On 4 February, 1997 the plant was under 365 MW electrical power operation with two working turbogenerators. At 6:31 a.m. one of the turbogenerators was disconnected from the grid and tripped by the control and protection system. The reactor power was decreased in order to maintain the parameters of primary and secondary circuits. At 6:34 the reactor was shut down by the control and protection system because of drop of level in the steam generators 1-3. The investigation revealed that the cause of generator disconnection was short circuit in one of the relays on the protection system of the disconnected generator. The plant was returned to normal operation the same day after replacement of the failed relay. The deviation caused neither on-site nor off-site radiation impact. Justification: As full safety functions were available, the event is rated at level "0" as per user's manaul, part III.
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.
Yesterday, the ANVS, the Dutch nuclear supervisor, authorized the transport of up to six shipments of fissile enriched uranium from Russia to Urenco in Almelo. This is remarkable because after the Russian invasion, almost two years ago, the uranium-enriching state-owned company in Almelo claimed to be "very concerned" about developments in Ukraine and therefore "stopped […]
[The Guardian]: "As nuclear plant is hit by further delay, real cost will be far higher after inflation is included, as project uses 2015 prices. The owner of Hinkley Point C has blamed inflation, Covid and Brexit as it announced the nuclear power plant project could be delayed by a further four years, and cost […]
From WNN: In 2022, 13 EU countries with nuclear electricity production generated 609,255 GWh of nuclear electricity - down 16.7% compared with 2021, according to figures released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. It noted this is the lowest level registered in the period from 1990, the first year for which comparable […]