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Study: Yankee radiation up 30%: Rutland Herald Online

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:14:22 -0000

Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is releasing 30 percent more radiation into the environment since it boosted power production by 20 percent two years ago, according to a study from the Department of Health released Friday.

The increase in radiation is larger than what was expected, according to William Irwin, radiological health safety chief for the health department, but is still within state limits.

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Radioactive woman sparks evacuation | NEWS.com.au

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:46:38 -0000

AUTHORITIES evacuated the airport terminal in Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, after a flight arriving from Seoul set off a radiation alarm.
The alarm was called off when security officials pinpointed the source - a woman who had just received radiation therapy, Interfax news agency reported today.

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Concern over French nuclear leaks

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:45:31 -0000

A French nuclear monitoring body has expressed concern at the number of leaks from French nuclear power stations in recent weeks.

The director of Criirad, an independent body, said the organisation was worried by the numbers of people contaminated by four separate incidents.

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6.8 quake rocks Tohoku (The Daily Yomiuri)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:43:19 -0000

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck the Tohoku region early Thursday, injuring at least 126 people, 28 seriously.

According to the Meteorological Agency, the quake, which struck at 12:26 a.m., measured upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Hironocho in Iwate Prefecture and lower 6 in Nodamura in the prefecture and part of Aomori Prefecture, including Hachinohe.

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Entergy: Yankee component cracks from natural aging: Rutland Herald Online

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:33:28 -0000

Vermont Yankee's steam dryer has withstood the additional stress from a 20 percent jump in power production despite developing an increasing number of cracks, Entergy engineers told a panel from the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Wednesday.

And if the steam dryer was going to show serious problems, as it has at other, similar nuclear power plants which have increased power production, it would have by now, Larry Lukens, an Entergy Nuclear engineer, said.

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Health officials to test wells near nuclear plants - South Carolina & Regional - Wire - Myrtle Beach Sun News

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:29:27 -0000

The state's health agency will be testing water from wells near three nuclear reactor sites around South Carolina.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control says its staffers will visit residents Thursday and take samples from wells near Duke Energy Inc.'s nuclear power plants in York and Oconee counties and near the V.C. Summer plant in Fairfield County, which is co-owned by South Carolina Electric and Gas and state-owned utility Santee Cooper.

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Wild Clearing - Between the Ice Ages - The Exposed: Poisoned Nuclear Workers

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:39:19 -0000

We're now developing a documentary on nuclear workers who have become poisoned by heavy metals, radiation and other contaminants and who are also struggling for adequate compensation for their illnesses for those who are yet alive but sick, and for acknowledgement that those who have died did so as a result of limited or no recognition that their illnesses were caused by exposure to contaminants, flawed human safety procedures and limited care.

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Bloomberg.com: Uranium Leaks Rattle France's Nuclear Support, Anger Villagers

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:39:10 -0000

For years, Sophie Delmas took her horse and her four dogs for a swim in the Trop-Long lake, a stone's throw away from the Tricastin nuclear site in southeast France. Not anymore.

About 74 kilograms (163 pounds) of uranium leaked two weeks ago from a nuclear waste plant owned by Areva SA at the site behind her mother's home in Bollene.

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The Associated Press: France lifts water ban from spill at nuclear site

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:39:15 -0000

Authorities in southern France have lifted a ban on water sports and fishing in two rivers that was imposed after a leak at a nearby nuclear site.

Other bans on drinking well water in three towns or watering crops from the Gaffiere and Lauzon rivers are also being lifted.

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Fifteen French workers exposed to low-level nuclear radiation _English_Xinhua

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:36:26 -0000

Fifteen French workers were slightly exposed to nuclear radiation at Saint-Alban nuclear station in Iser province, but their health was unaffected, local media reported Monday.

A manager with France's national power company said regular medical checks found traces of radiation materials in the workers' bodies after they carried out routine repair and maintenance tasks at the nuclear station on July 18.

