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Say it right
Safety starts and ends with clear communication. By Will Dalrymple In his 1909 book Write it Right: A Little Blacklist…
Load factors to end December 2013
The 400 nuclear reactor units (374.2 GW) with data available for the full year 2013 generated a total of 2346…
TEPCO robots find leaks in unit 1 and unit 3
Two separate inspections have finally located leaks in the Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 and unit 3 primary containment vessel. It…
US regulator will not require expedited transfer of spent fuel into dry casks
The US NRC has ruled that it will not push utilities to speed up transfer of spent fuel out of…
WIPP begins filter change-out process as it lays out short-term plans
Since a 14 February radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP), a deep geological repository for nuclear waste…
Dounreay receives first LLW vaults for site decom
The first two of as many as six underground low-level radwaste stores have been handed over to Dounreay parent body,…
ECCS sump strainers
In an emergency loss-of-coolant accident, water inside the primary containment vessel collects at the sump, where it is recirculated for…
AREVA divests German zirconium tube factory
AREVA has sold off its Duisburg, Germany zirconium tube factory used in making nuclear power plant fuel. In a transaction…
TEPCO starts up Fukushima groundwater bypass
Bypass of clean groundwater around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has started, marking a major milestone in the resolution of…
Ukraine’s Parliament ratifies EBRD/Euratom loan
Credits and guarantee to provide Energoatom with loans totaling EUR 600 million, signed in 2013, were ratified by the Ukrainian…