• On April 1, TEPCO established the Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning & Decontamination (D&D) Engineering Company as an internal entity. (cnic.jp)
  • and decontamination and decommissioning, and waste management services. (power-technology.com)
  • He led AECOM's environmental work for the U.S. Department of Energy and the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. (bechtel.com)
  • James' strong technical background and industry knowledge will help us improve the delivery of our engineering and construction projects as well as our site operations and decommissioning work in an extremely complex and demanding field," said Craig Albert, president of Bechtel Nuclear, Security & Environmental. (bechtel.com)
  • One month after being put in charge of decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi, Naohiro Masuda talked to World Nuclear News about his priorities for the site and its workforce. (world-nuclear-news.org)
  • Now appointed head of the Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Company, Masuda is equally direct in setting his priorities: "Our promise to the prime minister of Japan is that we should reduce the risk this financial year [ending March 2015]. (world-nuclear-news.org)
  • The new arrangement, where Masuda's decommissioning company is a subsidiary of Tepco and separate from its power generation business, means that "organisational responsibilities and objectives are now very clearly defined. (world-nuclear-news.org)
  • The above mentioned costs do not include nuclear decontamination and decommissioning or restoring the site to "Greenfield. (tmia.com)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah - April 20, 2016 - Energy Solutions , Inc. has signed a collaborative agreement with The Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) for the decommissioning of commercial light water Nuclear Power Plants in Japan. (energysolutions.com)
  • In announcing this agreement, Ken Robuck, President of Energy Solutions ' Disposal and Decommissioning Business noted, "This is a tremendous opportunity for our company to provide our Decommissioning and Decontamination (D&D) experience and capabilities in Japan. (energysolutions.com)
  • Our primary goal is to support the Japanese nuclear industry in achieving safe and efficient decommissioning projects. (energysolutions.com)
  • This is a significant step in applying our decommissioning experience to support a growing international nuclear decommissioning market," stated David Lockwood, CEO of Energy Solutions . (energysolutions.com)
  • Palisades Nuclear Training Manager, Walter Nelson, and Holtec Government Affairs and Communications Senior Manager, Pat O'Brien, talk about the decommissioning process of the Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (holtecinternational.com)
  • Decommissioning is the process by which nuclear power plants are safely retired from service. (holtecinternational.com)
  • Using company employees and contracted experts, we will continue a strong environmental monitoring program through decommissioning. (holtecinternational.com)
  • To decommission a nuclear power plant, the licensee must submit A Post‐Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) to the NRC. (holtecinternational.com)
  • ACI's 9th Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management Summit will be taking place in London, UK , on 22nd - 23rd of February 2023 . (wplgroup.com)
  • The event will provide attendees with excellent opportunities to learn from high profile speakers, sharing their knowledge and expertise on overcoming the current challenges surrounding the decommissioning process of nuclear power plants and radioactive waste management. (wplgroup.com)
  • You will also have the chance to network with industry leaders from across the entire value chain, to determine the opportunities and challenges arising in the nuclear decommissioning sector, whilst also discovering the latest technologies and solutions that facilitate the treatment, storage and management of radioactive waste. (wplgroup.com)
  • Join us this year at ACI's 9th Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management Summit to discuss key topics and the latest developments in the essential areas of nuclear power plant decommissioning and radioactive waste management. (wplgroup.com)
  • A recommendation that the Department of Energy develop and design a metal smelter that would be suitable to recycle various types of metals into ingots from Decontamination & Decommissioning (D & D) activities at the former uranium plant has been approved by a 13-1 vote. (wise-uranium.org)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah - February 28, 2023 - EnergySolutions announced today that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the License Termination request for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) Decommissioning project located in Genoa, Wisconsin. (energysolutions.com)
  • Those accomplishments include the creation in 2014 of a new branch of Tepco, called Fukushima-Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company, as the only organisation responsible for the implementation of site radioactive waste management and decommissioning activities. (sone.org.uk)
