Nuclear Reaction regular Tricastin is in back in the news. Again. The French nuclear watchdog ASN has found that… Read more >

…an inspection last month showed that, since Jan. 1, the plant had emitted more radioactive carbon-14 gas than was permitted for the whole...

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World Nuclear News: Areva: no need to repeat MOX trials

‘A recent statement from Friends of the Earth and the Union of Concerned Scientists contended that the in-core test had been a fail... Read more >

In 1998, the Sellafield nuclear facility in northern England had to employ sharpshooters to cull seagulls when it was found that the birds’ droppings were radioactive. Ten years later the seagulls are still a problem.

The bodies of these unfortunate cr... Read more >

South Africa is looking for a nuclear ‘renaissance’ of its own. Whereas the original Renaissance had artists and philosophers as its foot soldiers, this modern renaissance has troops of a different calibre in the front line: PR spokespeople. It seems ... Read more >

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Stuff: NZ heading to nuke clash with India

‘New Zealand's hardline anti-nuclear policy is threatening to create a diplomatic storm with India. Wellington later this month will determine w... Read more >