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EDF Energy again extends outages at Hunterston B
EDF Energy said this week March that it has extended outages at the two reactors at its Hunterston B plant in Scotland while the Office for Nuclear Regulation assessed their safety cases.
New contracts for Canada’s Kinetrics
Canadian company Kinectrics has been awarded two major contracts by Romania’s Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica, the owner/operator of the Cernavoda nuclear plant.
Finnish regulator approves operation of OL3
The Finnish Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) announced on 25 February that the government can issue an operating permit for unit 3 of Teollisuuden Voima’s (TVO’s) Olkiluoto NPP to the...
More problems for Finland’s OL3
Finland’s Finland’s radiation and nuclear safety authority, Stuk, has identified further safety issues at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3), which will need to be rectified before...
IAEA completes operational safety review at Armenian NPP
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (SALTO) team of experts has completed a review of long-term operational safety at the Armenian...
Sweden says nuclear safety research is underfunded
Critical areas of nuclear safety research are currently underfunded and education programmes relating to radiation safety are in jeopardy, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority...
UAE regulator signs research agreement with Khalifa University
The UAE’s Khalifa University of Science and Technology on 2 September signed a collaborative research agreement with the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) to advance...
US NRC to inspect San Onofre after incident involving used fuel
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on 24 August that it will conduct a special inspection at the site of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Songs), after...
Safety checks requested for new Japanese reactor
Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Company on 10 August applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for safety screening of unit 3 at its Shimane NPP, which is one of two new...
Canada’s Pickering NPP relicensed
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on 8 August announced that it was renewing the operating licence for the six-unit Ontario Power Generation's (OPG’s) Pickering NPP for...
Belarusian NPP meets EU stress test requirements
The national report of Belarus on the results of NPP stress tests complies with the requirements of the European Union (EU), Belta news agency reported on 10 August, citing Mark Foy,...
French commission highlights safety concerns
A French parliamentary commission report published on 5 July said France’s nuclear power plants require safety improvements, including their ability to withstand a possible...
Review finds Belarus NPP complies with EU stress tests
A European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (Ensreg) peer review has concluded that the Belarusian nuclear plant under construction at Ostrovets the Lithuanian border complies...
Japanese regulator resumes safety checks at Rokkasho reprocessing plant
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 4 April decided to resume assessing the safety of the Rokkasho used fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture. The checks, which...
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...
