On January 6, 2004, Louisiana Radiation Protection Services notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that a licensee’s radioactive device could not be located. The device is a Kay-Ray Model 7063P gauge, with serial number 12349, currently containing a 11.71 Gbq (316.4 milliCurie) source of Cs-137. Since 1984, the device has been stored in a secured wooden crate with proper labeling, inside a locked warehouse with limited access at the licensee’s facility. The device was last accounted for during an inventory conducted on September 4, 2003. During the period from September 4, 2003 to October 30, 2003, the warehouse was renovated to prepare the space for other uses. After determining that the device was missing, the licensee conducted a search and performed interviews at the facility, although, as of December 2, 2003 the device has not been found. The licensee has notified all of its scrap metal contractors to be on alert for the device. The State and the licensee are continuing to investigate this event.
Last year, the Dutch Province of Limburg started an alliance in which, besides the local government, research institutes, small nuclear reactor (SMR) developers, utilities, industrial customers and funders cooperated. With this "Limburg SMR alliance" Limburg tried to lead the way towards an SMR in Limburg. The preferred site for a first SMR would be Chemelot, […]
From the IPFM: During a visit to the Civaux nuclear power plant on 18 March 2024, France's Minister of the Armed Forces unveiled a plan to use the plant to produce tritium for the French nuclear weapons program. Civaux is a civilian power plant that belongs to and is operated by Electricité de France. According […]
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.