Routine bi-annual whole body monitoring of a process operator who works in a Hex to urianium dioxide conversion showed a higher than normal burden of uranium in the lungs. Subsequent monitoring has indicated that the worker may have exceeded 50 mSv CEDE. Further monitoring over a period of weeks is still required to enable a final confirmation of the dose. Routine surveillance of uranium air levels in the plant has not revealed any unusual results and no other workers have been affected. A normal internal inquiry has been convened and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate has been informed as the relevant UK regulatory authority in accordance with the requirements of UK legislation.
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.
