Chernobyl's radioactive dust 'safe confinement' shelter unveiled: Ukraine
A structure built to confine radioactive dust from the nuclear reactor at the center of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster was formally unveiled on Wednesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy inaugurated the "new safe confinement" shelter that spans the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's Reactor ...
Sweden calls for nuclear reactors to be shielded from hot weather after summer shutdowns
Sweden's nuclear energy regulator, SSM, has asked plant operators to produce plans in the coming months to shield their reactors from harmful hot weather, its director told Reuters on Monday. A number of Swedish reactors had to shut down or reduce output as the summer ...
Corrosion and holes have been found in ventilation ducts in 12 reactors across the country, raising concerns workers could be exposed to radiation in an accident.
The Osaka District Court on Friday dismissed a request by a resident to halt two reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture because they might be attacked by North Korean missiles. While noting that North Korea is developing missiles that put Japan ...
Two Tepco reactors are cleared for restarts by the nuclear watchdog agency, becoming the first run by the operator of the crippled Fukushima power plant to pass stricter safety standards.
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn promised a business associate before the inauguration of Donald Trump that U.S. sanctions with Russia would be "ripped up" by the incoming administration, according to a witness account described by House Democrats. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the ...
Nine reactors in Japan use products manufactured by steel maker that admitted faking quality data
Nine reactors at five nuclear power plants in Japan, including some currently in operation, have used products manufactured by the Kobe Steel Ltd. group which has admitted fabricating product quality data, it has been learned. According to documents shown at a meeting of the Nuclear ...
Cooling systems at five NRA-cleared nuke plants could fail if nearby volcanoes erupt
Five nuclear power plants that have passed safety clearances may be at risk of having their cooling systems crippled during huge eruptions of nearby volcanoes, the nuclear safety watchdog says.
Fuel debris extraction plan for crippled Fukushima reactors to be revealed soon: sources
A state-backed entity is close to completing a plan for decommissioning the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, detailing for the first time how it hopes to extract fuel debris from three reactors.
Westinghouse could be sold by year's end, U.S. seen telling India
The U.S. administration has told India that Westinghouse Electric Co. will emerge from bankruptcy and be sold by the year end, industry and diplomatic sources have said, raising the prospect of a Washington-supported sale or bailout for the nuclear firm. India, like other nuclear nations, ...
NRA urging background checks on students using Japan's research reactors
Japan's nuclear regulator has urged universities to conduct background checks on students and researchers working at research reactors, as a step to ensure the proper handling of nuclear materials and prevent terrorism, a source said Thursday. The check items include mental disorder and criminal records ...
Kansai Electric Power Co. is planning to reactivate an idled nuclear reactor on the Sea of Japan coast on May 17 at the earliest, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. The planned restart of the reactor 4 at the Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture ...
