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One Year After Fukushima, World Energy Council Calls For Global Nuclear Governance
Source: NucNet9 Mar (NucNet): One year after the nuclear accident at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan, the World Energy Council (WEC) says “very little has changed” with regard to…
US Regulator Issues Annual Assessment Letters
Source: NucNet8 Mar (NucNet): The US nuclear regulator has issued its annual assessment letters for nuclear power plant licensees, showing that as of the end of last…
Petten Nuclear Facilities Pass Voluntary Stress Test
Source: NucNet7 Mar (NucNet): Nuclear installations including the High Flux Reactor (HFR) at Petten in the Netherlands can withstand extreme conditions including flooding events and earthquakes, or…
IAEA And WANO Announce Plan To Increase Cooperation
Source: NucNet5 Mar (NucNet): Almost one year after the Fukushima-Daiichi accident in Japan, the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
Ukraine Says Work Is To Start On Chernobyl Confinement
Source: NucNet5 Mar (NucNet): Work will begin next month on constructing the arched frame for the shelter being built above the damaged reactor number four at the…
UK Underlines Plans For Clean-up And Waste Fund
Source: NucNet2 Mar (NucNet): The UK’s energy secretary Edward Davey today underlined the government’s commitment to dealing with the country’s nuclear legacy and said operators of any…
Areva Begins Meetings With Potential Suppliers In Poland
Source: NucNet2 Mar (NucNet): A series of meetings has begun between Areva and a number of Polish companies in support of the potential construction of European Pressurised…
Fukushima Workers Presumed To Have Died In Turbine Building Basement
Source: NucNet28 Feb (NucNet): Two workers who died during the tsunami at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan were killed after they went to the unit 3…
Canadian Scientists Announce Isotope Production Breakthrough
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet24 Feb (NucNet): Scientists in Canada have announced the successful production of the key medical isotope technetium-99m (Tc-99m) on existing cyclotrons – compact particle accelerators –…
Work Starts On Cementing Fukushima Seabed
Source: NucNet23 Feb (NucNet): Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) says it will begin cementing the seabed near the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant to prevent radioactive materials from spreading…