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Sellafield fined after incorrect disposal of radioactive waste
Sellafield Limited was fined £700,000 and ordered to pay £72, 635 in costs at Carlisle Crown Court for sending several bags of radioactive waste to a landfill site in Cumbria. The...
PPL Susquehanna modifies turbines to fix blade cracking issue
Operators reconnected the Unit 1 reactor at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant to the regional electric grid on 14 June, after completing improvements that will address the...
IAEA Marks 30 Years of OSART Nuclear Safety Reviews
This month is the 30th anniversary of the IAEA’s best-known peer review service the Agency offers its member states: the Operational Safety Review Team...
Cigar Lake to start mining ‘this summer’
Following regulatory approval of Cigar Lake, mine operator Cameco said it plans to begin jet boring in ore ‘this summer’, with the first ‘packaged pounds’ expected toward the end of...
EU calls for nuclear stress tests every six years
The European Union has proposed amending the 2009 nuclear safety directive to introduce requirements for stress-test-like safety reviews every six...
Lockheed Martin to develop reactor protection systems for Chinese reactors
Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with China's State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company (SNPAS) to prototype, manufacture and qualify reactor protection systems...
TVA cuts back on Bellefonte work
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is planning to cut spending on its partially completed Bellefonte nuclear project by reducing the number of staff working on the site. Its...
Second lift for Chernobyl eastern arch
The second lifting of the eastern part of the arch that will form the Chernobyl new safe confinement has started....
Rosatom keen to build nuclear power plant in Brazil
Russia is "ready to build, operate and finance investments in nuclear power plants" in Brazil, according to Rosatom deputy director general Kirill...
SCE to retire San Onofre
Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced that it will permanently retire Units 2 and 3 of its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in...