  • The group has obtained $800 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from a third-party lender to help fund and protect core businesses which include supporting operating plants, nuclear fuel and components manufacturing and engineering as well as decommissioning, decontamination, remediation and waste management, it said. (reutersevents.com)
  • Bechtel partnered with Westinghouse Electric to provide decontamination and decommissioning services for nuclear power plants throughout the U.S. (fortnightly.com)
  • We defended a former owner of a nuclear fuels processing facility that is undergoing decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) under the supervision of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (thompsoncoburn.com)
  • We specialize in Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations. (tecos.lt)
  • We engaged in all series of decommissioning work, from planning decommissioning activities and schedule, investigation of dismantling and decontamination techniques, development of support software tools. (tecos.lt)
  • In 2021 Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center" intrusted us to prepare Study for decommissioning and dismantling of Latvia's Salaspils Nuclear Reactor. (tecos.lt)
  • And increasingly, we're doing more and more of decontamination, and decommissioning work of sites that are being shut down, do e sites and the like. (umbrex.com)
  • Let's start at the heart of a boiling water reactor where the nuclear fuel dwells. (ieee.org)
  • The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on March 11, 2011. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant consisted of six General Electric (GE) light water boiling water reactors (BWRs). (wikipedia.org)
  • On April 4, the Fukushima Prefecture Fisheries Cooperative Federation (FPFCF) secured a written response from TEPCO promising strict observance of effluent standards in its plans to divert ground water from the mountain side before it reaches the nuclear plant as a contamination countermeasure at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (cnic.jp)
  • On April 11, the water level failed to rise at a processing building to which contaminated water from a turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was being temporarily routed, but instead was falling. (cnic.jp)
  • The company is attempting to create underground frozen walls as a means of solving the problem of water contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (cnic.jp)
  • But in person, Iida was most interested in conveying the extent to which the Japanese people were lied to before, during and after the devastating nuclear disaster at Fukushima-Daiichi, precipitated on that same fateful day and by the deadly duo of earthquake and tsunami . (counterpunch.org)
  • Yuji Suzuki, a 56-year old employee of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in Fukushima Prefecture in charge of overseeing decontamination activities after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was arrested on charges of alleged bribery along with the former president of the construction firm that provided the bribe. (uchicago.edu)
  • It has been eight years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster on March 11, 2011. (uchicago.edu)
  • On the day the government sent 900 soldiers to the area around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to start decontamination, another leak of radioactive water occurred in one of the reactors. (asianews.it)
  • Environmental radioactivity, mainly in the Tohoku and Kanto areas, due to the long living radioisotopes of Cesium is laying obstacle on speedy recovery from the impacts of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. (toxicswatch.org)
  • Wahei and Sadako Nagayama don't have many visitors at their home in Naraha, a town 20 kilometres from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. (cbc.ca)
  • Their town of Naraha, 20 kilometres from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, was under an evacuation order until September 2015. (cbc.ca)
  • Ten years ago this week, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in the Pacific sent an eight story wall of water rolling toward the six reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Japan's northeast coast. (bellona.org)
  • Although more than two months have passed since March 11, the condition of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) remains critical. (cnic.jp)
  • In the same month, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced a work schedule ('roadmap') for stabilizing the critical situation at Fukushima Daiichi NPP. (cnic.jp)
  • The strenuous efforts of workers to stabilize the situation at Fukushima Daiichi NPP continue with no end in sight, and a worker who was engaged in decontamination work suddenly died on May 14. (cnic.jp)
  • the company in charge at fukushima daiichi says it will deal with all radioactive water by march 2015. (archive.org)
