nuclear accidents

Secret documents reveal government inspectors fears over defective nuclear reactors

Last edited 5 July 2006 at 8:00am
5 July, 2006

Cracked reactor cores have "increased likelihood of increased risk"

NUCLEAR POWER stations in the UK are structurally defective and their continued operation is increasing the risk of a radioactive accident, according to documents written by the government's own nuclear inspectors.

Article tagged as: AGRs, british energy, energy review, NSD, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear power plants, press releases, reactor safety

Assessment of the operational risks and hazards of the EPR when subject to aircraft crash

Last edited 19 May 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
19 May, 2006

A brief review of a confidential leaked EdF document

Summary

This is a brief review of a confidential EdF document that has been leaked to the public domain in France.

The EdF document relates to the projected performance of the AREVA designed Generation III EPR reactor. The first of this reactor type is presently being built at Olkiluoto in Finland and construction of a second EPR is expected to commence shortly at the established nuclear power station site at Flamanville in France.

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Article tagged as: EDF, EPR, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety, reports, terrorism

Chernobyl: "Never again"

Last edited 26 April 2006 at 8:00am
Pictures in an abandoned kindergarten in Prypyat, only a few miles from Chernobyl

Pictures in an abandoned kindergarten in Prypyat, only a few miles from Chernobyl

Article tagged as: chernobyl, health impacts, meltdown, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety

Interim Review: Leak of radioactive liquor in the feed clarification cell at BNG THORP Sellafield

Last edited 20 April 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
20 April, 2006

Review of the management and technical aspects of the failure and its implications for the future of THORP

Summary

Published by nuclear engineers John Large & Associates, this review examines the failure of pipework in the feed clarification cell of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant (THORP) at Sellafield that resulted in closure of the plant in April 2005. Operation of THORP is contracted to the British Nuclear Group (BNG) and owned by the government agency the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).

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Article tagged as: BNG, NDA, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radioactivity, reactor safety, reports, sellafield

The Chernobyl catastrophe - consequences on human health

Last edited 18 April 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
18 April, 2006

Summary

In the past twenty years it has become clear, that nuclear energy conceals dangers, in some aspects, even greater than atomic weapons: the ejecta from this one reactor exceeded the radioactive contamination caused by the nuclear weapons used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by one hundred times.

It has become clear that one nuclear reactor can contaminate half of the Earth and that no longer, not in one single country, could citizens be assured that the state will have the forethought and wisdom to protect them from nuclear misfortunes.

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Article tagged as: chernobyl, health impacts, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radioactivity, reactor safety, reports, russia

Fallout: the human cost of nuclear catastrophe

Posted by bex — 5 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Fallout: the human cost of nuclear catastrophe

Chernobyl fallout exhibition - Annya


A photographic exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster

Article tagged as: chernobyl, exhibitions, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety

Risks of transporting of irradiated fuel and nuclear materials in the UK

Last edited 28 March 2006 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
28 March, 2006

Prepared by Large & Associates, Nuclear Consultants

Summary

This review examines the hazards, risk and potential consequences associated with the transport movements of irradiated (spent) nuclear fuel in the United Kingdom. It identifies potential accidents and malevolent acts that could severely damage a spent fuel transportation flask, thereby enabling the release of radioactivity, in the form of particles and aerosols, and the corresponding health risk imposed on unprotected members of public.

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Article tagged as: nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, reports, spent fuel

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Nuclear power and terrorism

Last edited 13 January 2006 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
13 January, 2006

Summary

Building more nuclear power stations will dramatically increase the risk of a catastrophic terrorist attack, which could claim millions of lives. This shocking dossier of expert evidence shows how a terrorist strike, targetting dangerous radioactive waste held at the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria, could kill over two million people.

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Article tagged as: nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear waste, reactor safety, reports, sellafield, terrorism

Leak forces Sellafield to close

Posted by bex — 13 May 2005 at 8:00am - Comments
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Article tagged as: BNFL, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reprocessing, sellafield