Unit 1 was under planned maintenance on 18.05.94 during routine surveillance of containment's dome part the ruptured parts of prestressed cable wires were detected. Cable N5 - 7 wires ruptured N11- 30 N20 - 9 N50 - 80% N64 - 20 N66 - 30 The commission on the event cause elimination is working. The event has been classified as "1", degradation of defence in depth.
Location: SOUTH UKRAINE-1 Event date: Wed, 18-05-1994
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.
Anke Herold, Executive Director Oeko-Institut, Freiburg (Germany), in Brussels about the claim to triple nuclear by 2050: IPCC scenarios vs forecast development of nuclear.
