), which exceeds the statutory limit of 50 mSv (5 rem).
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.