Iran upgrading nuclear program: IAEA
ANI Tehran has reportedly upgraded its nuclear program by adding advanced uranium enrichment facilities and building a plutonium-producing reactor according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA report reflects the increased international concerns about the potential proliferation dangers it represents as the completion date approaches, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, [...]
Read More →Netanyahu says nuclear Iran would threaten free flow of oil supply
ANI Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that a nuclear Iran would threaten the free flow of oil through the Hormuz Straits. During his visit to China, Netanyahu’s discussions shifted from economic discussions to the Middle East. According to the Jerusalem Post, an official in the prime minister’s entourage said [...]
Read More →Nuclear plant spills radiation into Lake Michigan
By John Upton | Grist Last summer, a leaky tank led to the shutdown of the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan. So plant owner Entergy patched up the leak, fired back up the reactor, and hoped for the best. Unfortunately, the best did not materialize. The tank began leaking again. But no worries, thought the Einsteins [...]
Read More →He did it again: Putin renews vows to build more reactors on eve of Chernobyl anniversary
By Andrei Ozharovsky | Bellona Just one day before Russia, Ukraine, Belarus – and, indeed, many across the rest of the world – remembered the victims of the April 26, 1986 catastrophe at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin reiterated plans for building 25 new nuclear reactors. The following day, UN Secretary-General [...]
Read More →Plastic Bags, Tape, Broomsticks Fix San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Leak
10 News ABC An inside source gave Team 10 a picture snapped inside the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) showing plastic bags, masking tape and broom sticks used to stem a massive leaky pipe. San Onofre owner Southern California Edison (SCE), confirms the picture was taken inside Unit Three, but did not say when. [...]
Read More →Iran to Build Fixed Gamma Radiation System Soon
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoun Abbasi announced that the country plans to design and build a center equipped with a fixed gamma radiation system in Bonab city.
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North Korea demands recognition as nuclear weapons state
Al Arabiya North Korea demands to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, a state newspaper reported on Tuesday, in a defiant show of the country refusing to agree to U.S. conditions on their nuclear arms. The North’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper rejected the U.S. and South Korean condition “as groundless and unacceptable” that it agrees [...]
Read More →Japan: More active faults under Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant
Jiji Press | The Japan News More faults may be regarded as active under the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, a survey by its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., showed Thursday. Of the plant’s seven nuclear reactors, the faults below the Nos. 3, 5, 6 and 7 reactors are now suspected of having [...]
Read More →Emergency shutdown at Bulgarian nuclear plant – No radiation leak danger, say officials
The Sofia Globe A turbo-generator at the fifth unit of Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station was shut down on April 14 after a leak was found in the cooling system, but there was no danger of a radiation leak and readings around the plant were normal, a statement by Kozloduy on April 15 said. The [...]
Read More →A nuclear disaster could strike the US: 104 Fukushimas waiting to happen
By Valentin Mândrăşescu | VOR Gregory B. Jaczko, former chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, believes that all 104 nuclear reactors currently operating in the US have irreparable safety issues and have to be either replaced or scrapped. The American officials were quick to dismiss the statements of the nuclear expert and believe that the [...]
Read More →South Korea Wary Of North Korea Nuclear Test ‘Preparations’
Standard Digital North Korea may be preparing for a fourth nuclear test, South Korean officials say. South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told lawmakers there are “signs” of increased activity in the North’s main nuclear test site. A newspaper also quoted a South Korean official confirming activity similar to the North’s third test on 12 [...]
Read More →Deadline needed for military action on Iran
Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz called on world powers on Sunday to set a deadline for military action of weeks to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment program after talks ended without progress at the weekend.
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