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'Mistakes' in incident reporting trigger media frenzy
Source: World Nuclear NewsA leaky valve caused a minor incident at a nuclear power plant in Slovenia – and also caused widespread media interest after mistakenly causing the European…
TVEL and Paks sign U-Gd fuel supply contract
Source: World Nuclear NewsRussia's TVEL has signed a contract with Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant for the supply of uranium-gadolinium (U-Gd) fuel. TVEL said that use of the fuel…
Coolant water leak leads to Krsko shut down
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Krsko nuclear power plant in Slovenia was shut down on 4 June after a leak in the primary circuit was detected. The leak was found…
Modifications required to EdF reactors
Source: World Nuclear NewsElectricite de France (EdF) has found a generic design defect on 14 of its nuclear power reactors. The utility must make repairs in order to "completely…
Security alert at Swedish nuclear power plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsTwo welders working as contractors at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden are being questioned by police following the discovery of traces of explosives on…
Major French-US nuclear power link
Source: World Nuclear NewsElectricite de France (EdF) and Exelon have signed a 5-year agreement to cooperate on managerial and technical matters, such as outage management, fuel operations and equipment…
Green light for Opal restart
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) announced on 5 May that it had been given the go-ahead to restart the Opal research reactor following…
BE renews engineering and technical support contract
Source: World Nuclear NewsBritish Energy has renewed a contract worth up to £20 million ($40 million) annually over five years for engineering and technical support to its nuclear power…
No aftershock in Tepco year-end loss
Source: World Nuclear NewsA net loss posted by Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) for fiscal 2007 was slightly less than the company had previously predicted, although its estimate of…
Nuclear plants 'not affected' by US earthquake
Source: World Nuclear NewsAn earthquake of magnitude 5.2 that occurred in the US state of Illinois had no serious affect on nuclear power plants. A spokesman from Exelon said…
Ascó managers go
Source: World Nuclear NewsChanges have been made to the senior management team of the Ascó nuclear power plant, while details of the process of the recent emission of radioactive…
Prairie Island looks at 20 more years
Source: World Nuclear NewsXcel Energy could have its licence to operate both reactors at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant extended by 20 years, after applying to regulators. The…
Isotope crisis reactor back under regulation
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has resumed oversight of the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River after the expiry of an exceptional government…
Mishearing leads to nuclear plant alert
Source: World Nuclear News[Associated Press, Herald Times, 8 April] A security alert was recently triggered at Point Beach nuclear power plant after a conversation in a convenience store. A…
Belgian nuclear plans stay the same
Source: World Nuclear NewsPlans to extend the lives of Belgium's nuclear power plants, a topic much discussed in the run-up to the inauguration of the country's new government, have…
New Brazilian steam generators ready
Source: World Nuclear NewsEletronuclear, operator of Brazil’s only nuclear power plant, has officially received two new steam generators for Angra unit 1. The plant is currently undergoing preparatory work…
IAEA concludes Forsmark operational safety review
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency has concluded its operational safety review of Sweden's Forsmark nuclear power plant and expects to submit its final report to the…
Court upholds ban on extension of Biblis A
Source: World Nuclear News[Reuters, 27 February] The Administrative Court in Kassel, Germany, ruled that RWE may not extend the operation of its Biblis A nuclear power reactor. Under Germany’s…
Boosting Monticello
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota, USA could have its output boosted by 10% – some 71 MWe – if owners Xcel are granted permission.…
Russia, Iran to initially jointly operate Bushehr
Source: World Nuclear NewsRussia and Iran held a meeting at the Bushehr nuclear power plant to discuss the commissioning of the first reactor and the formation of a joint…