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23.05.2013_No131 / News in Brief

IAEA Outlines ‘Challenges And Uncertainty’ For Fukushima Decommissioning

24 May (NucNet): Relatively stable cooling of fuel and fuel debris in the reactors and spent fuel pools has been established at Fukushima-Daiichi, but there are still “several challenges” to be met before “a sustainable situation” is achieved at the plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said.

23.05.2013_No129 / News in Brief

Regulator Launches Investigation Into RPV Flaw At Shearon Harris

The Shearon Harris nuclear plant.

23 May (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is launching a special inspection at Duke Energy’s Shearon Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina to assess the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a flaw of about 0.6 centimetres on the plant’s reactor pressure vessel (RPV) head.

21.05.2013_No126 / News in Brief

IAEA Head Calls On Nuclear Plants To Ask For Osart Missions

21 May (NucNet): Requests by International Atomic Energy Agency member states for Operational Safety Review (Osart) missions “do not appear to have increased” since Fukushima-Daiichi and several countries have still not requested an Osart missions, the agency’s director-general has said.

20.05.2013_No124 / News in Brief

Belgian Regulator Approves Restart Of Doel-3 And Tihange-2

20 May (NucNet): Belgium’s nuclear safety regulator has given approval for GDF Suez to restart two nuclear reactors closed last year over safety concerns, it said in a statement.

17.05.2013_No19 / World Nuclear Review

Russia Ready To Finance New Build In Vietnam, Says Rosatom

Rosatom's Sergei Kiriyenko.

17 May (NucNet): Russia says it is ready to offer financial assistance as part of its potential involvement in construction of the first nuclear power plant in Vietnam.

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24.03.2013 / Announcement

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23.01.2012 / To Our Members And Subscribers

NucNet SMS Emergency Alerts

NucNet offers eligible subscribers an SMS emergency alert service designed to keep nuclear industry professionals updated in the event of an incident - or rumour of an incident - at a nuclear installation.

06.07.2012 / Publication Announcement

NucNet Fukushima-Daiichi Fact File No 3: Summary of NAIIC Report

NucNet has published a summary of the report published by the National Diet of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC).

07.03.2012 / Publication Announcement

NucNet Fukushima-Daiichi Fact File No 2: Links To Source Material

NucNet has published an updated fact file with links to source material used in reporting the March 2011 accident at Fukushima-Daiichi and subsequent developments.

07.03.2012 / Publication Announcement

NucNet Fukushima-Daiichi Fact File No 1: Radiation and Emissions

NucNet has published an updated fact file detailing the levels and impact of emissions and radiation in Japan following the accident at Fukushima-Daiichi in March 2011.