More than 40 workers at a nuclear power station in northern India have been exposed to tritium radiation in two separate leaks in the past five weeks. The first accident occurred on June 23, 2012 when 38 people were exposed during maintenance work on a coolant channel
According to plant owner Exelon, the Oyster Creek nuclear power station in New Jersey was shut down early Monday morning, July 23, 2012 after a power failure.Electrical service from the outside grid was disrupted at around 3:41 a.m., and the plant’s emergency
Two workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan, India have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium and are under observation. The incident took place on June 23 at Unit 5 of the plant during routine maintenance work. “There was no
One of Wisconsin’s three nuclear reactors stopped operating Wednesday night, June 29, after a problem developed with the plant’s turbine.The problem with the Point Beach reactor occurred shortly before 9 p.m., according to a report that NextEra Energy Services filed
An alarm went off Tuesday night at the No. 3 reactor of the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, indicating a minor problem, the plant operator and the government said Wednesday during preparations to reboot the reactor. It was the first sign of trouble since
Fermi 2 reactor of the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Monroe, Michigan has been shut down on Monday, June 25, 2012 due to an equipment problem.The Monroe Evening News reports crews idled the plant around 1:30 p.m. when its steam condenser lost the
The Palisades nuclear power plant is shut down, RSOE is reporting.Officials at the plant removed it from service due to what is being described as a “small leak” in the plant’s safety injection and refueling water tank. That tank holds as much as 300-thousand gallons
In the first week after Fukushima, this physicist genius called for a massive international effort to bury the entire nuclear complex to protect as much as possible the human race from nuclear contamination. Dr. Michio Kaku said early on that “Tepco
Japanese officials are currently engaging in talks with Russian diplomats about where tens of millions of Japanese refugees might relocate in the very-likely event that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility’s Reactor 4 completely collapses. According to a recent
Mysterious green cloud hanging above the city of Moscow, Russia puzzled residents as Friday is the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine. Green dust clouds moved from the south-west. But according to Interfax, officials say that given
