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Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 4 April decided to...
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NEA report recommends “all-hazards approach”
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has produced a new report “Towards an All-Hazards Approach to Emergency Preparedness and Response” which looks at “lessons learned from...
Japan’s NRA approves Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6&7
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) announced on 27 December that units 6&7 of Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture meet...
No safety issues from falsifications in Japan
Nine reactors at five nuclear power plants in Japan 0have used products manufactured by the Kobe Steel group, Japan’s third-largest steelmaker, which has admitted fabricating...
Belarus regulator reports on NPP stress tests
The Belarus Department of Nuclear and Radiation Safety (Gosatomnadzor) has published a national report on the results of stress tests for the nuclear power plant under construction...
Japan’s NRA tightens cooling requirements for BWRs
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided that operators of boiling water reactors (BWRs) will be required to install new emergency cooling systems to be activated in...
EDF repairs pumping stations at 20 power reactors
EDF said on 11 October that it is repairing pumping station pipes at 20 nuclear reactors to increase seismic safety after an in-depth investigation revealed that metal is thinning...
WANO and NEA enhance co-operation on safety
The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have agreed to co-operate to further develop approaches, practices and methods to...
EDF says Le Creusot investigation reveals no safety concerns
The tests currently being carried out on reactor components manufactured at Areva’s Le Creusot forge have so far revealed no safety problems, the EDF group said in a statement on...
Conditional approval given to restart Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 13 September failed to certify the safety of units 6 and 7 at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco’s) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP in...
French regulator increases supervision of Belleville NPP
France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority) said on 13 September that it had placed France’s Belleville NPP operated by EDF, under increased supervision...
Hoppecke to supply batteries for Hinkley Point C
Hoppecke Industrial Batteries, the UK arm of the German company Hoppecke Batterien GmbH, on 13 September was announced as the supplier of batteries for safety systems at the UK’s...
ASN asks EDF to review Le Creusot manufacturing files
France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority) said on 16 August that it had opened a public consultation on a draft decision governing the review of...
IAEA launches new safety tool
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched an online tool for strengthening the safety of workers who risk exposure to ionising radiation in the fields of medicine...
Swedish regulator reports on Oskarshamn dismantling
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has submitted a 147-page report to the government regarding the planned dismantling of units 1 and 2 at OKG’s Oskarshamn NPP. The report...
Safeguards agreement with Pakistan enters into force
An agreement signed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Pakistan government on the application of safeguards in connection with the supply by China of two...
Canada Regulator addresses issues raised in government report
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) says it has addressed all issues raised in an October 2016 government report, which criticised CNSC inspections. The report, by the office...
ASN warned about Creusot Forge over 10 years ago
France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (Nuclear Safety Authority - ASN) on 31 published extracts from 10 years of correspondence in which it had warned about safety issues at...
Sellafield incident rated at INES level 2
An incident, which occurred at a Sellafield fuel reprocessing facility in the UK in January has been given a final rating of Level 2 on the International Atomic Energy...
Explosion causes fire at Flammanville NPP engine room
An explosion occurred at unit 1 of EDF’s Flamanville nuclear power plant in northern France, on 9 February causing minor injuries but no risk of contamination, authorities said.
