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| October 13, 2013 |
 UK energy sector expecting 'massive' international investment London (AFP) Oct 13, 2013 - Britain is close to securing "massive" international investment in its energy sector, Energy Secretary Ed Davey said on Sunday. Davey told BBC's Andrew Marr programme that he had made "huge progress" in negotiations with China during a recent visit as Britain looks to secure its future energy supply while hitting emission targets. He also said that South Korea and Japan were considering ... more |  |
 Global energy challenges under spotlight in South Korea Seoul (AFP) Oct 13, 2013 - The world's leading energy officials will meet this week in South Korea to discuss the sector's major challenges, ranging from climate change to the rise of fracking and nuclear power's uncertain future. The 22nd World Energy Congress begins Monday in the southeastern city of Daegu, which has set its sights on becoming a model for the use of renewable energy, particularly solar. With ove ... more |  |
Thousands protest against Areva in Niger Niamey (AFP) Oct 12, 2013 - Thousands of people in Niger protested Saturday against French nuclear firm Areva, which has been mining uranium in the impoverished country for nearly 50 years, one of the organisers said. "The aim of the protest, which has gathered about 5,000 people, is to support the government in its upcoming discussions with Areva on the subject of our uranium," Azaoua Mamane told AFP. Several othe ... more |  |
Austrian leaders hail EU decision on nuclear power subsidies Vienna (UPI) Oct 11, 2013 - Austrian leaders this week hailed an EU decision to exclude nuclear power from new guidelines for member states in establishing renewable energy subsides. Austria, which derives most of its electricity from hydropower and other renewable sources, is phasing out nuclear power and key political leaders said Wednesday they were pleased with the European Commission's move to reject automati ... more |  |
US, Vietnam sign civil nuclear deal Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (AFP) Oct 10, 2013 - The United States signed a civilian nuclear pact with Vietnam on Thursday under which Hanoi committed not to produce ingredients for atomic weapons, US officials said. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced the deal, known as the "123 agreement" on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Brunei. The agreement, which could potentially lea ... more |  |
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S. Korea finds forged reactor safety documents Seoul (AFP) Oct 10, 2013 - South Korean nuclear reactors have been abruptly shut down 128 times over the past decade because of faulty parts, officials said Thursday, amid a scandal over forged safety certificates. Government officials who inspected 22,000 certificates for parts used in 20 working reactors found that 277 or 1.2 percent of the documents had been forged, the Prime Minister's Office said. A separate ... more |  |
UN atomic agency praises British nuclear safety Vienna (AFP) Oct 09, 2013 - The UN atomic agency on Wednesday praised Britain's improvements to its regulatory framework for nuclear safety but said more needed to be done. Following a 10-day visit, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in preliminary findings Britain had made "considerable progress since reviews in 2006 and 2009". "Recommendations and suggestions" were however made, "aimed at strength ... more |  |
Russian warhead fallout keeps America warm United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 09, 2013 - Uranium fuel from 20,000 disarmed Russian warheads is generating about half of US nuclear power in a spinoff from a landmark disarmament accord, a top US official said Wednesday. But the deal under which 500 tonnes of Russian weapons-grade uranium has been used to light and heat American homes will end next month because Russia believes its former Cold War rival has been getting energy on th ... more |  |
Report says U.S. could face shortage of nuclear reactor material Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2013 - The United States could be facing a shortage of lithium, an element vital to the operation of many of the country's nuclear reactors, a study says. The study from the Government Accountability Office said only China and Russia still produce significant amounts of lithium and the supply may be drying up, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The possible shortage of lithium - cr ... more |  |
Six Fukushima workers doused with radioactive water Tokyo (AFP) Oct 09, 2013 - Six workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant were doused with radioactive water from a desalination system Wednesday, the plant's operator said. The fluid splashed onto the men when they accidently removed a pipe connected to the system, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said. "The water did not come into contact with their faces so there is a little possibility that the work ... more |  |
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Japan nuclear regulator berates Fukushima operator Tokyo (AFP) Oct 04, 2013 - Japan's atomic watchdog summoned the boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday for a public dressing-down over sloppy standards at the crippled nuclear plant, as yet another problem with radiation-polluted water emerged. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) called in Tokyo Electric Power Co president Naomi Hirose and other executives over "the inappropriate management of contaminated wate ... more |  |
Japan nuclear regulator berates Fukushima operator Tokyo (AFP) Oct 04, 2013 - Japan's atomic watchdog summoned the boss of Fukushima's operator TEPCO on Friday for a public dressing-down over sloppy standards at the crippled nuclear plant, as yet another problem with contaminated water emerged. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) called in Tokyo Electric Power Co president Naomi Hirose and other executives over "the inappropriate management of contaminated water". ... more | |
New leak at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant: TEPCO Tokyo (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - A new radioactive water leak has been discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean, its operator said Thursday, according to Japanese news agencies. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said the highly radioactive water had leaked at the Fukushima No. 1 plant from a different storage tank to the one where a similar leak was found in August, Jiji a ... more |  |
New leak at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant: TEPCO Tokyo (AFP) Oct 03, 2013 - A new radioactive water leak has been discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and has flowed into the Pacific Ocean, its operator said Thursday. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said the highly radioactive water, which includes up to 580,000 becquerels per litre, had leaked at the Fukushima No. 1 plant from a different storage tank to the one where a leak was found in August, it s ... more | |
Radioactivity found in fracking waste water in Pennsylvania Durham, N.C. (UPI) Oct 2, 2013 - Elevated levels of radioactivity, salts and metals were found in treated water from oil and gas operations discharged into a Pennsylvania creek, scientists say. Treated wastewater from hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" activities released into the creek in the west of the state was tested, researchers from Duke University and Dartmouth College reported Wednesday in a study published in ... more |  |
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Four tonnes of radioactive water spilled in Fukushima Tokyo (AFP) Oct 01, 2013 - The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday workers had spilled four tonnes of radioactive water, likely contaminating the soil and possibly groundwater. Workers were pumping rain water that was trapped in a concrete gutter into an empty 12-tonne tank that sat on open soil, said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO). "Work crew started operating the pump arou ... more | |
Bangladesh breaks ground for first nuclear power plant Dhaka, Bangladesh (UPI) Oct 3, 2013 - Bangladesh's prime minister inaugurated construction for the country's first nuclear power plant. "It is a milestone in the use of technology (in Bangladesh)... I believe it fulfills the nation's dream," Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina told the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in the country's Pabna district, the Gulf News reports. Hasina said th ... more |  |
Bangladesh starts building first nuclear plant Dhaka (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - Energy-starved Bangladesh on Wednesday inaugurated the opening phase of work for its first ever nuclear power plant using Russian technology. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in the country's northwest, which will have two 1,000 megawatt reactors costing up to $4 billion. The impoverished South Asian nation signed a deal in Novembe ... more | |
Jellyfish 'invasion' causes Swedish nuclear reactor shutdown Stockholm (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - A Swedish nuclear reactor was restarted on Wednesday following a three-day closure caused by a build-up of jellyfish in a cooling system, according to the operators. The incident occured in reactor 3 at Oskarshamn power station on the Baltic Sea coast, which is run by OKG, a subsidiary of the German electricity company EON. "It was a larger amount than we had ever seen. Every autumn we ... more |  |
Plastic pad clogs up Fukushima water cleaning system Tokyo (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - A piece of plastic padding which clogged up a drain is thought to have caused the breakdown of a decontamination system at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator said Sunday. The Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), designed to remove radioactive material from contaminated water, is expected to play a crucial role in treating huge amounts of toxic water accumulating at t ... more | |
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