Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Power Plant was producing about 25% of its 2 000 MW capacity on August 1, 2026, after falling Danube levels led to the shutdown of Units 1 and 3. The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (OAH) said the production reductions and shutdowns had no negative effect on nuclear safety or the environment.
A waterspout was recorded near Obninsk nuclear power plant in Russia on May 23, 2013. It caused minor damage to buildings in the area. Obninsk is located about 110 km southeast of Moscow. The nuclear power plant APS-1 Obninsk (Atomic Power Station 1
An unknown seismic fault has been detected on the ocean floor a half-mile from Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The fault zone was detected more than two years ago by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey working with the
Dangerously high doses of radiation have been detected in or near the compounds of the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. Japan's worsening nuclear crisis will now be compared to the Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet…
