May 2022

Nuclear Reactors 1020 - Inspector General Criticizes The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspections At Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

      The U.S Inspector General (IG) issued a report this week with respect to the way that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) handled the failure of an auxiliary feedwater system that required one of the nuclear reactors at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant near San Luis Obispo on the coast of California to be shut down for eight days.

Radioactive Waste 853 - Problem Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal - Part 2 of 3 Part

Part 2 of 3 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
     Finland is the first country to have a deep geological repository, referred to as ONKALO, under construction. It is due to start storing spent nuclear fuel in 2025. Trial runs will begin in 2023 according to Posiva, the company charged by the Finnish government with handling final nuclear waste disposal.

Nuclear Reactors 1018 - World Uranium Market Has Not Been Impacted By Recent Geopolitical Events - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts
     The World Nuclear Fuel Conference 2022 was just held in London. Recent geopolitical events have not yet impacted the global uranium market according to speakers from uranium suppliers. They agreed that the longer-term future of the uranium market is uncertain.

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