On 6th November 2006, at the Cadarache MOX fuel processing former facility ATPu, after a maintenance outage, a double-load of nuclear material has been detected during the preparation of a grinding operation of waste nuclear material from an ancient industrial activity. The analysis demonstrated it was the result of an unrecorded material loading. Indeed, a set of non-approved procedures was used to compensate for a long lasting weight measurement failure. The insufficient information given by the shift-log did not allow the new team to be aware; the next grinding operation was prepared and a new load introduced in excess, in the machine. This event has been without any consequence for workers and the environment thanks to the fact that the double-loading hazard was initially accounted for by the safety provisions of the grinding machine.
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.
