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- Fukushima-Daiichi Unit 1 Accident Was Not Due To Coolant Loss, Says Tepco(NUCNET, 2014-01-02) Dalton, DavidThe problems that led to core meltdown and fuel damage at Unit 1 of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant began as a direct result of the impact of the tsunami and not a loss of coolant from pipe failure caused by the earthquake, a report by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company says.
- UK Regulators Begin Next Phase Of Hitachi ABWR Assessment(NUCNET, 2014-01-06) Dalton, DavidThe UK’s joint nuclear regulators have announced that they are progressing to the next phase of their assessment of a new nuclear reactor design that could be built at two sites in the UK.
- Finland’s Operators Announce 2013 Production Figures(NUCNET, 2014-01-06) Dalton, DavidFinland’s nuclear operators have released production figures for 2013, with Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) saying the two-unit Olkiluoto nuclear power station produced a record 14.63 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity despite unplanned outages.
- NucNet Insider _ No. 1 _ 6th January 2014(NUCNET, 2014-01-06) Mitev, LubomirAn initiative to bring together all the scientific research on exposure to low and very low doses of ionising radiation will improve the global radiological protection system and could have major implications for dealing with the rehabilitation of areas affected by the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, the head of the initiative has said.
- India Begins Construction Of Massive Iter Cryostat(NUCNET, 2014-01-07) Dalton, DavidIndian conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has begun the fabrication of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) cryostat, a 3,800-tonne structure that will be the largest high-vacuum pressure chamber ever built.
- Vattenfall Begins Inspection Of Underground Waste Drums At Brunsbüttel(NUCNET, 2014-01-08) Dalton, DavidNuclear operator Vattenfall today began inspecting six storage rooms below the shut-down Brunsbüttel nuclear power station in Germany where 631 drums of radioactive waste are being stored pending their transfer to a nationwide repository.
- UK University To Lead GBP 8 Million Nuclear Waste Research Programme(NUCNET, 2014-01-08) Dalton, DavidThe University of Leeds in England is to lead a consortium of 10 universities in a national research programme looking at ways of dealing with the country’s nuclear waste.
- Support For Nuclear Remains ‘Resilient’ In UK, Says Report(NUCNET, 2014-01-09) Dalton, DavidPublic attitudes towards nuclear power in the UK have not followed a trajectory that could have been expected following the March 2011 accident at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan, a report says.
- US Nuclear Operates At ‘Nearly 100 Percent’ Capacity During Record Cold(NUCNET, 2014-01-10) Mitev, LubomirNuclear power stations in the US operated at “nearly 100 percent” capacity during record cold temperatures experienced in the US this week, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has said.
- New Nuclear Station Project Under Way In India(NUCNET, 2014-01-13) Mitev, LubomirIndia’s prime minister Manmohan Singh has laid the foundation stone for a new nuclear power plant near Gorakhpur village, 200 km east of the capital New Delhi, the Nuclear Power Company of India Limited (NPCIL) has said in a statement.
- Japan Scientists To Create ‘Mini Meltdown’ For Nuclear Safety Research(NUCNET, 2014-01-13) Dalton, DavidNuclear scientists at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) are to create a “mini nuclear reactor meltdown” to try to better understand what causes them, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (Jaif) has said.
- Czech Republic Suspends Repository Survey At Kraví Hora(NUCNET, 2014-01-13) Mitev, LubomirExploration of an area of the southeastern Czech Republic as a site for long-term radioactive waste storage has been suspended, the environment ministry has said.
- German Court Rules Forced Biblis Shutdown ‘Illegal’(NUCNET, 2014-01-14) Mitev, LubomirIn a case brought by German utility RWE the administrative court in Leipzig has decided that the shutdown of the two-unit Biblis nuclear plant was illegal.
- NucNet Insider No. 2(NUCNET, 2014-01-14) Mitev, LubomirWork is continuing on the Myrrha multi-purpose research reactor project at SCK•CEN headquarters in Mol – the first prototype reactor in the world driven by a particle accelerator. Project director Dr Hamid Aït Abderrahim spoke to NucNet about the technical specifications, the challenges and the opportunities.
- Westinghouse Takes Step Towards Construction Of Three New Reactors In UK(NUCNET, 2014-01-14) Dalton, DavidToshiba Corporation has reached an agreement in principle with GDF Suez of France and Iberdrola of Spain to take a 60 percent stake in NuGeneration Limited (NuGen), the UK-based nuclear energy company which plans to build three Westinghouse nuclear reactors at the Moorside site in Cumbria, northwest England.
- US Congress Allocates USD 110 Million For SMR Funding(NUCNET, 2014-01-15) Mitev, LubomirThe US Congress has appropriated 110 million US dollars (USD) (80 million euros) for funding to support the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) in 2014, the House of Representatives has said in a statement.
- Russia Signs Agreement To Build Two New Units At Hungary’s Paks(NUCNET, 2014-01-15) Dalton, DavidHungary’s government has signed an agreement with Russian state-controlled nuclear energy corporation Rosatom that will see the company build two new reactor units at Hungary's Paks nuclear power station, Rosatom said.
- PM Says Vietnam Might Delay Construction Of First Nuclear Plant(NUCNET, 2014-01-16) Dalton, DavidVietnam might delay construction of its first nuclear power plant to 2020 to ensure “safety and efficiency”,according to the country’s prime minister.
- CNNC Pays USD 190 Million For Stake In Namibia Uranium Mine(NUCNET, 2014-01-20) Dalton, DavidState-owned China National Nuclear Corporation has agreed to buy a 25 per cent stake in Australian miner Paladin Energy’s Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia for 190 million US dollars (USD) (140 million euros), Paladin said today.
- Brazil Releases Production Figures For Angra Nuclear Station(NUCNET, 2014-01-20) Dalton, DavidBrazil’s two commercially operational nuclear reactor units generated more than 14 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in 2013, the third best total in their operating history, owner and operator Eletrobras Eletronuclear said.