Das AKW Saporischschja als Verhandlungsmasse? Atomare Sicherheit darf niemals geopolitisches Spielzeug sein. So ein “Deal” gefährdet ganz Europa. #NuclearSafety #Ukraine
#NuclearSafety
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power issues Asia's first nuclear green bond, raising 215 billion won for safety improvements and next-generation nuclear technology development
#YonhapInfomax #KHNP #NuclearGreenBond #AsiaFirst #NuclearSafety #SmallModularReactors #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=52967
Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Are Wreaking Havoc on Nuclear Safety
DOGE has gutted the nuclear #safety agency.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192247/elon-musk-doge-cuts-nuclear-safety
" #DOGE pledged that the mass firing only affected noncritical employees... but that was little more than a bold-faced #lie.
...staffers forced out of his position incl acting Chief of Defense #Nuclear Safety James Todd, a senior executive official and the “top authority for all #NuclearSafety matters in the agency”"
Africa: 'Dangerous Nuclear Rhetoric and Threats' Trigger Stark Wake-Up Call - UN Chief: [UN News] Dramatically evolving geopolitical tensions amid "dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats" are a stark wake-up call for States to take action to support the legally binding atomic weapon ban treaty, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJJzLH #NuclearSafety #GeopoliticalTensions #UNChief #AtomicBanTreaty #InternationalRelations
Ukraine calls out IAEA staff for passing via occupied territories but pins blame on Russia
https://kyivindependent.com/foreign-ministry-condemns-iaea/
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Armee #update #IAEA #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#Zaporizhzhia #Nuclear #PowerPlant #blackmail #NuclearSafety
#перемогаYкраїни
Inside DOGE’s Dumbest Cut Yet
Last week’s hastily reversed firings at the National #Nuclear Security Administration have left a reeling, rattled agency in their wake.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-doges-dumbest-cut-yet
"one of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was... the top authority for all #NuclearSafety matters in the agency...
a deeply unwise #DOGE hatchet job...
illustration... of the potential real-world repercussions of Elon Musk’s slash-&-burn project."
Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-doge-firings-trump-federal-916e6819104f04f44c345b7dde4904d5
Bovenstaant is een citaat, het komt van deze bron: https://www.nucleairnederland.nl/nl/nieuwsbericht/een-overzicht-het-einde-van-de-duitse-kernenergie-2/
#atomkraft #nuclear #Kernenegie #kernenergieneebedankt #nuclearsafety #kernkraftistsicher #tschernobyl #chernobyl #DDR #Tsjernobyl
Let's talk about Trump and nuclear security....
The IAEA has confirmed radiation levels at Chornobyl remain "normal and stable" after a drone strike damaged the New Safe Confinement shelter over Reactor 4 ⏩ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7296209218091601920 #NuclearSafety #Chornobyl
Fire After Drone Strikes Chernobyl Reactor – Ukraine Blames Russia
#Chernobyl #NuclearSafety #DroneStrike #IAEA #ChernobylAttack #GlobalSecurity #UkraineCrisis #RadiationSafety #SpecialMilitaryOperation #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #RussianInvasion
Fire After Drone Strikes Chernobyl Reactor – Ukraine Blames Russia
#Chernobyl #NuclearSafety #DroneStrike #IAEA #ChernobylAttack #GlobalSecurity #UkraineCrisis #RadiationSafety #SpecialMilitaryOperation #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #RussianInvasion
Discover the latest full issue flipbook of Radioprotection. Published by EDP Sciences & la Société Française de Radioprotection, it unveils the newest academic insights in the discipline.
📖 Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/42JrMYD
#OpenAccess #ScientificPublishing #RadiationProtection #NuclearSafety #ScientificPublishing #ScienceMastodon
@ScienceScholar
@academia
@academicsunite @academicchatter
@ScienceAdm
#Wildfire risks high at #US #NuclearPlants
Posted on January 19, 2025 by beyondnuclearinternational
The GAO identifies a number of US nuclear power plant sites that are vulnerable to the possible outbreak of #wildfires where they are located.
"'According to our analysis of U.S. Forest Service and NRC data, about 20 percent of nuclear power plants (16 of 75) are located in areas with a high or very high potential for wildfire,' the GAO report states. 'More specifically, more than one-third of nuclear power plants in the South (nine of 25) and West (three of eight) are located in areas with a high or very high potential for wildfire.' The GAO goes on to identify 'Of the 16 plants with high or very high potential for wildfire, 12 are operating and four are shut down.'
"To analyze exposure to the wildfire hazard potential, the GAO used 2023 data from the U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Hazard Potential Map. 'High / very high refers to plants in areas with high or very high wildfire hazard potential. Those nuclear power stations described by GAO as 'high / very high' exposure to wildfires and their locations are excerpted from GAO Appendix III: Nuclear Power Plant Exposure to Selected Natural Hazards.