  • The situation at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station in Japan remains "very complex", with the increasing amount of contaminated water posing a short-term challenge and the need to remove highly radioactive spent fuel from the reactors that suffered meltdowns "a huge long-term challenge", the International Atomic Energy Agency has said. (sone.org.uk)
  • On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station's external power supply. (gaijinpot.com)
  • The unfortunate Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster resulted in the dispersal of a large amount of radioactive waste in the surrounding areas. (eohp-journal.jp)
  • TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident prompted extensive decontamination work. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Ohma Nuclear Power Station (ABWR, 1,383 MW) being built in Ohma Town, Aomori Prefecture by the Electric Power Development Co. was planned for plutonium-thermal generation as the world's first commercial nuclear power plant to have all of its reactors equipped to handle MOX fuel. (cnic.jp)
  • The eyes of the world have been riveted on Japan's Fukushima Dai-1 nuclear power plant and its workers' desperate efforts to stabilize the nuclear reactors. (ieee.org)
  • In most of Fukushima Dai-1's reactors, the radioactive element uranium is the source of the nuclear fission reaction: when one atom of the uranium isotope U-235 breaks down into smaller parts, it produces both energy and neutrons. (ieee.org)
  • Over the years, SSFL was home to ten nuclear reactors, a plutonium fuel fabrication facility, and a "hot lab" for cutting up irradiated nuclear fuel shipped in from around the country, plus over 20,000 rocket tests, as well as munitions development and "Star Wars" laser work. (enviroreporter.com)
  • Indeed, several accidents involving nuclear reactors have released radioactive gases into the atmosphere. (enviroreporter.com)
  • While the DOE has yet to issue guidance for the second cycle, which the DOE will likely initiate in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, the DOE has indicated the second cycle will not be limited to nuclear reactors that have publicly announced intentions to retire. (powermag.com)
  • It will likely include owners or operators of nuclear reactors that receive payments from state programs, such as zero-emission credits and clean energy contracts. (powermag.com)
  • In the coming days, Japan shut down its 48 remaining nuclear reactors - all but four of which remain idle to this day -- and more than a hundred thousand people were forced to evacuate homes that housed generations of their families in agricultural Fukushima. (bellona.org)
  • Following an unprecedented request from Prime Minister Kan, all the reactors at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) were stopped on May 14. (cnic.jp)
  • These recycled metals should only be used under control conditions at DOE sites or possibly in the construction of nuclear reactors and associated equipment at nuclear power plants,' the recommendation states. (wise-uranium.org)
  • On April 17, TEPCO finally announced a ' roadmap to restoration ,' which the company said would stabilize the plant and end most radioactive emissions within nine months. (ieee.org)
  • It came about, the researchers said, as a result of "collusion" between the government, regulators and the nuclear industry, in this case, Tepco. (counterpunch.org)
  • The Tokyo Electricity Power Company (TEPCO) said that some 45 tonnes of highly radioactive water leaked Sunday from desalination equipment used to decontaminate the radioactive water in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. (asianews.it)
  • Yet for all of the natural forces arrayed against the plant on March 11, 2011, an independent parliamentary investigation found in 2012 that the Fukushima disaster was "profoundly man-made," and "the result of collusion between the government, regulators and Tokyo Electric Power Co," or Tepco, the company that runs the plant. (bellona.org)
  • We were told that evacuating poses a greater risk than radiation," recalls Hasegawa Kenji, a farmer from Iitate, a village situated 45 kilometers from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. (counterpunch.org)
  • Kromek's D3M is a high-performance combined gamma/neutron personal radiation detector that helps guard against the threat of nuclear terrorism and the illicit movement of nuclear materials. (environmental-expert.com)
  • Tokyo (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The Meiji Co, one of Japan's main food and candy makers, has recalled 400,000 cans of powdered milk for infants after traces of radiation were detected from Japan's hobbled Fukushima nuclear plant, hit on 11 March by an earthquake and tsunami. (asianews.it)
  • Decontamination workers have succeeded in lowering the radiation levels by collecting tainted topsoil and greenery. (cbc.ca)
  • Mark Mikhail for radiation (right), as part of the decontamination process during a situational training lane at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. (army.mil)
  • Mark Mikhail, both chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialists of the 307th Chemical Company out of Bell, Calif., work through the radiation detection process during a situational training lane for Operation Guardian Response at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. (army.mil)
