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Discharge Of Treated Water Suspended At Fukushima After Earthquake And Tsunami Advisory
Source: NucNetThe discharge of treated water has been temporarily suspended at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station following an earthquake and tsunami advisory in Japan, the International Atomic…
IAEA Says Chernobyl Shelter Lost Primary Safety Functions Following Drone Strike
Source: NucNetA comprehensive safety assessment of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine has shown it had lost its primary safety functions,…
Ukrainian Nuclear Power Stations Operating At Reduced Power After Military Attack
Source: NucNetTwo Ukrainian nuclear power stations have been operating at reduced capacity for the past 10 days after a military attack damaged an electrical substation critical for…
TVO Launches Venture To Use Olkiluoto Nuclear Station Waste At Combined Heat And Power Plant
Source: NucNetPower company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) and energy company Rauman Biovoima Oy are to cooperate on a venture to use waste generated at the Olkiluoto nuclear…
Power Supply Restored To Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant After Month-Long Outage
Source: NucNetThe Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was successfully re-connected to Ukraine’s electrical grid on Thursday (23 October) after a month-long outage, following repairs carried out under the…
Work To Restore Offsite Power To Zaporizhzhia Expected To Begin Soon, Says IAEA’s Grossi
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi said on 15 October that he expects repairs to start soon to restore offsite power to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia…
Process Set In Motion To Restore Offsite Power At Zaporizhzhia, Says IAEA
Source: NucNetA process had been set in motion to help restore external electricity to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant following frequent contact with both sides in recent…
Zaporizhzhia Power Outage Continues As Drone Downed Close To South Ukraine Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetUkraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (ZNPP) has been without external electricity for more than 48 hours, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said, in what has…
Zaporizhzhia Plant Suffers Fresh Blackout, Emergency Generators Activated
Source: NucNetUkraine’s Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station lost all off-site power yesterday, the tenth such incident since the start of the conflict in February 2022, the International…
Tepco Suspends Water Discharge And Evacuates Fukushima Staff Following Tsunami Alert
Source: NucNetThe owner and operator of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan has suspended the discharge of treated water into the sea and evacuated all staff…
Transfer Of Gentilly-1 Nuclear Fuel Sees ‘Significant Liability’ Removed From Canada Site
Source: NucNetCanadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) said it has removed a “significant nuclear liability” from the Gentilly nuclear power site in Quebec by transferring all used nuclear fuel…
Grossi Calls For Resumption Of IAEA’s ‘Indispensable’ Nuclear Verification Work In Iran
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi has stressed the need for a resumption of the IAEA’s “indispensable safeguards verification work” in Iran following a 12-day…
IAEA Chief Says Natanz Above-Ground Enrichment Plant Destroyed, No Off-Site Radiation Release
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi said today (16 June) that there has been no additional damage at Iran’s Natanz fuel enrichment facility since…
IAEA’s Grossi Warns Of Continuing Risk Of Nuclear Accident In Ukraine
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi has warned about the ongoing risk of a nuclear accident in Ukraine, saying the dangers to nuclear safety…
Progress For Palisades Restart As Regulator Says ‘No Significant Environmental Impact’
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said there is no significant environmental impact from the planned restart of the Palisades nuclear power station – the first…
IAEA Praises Safety At Netherland’s Borssele Nuclear Plant, Calls For Continued Improvement
Source: NucNetThe operator of the Borssele nuclear power plant in the Netherlands continues to demonstrate a commitment to its operational safety and has improved the engagement of…
US Company Amentum To Lead Environmental Assessments For Czech SMRs
Source: NucNetCzech state-owned utility ČEZ has selected US-based engineering firm Amentum to support plans for the eventual deployment of two small modular reactors (SMR), the companies said.…
Ukraine Says Zaporizhzhia Reactors Cannot Be Restarted While Facility Remains Under Russian Control
Source: NucNetUkraine’s national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom has said reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station cannot be restarted while the facility remains under Russian control,…
Finland University To Build Two Facilities For Small Modular Reactor Safety Testing
Source: NucNetLUT University in Finland has announced plans to build two test facilities at its campus in Lappeenranta, in the southeast of the country, for research into…
Global Nuclear Safety Group WANO Rolls Out New Service For ‘More Frequent Feedback’
Source: NucNetThe World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) is rolling out a new service to provide more frequent feedback to members – as it steps up its…