An industrial gamma radiography exposure device (IGRED) with 0.6 TBq (15 Ci) 192Ir source belonging to a radiography agency was stolen from the premises of a steel factory on 26 August 2007. The lock of the source storage pit where the device was stored had been broken and IGRED containing the source was taken away. Extensive radiation surveys were carried out in the plant and also at scrap yards situated nearby but the source could not be traced. Search operations by police are continuing. No radiation injury has been reported. It appears that the device has been stolen for monetary gains. The device has adequate shielding and proper built-in locking mechanism and therefore inadvertent removal of the radioactive source from the device is not considered likely. Hence, the event is considered to be not significant from radiological safety point of view and is provisionally rated at level-2 on INES.
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 […]