A periodic test of the steam generator auxiliary feedwater system, combined with the presence of a steam valve which had failed to close fully, brought about a hence overrapid cooling of the reactor coolant system. The operator took immediate action to bring the reactor back to zero power and decided to inhibit the safety injection automatic triggering devices and the steam isolation devices, which he deemed to be useless in the circumstances. This incident was classified level 2 on the French severity scale owing to the failure to comply with the technical operating specifications and the inhibition of safeguard actions without sufficient justification. (Please see press release.)
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.
Yesterday, the ANVS, the Dutch nuclear supervisor, authorized the transport of up to six shipments of fissile enriched uranium from Russia to Urenco in Almelo. This is remarkable because after the Russian invasion, almost two years ago, the uranium-enriching state-owned company in Almelo claimed to be "very concerned" about developments in Ukraine and therefore "stopped […]
[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 […]