  • The U.S. Army report is flanked by twin Chemical Biological Nuclear Radiation ( CBRN ) exercises respectively entitled Red Dragon and Green Dragon which were just executed in August (see below). (beforeitsnews.com)
  • Although radiation stigma presents a serious challenge to tourism in Fukushima Prefecture, the industry is bouncing back thanks to the targeted promotion of non-nuclear-related sites, as well as fear of radiation gradually melting to curiosity about the disaster. (gaijinpot.com)
  • Spiking Geiger counter readings in these unassuming locations brought home the invisible threat of radiation, as well as why, despite decontamination efforts, the area is called "difficult to return. (gaijinpot.com)
  • This gave impetus to huge numbers of workers who migrated to Fukushima to work in radiation decontamination companies. (eohp-journal.jp)
  • the money will pay for decontamination in areas where radiation is too high for people to return. (archive.org)
  • Decontamination and Dismantling, Radiation Monitoring Procedures. (tecos.lt)
  • So as a company, we Our mission is to protect people and property and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation. (umbrex.com)
  • So if you worked in a nuclear power plant, and you were in a maintenance area, the primary concern is, is when when both when individuals are in that space, that they're monitoring the levels of radiation exposure that they're receiving, as well as making sure that surface contaminants don't leave the space. (umbrex.com)
  • Nuclear workers provide valuable information on the effects of ionizing radiation in contemporary exposure scenarios relevant to workers and the public. (cdc.gov)
  • METHODS: We evaluated the association between penetrating ionizing radiation exposure and solid cancer mortality among a pooled cohort of nuclear workers in the USA, with extended follow-up to examine cancers with long latencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Bechtel today announced it has appointed James Taylor to be general manager of the company's global Environmental business line, leading government and commercial environmental remediation projects worldwide for Bechtel's Nuclear, Security & Environmental global business unit. (bechtel.com)
  • July 2, 1979 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC) orders the indefinite shutdown of TMI-1 until assurances are in place that the plant can be operated safely. (tmia.com)
  • The state, in the proposed consent decree, attempted to assert regulatory authority over contamination and cleanup activities that are within the sole jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the Atomic Energy Act. (thompsoncoburn.com)
  • The federal funding for decontamination in Fukushima Prefecture has turned into a good way for companies to cash in on the nuclear disaster. (uchicago.edu)
  • Therefore, we conducted our study on workers of a decontamination company in the Iitate village of Fukushima Prefecture from February to June 2017. (eohp-journal.jp)
  • The company seems so sure of itself that it is beginning to congratulate itself over the SSFL cleanup even as new and shockingly high readings of contamination are made public. (enviroreporter.com)
  • Recently, we successfully defended a Fortune 500 company in two separate multi-party CERCLA contribution actions brought by Asarco LLC to recover approximately $240 million in cleanup costs and natural resource damages paid by Asarco to the United States, several states and natural resource damage trustees as a result of settlements entered into by Asarco during the Asarco bankruptcy. (thompsoncoburn.com)
  • On June 18, BP requested a second, broader HHE for additional workers, including those involved in shoreline and marsh cleanup, decontamination of vessels and equipment, and waste oil processing. (cdc.gov)
  • As such, one might have expected a recent presentation he gave in the UK within the hallowed halls of the House of Commons, to have focused on Japan's capacity to replace the electricity once generated by its now mainly shuttered nuclear power plants, with renewable energy. (counterpunch.org)
  • Several prefectures in Japan's northeast were affected by soil contamination from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. (uchicago.edu)
  • But these days, few people visit their 154-year-old home, which is now a stone's throw from a sprawling nuclear waste dump set up after the Fukushima disaster on Japan's northeast coast five years ago. (cbc.ca)
  • The Prime Minister has also vowed that the national policy to promote nuclear power plants will be dropped and that Japan's energy policy be subject to review. (cnic.jp)
  • japan's industry ministry proposes a way to handle tiely dangerous substances from all the country's nuclear plants. (archive.org)
  • officials also have to decide on how to deal with the nuclear waste at all of japan's nuclear plants. (archive.org)
  • As such, we are committed to continued support of nuclear technology as it takes its place in environmentally responsible carbon-free power supply. (nuclearstreet.com)
