Flow of Tainted Water Is Latest Crisis at Japan Nuclear Plant
TOKYO — Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world’s second worst nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive...
View ArticleNSC construction progress
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: Assembling of basic and supporting structures of the Arch; Assembling of guiding slide supports for Lifting...
View ArticleVasya Pogrischuk
Born on: 08/03/2002. Disease: Ewing’s sarcoma. Vasya needs 2,441.50 UAH ($310) for MRI for further diagnostics. One of the recent patients is Vasya Pogrischuk from Ternopil, who recently survived...
View ArticleNew Safe Confinement. Construction progress
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: Assembly of the Arch metal structures (for 2nd lifting) According to the design – 4,097 tons 3,793.15 tons...
View ArticleRising radioactive spills leave Fukushima fishermen floundering
Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not for the...
View ArticleIran’s Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view
Iran aims to start a reactor next year which the West fears could arm an atomic bomb; Israel, which has bombed such construction sites around the Middle East before, may try to stop the plant being...
View ArticleFukushima plant operator reverses claim groundwater not contaminated
(Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Tuesday it had detected radioactive caesium in groundwater flowing into its wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant, reversing an earlier finding that any...
View ArticleFukushima survey lists 12 confirmed, 15 suspected thyroid cancer cases
An ongoing study on the impact of radiation on Fukushima residents from the crippled atomic power plant has found 12 minors with confirmed thyroid cancer diagnoses, up from three in a report in...
View ArticleNorway will cooperate with Ukraine in the field of nuclear safety
On June 5, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Law “On ratification of the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Kingdom of Norway on cooperation in the field of...
View ArticleAnother radioactive leak found at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant
A discharge of contaminated water has been discovered at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It is the latest in a string of incident hindering the clean up of the worst nuclear disaster...
View ArticleTHE SECOND LIFTING OF THE ARCH IS STARTED
The second lifting of the eastern part of the Arch with weight 3788,6 tons is started today at Chernobyl NPP “Shelter” object site. Lifting operations are performed in two stages: June 12 Arch will be...
View ArticleNSC construction progress
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Second lifting of the Arch is performed - Arrangement of inclined piles in the serviced area (northern slip...
View ArticleFukushima nuclear plant: Toxic isotope found in groundwater
High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed Strontium-90 was...
View ArticleNew Safe Confinement: current status
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Load transfer from the Arch lifting system jacks to the locking devices; - Arrangement of inclined piles in...
View ArticleNSC construction progress
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Assembling of metal structures of eastern end wall of the Arch; - Installation of girders for internal casing;...
View ArticleNew Safe Confinement: current status
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Assembling of metal structures of eastern end wall of the Arch; - Installation of girders for internal casing;...
View ArticleNSC construction progress
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Preliminary assembling of the Arch metal structure panels; - Assembling of the Arch metal structures; -...
View ArticleChernobyl’s legacy recorded in trees
Exposure to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl accident had a lasting negative legacy on the area’s trees, a study has suggested. Researchers said the worst effects were recorded in the “first few...
View ArticleAfter Chernobyl, complexity surrounds local health problems
(CNN) — Yulia Gorelik describes her 8-year-old son, Daniel, as “a very clever boy.” He plays “Fur Elise” with elegant ease on the piano and enjoys eating McDonald’s chicken nuggets. Mother and son...
View ArticleNew Safe Confinement: current status
Within the NSC Project at the construction site the following works are being performed: - Preliminary assembling of the Arch metal structure panels; - Assembling of the Arch metal structures; -...
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