On 11 August 1994, approximately 3 litres of a solution containing 11 mg/l of plutionim spilled over a sample containment and spread on the floor of a room of the Medium Activity Plutonium Workshop (MAPu). In this workshop, plutonium oxide, which is etracted from irradiated fuel, is purified and conditioned. This overflow took place following a sampling from a hold-up tank for flushing effluents and was caused by an excessive flow of the pump that is used for feeding the sampling circuit. No persons were present in the workshop. The area is presently being cleaned. Due to the loss of a protective barrier, this incident, which had no effects on personnel or the environment, has been classified as level 1 of the International Nuclear Event Scale.
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.
