On November 15, the reactor operator observed an increasing temperature downstream one of the pressurizer safety valves indicating internal leakage. The operational manager decided, after consulting the plant engineering staff and the Ringhals Safety Committee, to reduce the Reactor Coolant System (RCS) operating pressure. At 15.1 MPa the internal leakage terminated. The normal operating pressure is 15.5 MPa. On December 8, during a planned stop, the safety valve was replaced and the operational pressure was returned to 15.5 MPa. In January while working with an experience feedback item it was found in the Technical Specifications that the lowest allowed RCS pressure is 15.3 MPa. Justifation: Defence-in-depth criteria level 1 anomaly beyond the authorized operating regime.
The Pacific News Bulletin (since September 1986) and its predecessor Pacific Bulletin was published for the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) Movement by the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC), first based in Petersham (Australia) and later at Suva on the Fiji Islands. The NFIP movement grew out of the first regional Nuclear Free Pacific […]
On 29 June 2026, the Urenco Group issued a statement announcing that the UK Government formally requested the company to support its effort "to re-establish a nuclear fuel cycle for reactor fuel for defence purposes." The UK Government announced its intent to re-establish this program in November 2024. This announcement is part of a broader […]
The Netherlands has agreed to allow Urenco to be used for the British military nuclear program. This clears the way for uranium enriched by Urenco to be used in nuclear weapons. With his decision, Foreign Minister Berendsen (CDA Christen Democrats) is departing from the principle that civilian and military nuclear applications must remain strictly separate. […]
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Everywhere you look, the nuclear industry’s hype machine is in overdrive. Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and the UK government all tout small modular reactors as the silver bullet for climate change and energy security. Tech billionaires are hiring nuclear veterans. Wall Street is whispering about “round-the-clock power” for artificial intelligence data centers. For those old enough […]