On September 10, 2007 the VROM Inspectorate was notified by te Customs Office at Rotterdam Maasvlakte that they had a radiation alarm of their portal detector. By mistake the content of the container was already unloaded at a distribution center in Amsterdam. Using handheld survey equipment an enhanced radiation level at the surface on the unloaded boxes of 15 microSieverts per hour could be determined. The container identification number is PONU 73766-5. The container was completely filled with 824 ladies handbags. An enchanced radiation level at the surface of one handbag of 15 microsieverts per hour was measured, due to the presence of cobalt-60. The handbags were further examined by a specialised firm. The cobalt-60 was incorporated in the ring of the shoulder strap of the handbags. The activity was calculated to be at least 25 kBq per handbag. The total activity of the cobalt-60 was calculated to be at least 38 MBq. The handbags were manufactured in India. The rings with the cobalt-60 contamination were supplied by Maple Exports LTD, Kolkata, India, in a total amount of 1542 pieces. The 1542 rings with cobalt-60 have been transported to COVRA, the radioactive waste facility in the Netherlands.
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.
