Category Archives: reprocessing

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

(Totally unrelated aside: the above photo is of the original reactor containment at Dounreay, and is known locally as Fred the Golf Ball.) Dounreay nuclear is leaking again.   The first reactor at the Scottish site was built in 1955, … Continue reading →

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Follow-up: NRC sends investigation team to Wyoming uranium processing facility

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has now sent investigators to the Uranium One Irigaray and Christensen Ranch in situ mining facility in Wyoming following an accident earlier this week. The NRC Press Release noted that the facility had ceased operations … Continue reading →

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Potential worker exposure to nuclear material in Belgium and in Wyoming

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

The World Nuclear News reported this morning on two accidents involving nuclear materials:   Separate spillages of nuclear materials at facilities in Belgium and the USA appear to have been without radiological impact, although personnel involved in both incidents are undergoing … Continue reading →

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WNN summary of French reprocessing explosion

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

World Nuclear News published this a little while ago: Explosion at French waste site 12 September 2011  A worker was killed today by an explosion in a furnace used to prepare contaminated metal for disposal.  Details of the event come … Continue reading →

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French reprocessing facility had been cited earlier this year for safety violations

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Talk about burying the lead! This was the tenth paragraph of the Wall Street Journal’s article on the explosion this morning at a French reprocessing site: In 2011 France’s nuclear safety regulator issued a warning over safety measures at the … Continue reading →

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There ARE reactors at Marcoule

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Something you always have to watch out for in Nuke Speak is the carefully crafted half-truth. Much that has been said this morning about the explosion at Marcoule has said that there are no nuclear reactors at the site. What … Continue reading →

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Explosion at French nuclear facility kills 1, injures 4

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Earlier today, there was an explosion at the Marcoule nuclear facility in southern France. As the Los Angeles Times reported within the last hour: At least one person was killed and four injured when a furnace exploded Monday at the … Continue reading →

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