February 13, 2012 Nuclear issues COMMENT: Lost in translation: Freezing Germany stays true to no-nuclear goals, but nuclear France fails the cold lessons of climate change MOSCOW – A few days ago a sensational – and erroneous - piece of news spread in the media: On…
February 12, 2012 Nuclear USA US Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants first reactor construction license in 34 years The five member US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved for the first time in 34 years the construction of a…
February 11, 2012 Accidents and incidents Mystery radioactive iodine found in Barents Sea region earlier this month traced to Hungary, not Russia, says Finland Insignificant quantities of radioactive iodine-131 that turned up at the beginning of the month in Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland…
February 5, 2012 Accidents and incidents UPDATE: Fire breaks out at central Moscow nuclear research institute A fire broke out on Sunday at a Moscow nuclear research center that houses a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor, emergency…
February 1, 2012 Nuclear issues Small traces of Iodine-131 mysteriously appear throughout Barents Sea region While authorities in Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland have detected insignificant concentrations of the radioactive isotope Iodine-131, the numerous Russian…