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Las Vegas Now | Downwinder Screening May Come to an End

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:25:45 -0000

In 1958, Troy Wade worked at the Nevada Test Site. His knowledge of that era comes in handy as president of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas.

"The Soviet Union tested their own atomic bomb, and suddenly this country was faced with a very different problem. Instead of developing weapons to be used against another country, suddenly this country had to defend itself against nuclear weapons developed by somebody else. That led to the establishment of the Nevada Test Site in 1950," he said.

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'Nuclear incident exercise' scheduled for Prairie Island - TwinCities.com

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:19:33 -0000

Dakota, Goodhue and Pierce county residents should not be alarmed by the extra activity at the Prairie Island nuclear plant on Tuesday, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

State emergency responders will be participating in an exercise simulating a nuclear incident, said DPS spokesman Doug Neville. The exercise is designed to test the capabilities of emergency responders during a nuclear incident.

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FR Doc: NRC: Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 6.2, ``Integrity and Test Specifications for Selected Brachytherapy Sources

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:41:02 -0000

Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 6.2, ``Integrity and Test Specifications for Selected Brachytherapy Sources,'' was issued with a temporary identification as Draft Regulatory Guide DG-6004. This guide directs the reader to the type of information acceptable to the NRC staff to evaluate the integrity and test specifications for selected brachytherapy sources.

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North Anna nuclear-plant drill set for next week - News - inRich.com

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:45:56 -0000

State, local and Dominion Virginia Power officials will test their ability next week to handle a nuclear emergency at the utility's North Anna Power Station.

Localities within 50 miles of the Louisa County plant, including Richmond and neighboring counties, will participate in the drill Tuesday and Wednesday.

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FT.com / Home UK / UK - Paris acts to allay fears of radiation

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:40:40 -0000

The French government yesterday ordered an investigation into the water table around all of France's 58 nuclear reactors in an effort to dispel fears raised by a leak from a treatment plant run by Areva in southern France.

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The Canadian Press: Repeated incidents raise questions about French nuclear safety

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:39:37 -0000

First, an overflowing tub at a French nuclear plant spilled uranium into the groundwater. Then a burst pipe leaked uranium at another nuclear site, raising an alert on Friday.

The two accidents within two weeks, both at sites run by French nuclear giant Areva, have raised questions about safety and control measures in one of the world's most nuclear-dependent nations, and given fodder to anti-nuclear activists.

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New Leak Discovery: France to Test Groundwater at All Nuclear Plants - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:52:35 -0000

In a response to calls by activist groups and the discovery that leaks found last week might have happened years ago, France has agreed to examine the groundwater near all its nuclear plants. Though the anti-nuclear groups see this as a positive step, they say it still doesn't go far enough.

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Nuclear Regulators Make Annual Security Report Available to Public | Environmental Protection

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:45:15 -0000

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made available to the public an unclassified version of an annual report to Congress outlining the previous year’s security inspection program. The report covers the security inspection program, including force-on-force exercises, for commercial power reactors and certain fuel cycle facilities for calendar year 2007.

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knoxnews.com | Sick worker advocates want an audit of the auditors

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:38:11 -0000

The Alliance for Nuclear Workers Advocacy Groups is asking congressional panels to investigate issues that reportedly skewed an investigation by the Dept. of Labor's Inspector General into the claims process for sick nuclear workers and undid a scheduled interview with a key informant (Ann Block). Here's a copy of letter sent today by ANWAG.

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The Modesto Bee | WAYNE MADSEN: Nuclear power not eco-friendly enough to resurrect

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:33:02 -0000

America's twin crises of sky-rocketing energy costs and catastrophic climate change effects shouldn't be a convenient excuse to push nuclear power as a viable replacement for coal, oil and natural gas power-generating plants.

The nuclear disaster at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 and the near-disaster at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 are reasons enough to strike nuclear power from the list of acceptable non-fossil and carbon energy sources.

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