Table 1: Potential High Exposure to 'Wildfires' at Operating Nuclear Power Plants
–AZ / #SAFER, one of two mobile nuclear emergency equipment supply units in the nation, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–CA / #DiabloCanyon Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–FL / #TurkeyPoint Units 3 & 4 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–GA / #EdwinIHatch Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–GA / #Vogtle Units Units 1, 2, 3 & 4, nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–NC / #BrunswickNC Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–NC / #McGuireNC Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–NC / #ShearonHarris Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH /VERY HIGH”
–NB / #CooperNuclearPowerStation, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–SC / #Catawba Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–SC / #HBRobinson Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–WA / #ColumbiaNuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
Table 2: Potential High Exposure to “Wildfires” at Shutdown Nuclear Power Plants
–CA / #SanOnofre Units 1 & 2, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–FL / #CrystalRiver, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–NJ / #OysterCreek, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
–NY / #IndianPoint Units 1, 2 & 3, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”
"Wildfires can transport #radioactive contamination from nuclear facilities
"A historical review of wildfires that occur around nuclear facilities (research, military and commercial power) identifies that these events are also a very effective transport mechanism of radioactivity previously generated at these sites and subsequently released into the environment by accident, spills and leaks, and careless dumping. The radioactivity is #resuspended by wildfires that occur years, even decades later.
"The fires carry the radioactivity on smoke particles #downwind, thus expanding the zone of #contamination further and further with each succeeding fire. The dispersed #radionuclides can have very long half-lives meaning they remain biologically hazardous in the environment for decades, centuries and longer."
Read more:
https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/01/19/wildfire-risks-high-at-nuclear-plants/
#Downwinders #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #NuclearSafety #ClimateCrisis
A tale of two #NuclearPowerPlants along #LakeMichigan: Extended life and a revival?
WUWM 89.7 FM | By Chuck Quirmbach
Published January 10, 2025
"This year could be a big year for the status of two nuclear power plants around Lake Michigan.
"That includes a shutdown plant just 120 miles east of Kenosha that is seeking a first-of-its-kind restart.
"The year could also be significant for extending the life of #Wisconsin's only working commercial plant, located 95 miles north of #Milwaukee.
"On the west shore of Lake Michigan, #NextEraEnergy says it still wants a 20-year extension for the two reactors at the #PointBeachNuclearPowerPlant, located north of #TwoRivers, which would keep the site operating until the early 2050s.
"If that plan sounds familiar, it’s because #WUWM has been reporting on the proposal for about four years. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) approval is still pending.
"In a written statement this month, Florida-based #NextEra said it has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Point Beach, 'ensuring it’s ready to produce energy for decades to come.' The company says the plant powers nearly 1 million homes and businesses and provides about 14% of Wisconsin’s electricity.
"But nuclear power critics, like #KevinKamps of #BeyondNuclear, say there are concerns that key parts of the power production units are too #brittle to last another 20-plus years. He says there’s an alternative.
"'Point Beach’s electricity could easily be replaced through the expansion of #RenewableEnergy in Wisconsin. It’s ready to go. It would be more effective for the people of Wisconsin. It would certainly be much safer,' Kamps says.
"On the east shore of the lake, the #PalisadesNuclearPlant in #CovertTownship, Michigan, shut down nearly three years ago. But at the urging of some federal, state, and local officials, the Biden administration has provided a $1.5 billion loan to Holtec International, which bought the mothballed plant from the utility Entergy, so Holtec can try to restart Palisades.
[...]
"A key concern appears to be the damaged steam generator tubes at Palisades, which are likely to need repair or replacement. On Jan. 14, Holtec and the NRC are scheduled to discuss the matter.
"The NRC says Holtec will have to prove the plant is safe.
"Incoming President Donald Trump has made conflicting statements about nuclear power, so it’s unclear if he will try to get the NRC to favor either of the Lake Michigan plants."
https://www.wuwm.com/environment/2025-01-10/a-tale-of-two-nuclear-power-plants-along-lake-michigan-extended-life-and-a-revival
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #RethinkNotRestart #HoltecLies #RenewablesNow #WaterIsLife #AgingNuclearPlants #NuclearSafety #NuclearWaste #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree
The EU is supporting research and development of Small Modular Reactors via the Euratom Research and Training Programme, which emphasises
🦺 #NuclearSafety
☢️ waste management
👩🔬 upskilling - and more!
More on #SMRs 👉 https://europa.eu/!gwT47g
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/Energy4Europe/status/1869750371180236997#m
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-fuel-rods-raise-safety-standards
advanced material offers significant advantages over traditional metal cladding. It can withstand temperatures up to 1900◦C (3452◦F), far exceeding the limits of current materials. This enhanced heat resistance is crucial for improving safety margins in nuclear reactors
(think storage, knuckleheads, long-term final storage; we have mega-tons of this crap already)
As global tensions rise, it's good to know where to run if things go south. A new map reveals the safest havens if Putin decides to go nuclear. Time to check if your passport is up to date! #WorldWar3 #NuclearSafety #StayInformed Source: https://theinformer.uk
As tensions rise, it’s not just your vacation plans that need a rethink! The latest map highlights the “safest” havens if Putin strikes. Better brush up on geography and social distancing! 🗺️ #WorldWar3 #NuclearSafety #TravelSmart Source: https://theinformer.uk
Planning a getaway in case of a global crisis? Check out The Mirror US's World War 3 map highlighting the safest havens if Putin unleashes nuclear chaos. Spoiler: It’s not your typical vacation spot! Stay informed, stay prepared. #WorldWar3 #NuclearSafety #StayInformed Source: https://theinformer.uk
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