Safety & Environment
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Continued Incidents Raise Concerns Over Nuclear Security, Says UN
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNetThere were almost 150 incidents of illegal or unauthorised activity involving nuclear and other radioactive material reported last year, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s…
In Setback For Nuclear Plans, Tepco Delays Restart Of Two Reactors At Kashiwazaki Kariwa
Source: NucNetTokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has delayed the restart of Units 7 and 6 at Japan’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear station to 2029 and 2031 respectively, citing…
US DOE Completes Final Environmental Assessment For TerraPower Reactor Project
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed a final environmental assessment for preliminary activities at TerraPower’s Natrium reactor system demonstration project in Kemmerer, Wyoming, a…
UK Regulator Ends Extra Security Checks At Sellafield
Source: NucNetThe UK’s nuclear regulator has dropped the requirement for extra security checks at the UK’s largest nuclear site. Guarding arrangements at the vast nuclear site in…
IAEA’s Grossi Sees Additional Testing Measures For Fukushima Treated Water Disposal
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi has joined scientists from the China, South Korea and Switzerland as they collected seawater samples near the Fukushima-Daiichi…
Firefighters Working To Completely Extinguish Fires At Chernobyl Shelter
Source: NucNetUkrainian firefighters worked around the clock in freezing weather to completely extinguish small fires that still smouldered after Friday’s drone strike on the building containing the…
IAEA Told Drone Struck Roof Of New Safe Confinement At Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NucNetAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine said they had been told a drone caused a fire after…
Military Activities Near Ukraine Substations Could Lead To Nuclear Accident, Says Grossi
Source: NucNetSubstations on which Ukraine’s nuclear power plants depend for the offsite power needed to cool their reactors have been affected by widespread military activities, compromising nuclear…
Grossi Warns Of Nuclear Accident Risk In Ukraine, Backs Plans For New Reactors At Khmelnitski
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi has sounded the alarm about the continued risk of nuclear accidents as a result of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s…
IAEA Team Recommends Improvements At Russia’s Novovoronezh Nuclear Station
Source: NucNetThe operator of the Novovoronezh nuclear power station in central Russia has shown a commitment to improving operational safety, but the quality of maintenance activities needs…
Bulgaria / Westinghouse To Carry Out Safety Analysis For New Fuel Assembly Design
Source: NucNetUS-based Westinghouse has signed a contract with the Kozloduy nuclear power station in Bulgaria to carry out a safety analysis for the licensing a new nuclear…
Netherlands / IAEA Review Team Provides Recommendations To Improve Further LTO At Borssele
Source: NucNetAn International Atomic Energy Agency team provided 15 recommendations and suggestions to further improve safe long-term operation (LTO) at the Borssele nuclear power station in the…
Japan / Blow For Nuclear Programme As Regulator Blocks Tsuruga-2 Restart
Source: NucNetJapan’s nuclear watchdog has formally prevented the Tsuruga-2 nuclear power plant in the country’s north-central region from restarting, the first rejection under safety standards that were…
Japan / Onagawa-2 Restart Brings Number Of Nuclear Reactors Online To 13
Source: NucNetJapan’s Tohoku Electric Power has restarted Unit 2 at its Onagawa nuclear station after additional safety construction work delayed the process. The long-delayed restart of the…
World Energy Outlook 2024 / Nuclear ‘One Of Seven Essential Technologies’ For Global Transition
Source: NucNetNuclear is one of seven clean energy technologies that are key to affordable and secure transitions, but overcoming barriers to deployment, including network infrastructure, should be…
Philippines / KHNP To Conduct Study On Revival Of Bataan Nuclear Plant, Say Reports
Source: NucNetSouth Korea’s KHNP (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine government to conduct a feasibility study on the long-inactive…
Sellafield / Operator Ordered To Pay Nearly £400,000 Over Cybersecurity Failings
Source: NucNetSellafield Ltd will have to pay almost £400,000 after it pleaded guilty to criminal charges over years of cybersecurity failings at Britain’s most hazardous nuclear site.…
South Africa / IAEA Highlights Need For Further Work On Koeberg Nuclear Station LTO
Source: NucNetThe operator of South Africa’s Koberg nuclear power station needs to continue its work to ensure that programmes supporting long-term operation (LTO) are fully implemented for…
Ukraine / Situation At Zaporizhzhia Remains ‘Precarious And Very Fragile’, Warns IAEA Report
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNetThe International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the…
Kursk / IAEA’s Grossi Warns Of Accident Risk At Russian Nuclear Station
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi said after visiting Russia's Kursk nuclear power station on Tuesday (27 August) that there was a risk of a…