  • Formed in 1991, SGT combines the knowledge of premier nuclear construction from United with Framatome's world-leading supply of services, fuel, engineering and heavy components for nuclear power plants. (nuclearstreet.com)
  • Hakodate in Hokkaido is located just across the Tsugaru Strait from the Ohma Nuclear Power Station, a mere 23 km away. (cnic.jp)
  • Because the "right to life" of the municipality would be threatened by the effects of an accident at the Ohma Nuclear Power Station, if one were to occur, on April 3, Hakodate City filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court seeking to halt construction of the Ohma Nuclear Power Station, the first time a municipality in Japan has undertaken such a suit. (cnic.jp)
  • A nuclear power plant in Byron, Illinois. (uchicago.edu)
  • According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the nuclear reactor is currently generating power and is in active status. (power-technology.com)
  • Masuda was superintendent of the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. (world-nuclear-news.org)
  • The components that form the backbone of nuclear safety in an operating power plant - for example the primary circuit pumps or the reactor pressure vessel - are now irrelevant. (world-nuclear-news.org)
  • Michigan's governor has asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to support Holtec International's efforts to "save" the 800-MW Palisades nuclear power plant, marking a potential turnaround for the facility in Southwest Michigan, which was taken offline for the final time on May 20, 2022, after 50 years of operation. (powermag.com)
  • While Entergy said it believes nuclear power will be essential to the nation's goal of mitigating the impact of climate change, the company closed the plant as part of a bigger strategic plan for the company to exit the merchant nuclear generation and focus its utility operations in the Gulf South. (powermag.com)
  • We are ready to do our part should they receive funding through the [Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC)] program, including identifying state funding and facilitating a power purchase agreement. (powermag.com)
  • Palisades Power Plant was a single-unit pressurized water reactor nuclear station with a capacity of about 800 MW. (powermag.com)
  • Legal intervention was conducted by the Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power (ECNP) based in State College. (tmia.com)
  • To ensure successful implementation of this agreement, JAPC personnel will participate in the D&D project currently being performed at the Zion Nuclear Power Station located north of Chicago, Illinois and managed by Energy Solutions . (energysolutions.com)
  • Nuclear Mutual Limited (NML), a group captive formed in Bermuda by 14 nuclear utilities in 1971, issues its first policies covering property damage at US nuclear power plants. (captive.com)
  • Prior to its merger with Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL) in 1997, NML provided the first $500 million layer of property and decontamination insurance for all US nuclear power plants. (captive.com)
  • This was the opening chapter of the worst nuclear power nightmare since Chernobyl in 1986. (bellona.org)
  • The accident spurred a worldwide regulatory review and accelerated plans in Germany to completely phase out nuclear power by the end of 2022. (bellona.org)
  • Japan is aiming for net carbon neutrality by 2050 and its current government is optimistic that nuclear power will have a role to play in achieving that goal. (bellona.org)
  • The problem has only grown as the conversation about using nuclear power to tackle climate change heats up. (bellona.org)
  • We should not succumb to the pressure from groups and individuals who have vested interests in the nuclear power industry, including those in political, bureaucratic, business and academic circles. (cnic.jp)
  • Now that the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant is stopped, we ask next that the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, which has been proven to be vulnerable to earthquakes, be decommissioned. (cnic.jp)
  • Hiromitsu INO (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Metallurgy), the Head of The Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, and Tamotsu SUGENAMI, the Secretary, are responsible for finalizing the statement. (cnic.jp)
  • The safe disposal of waste is a critical issue for the current generation of nuclear power stations and will continue to be one for future designs. (eitc.org)
  • Since the beginning of the nuclear power age, energy firms have paid to store nuclear waste in temporary holding ponds unlikely to last more than a couple of centuries. (eitc.org)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah - May 19, 2022 - EnergySolutions LLC today announced it received unanimous approval from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) to acquire the Kewaunee Power Station from Dominion Nuclear Projects Inc. "We appreciate the PSC's careful and detailed consideration of this matter. (energysolutions.com)
  • tokyo electric power company set a tentative deadline to have the process complete by march 2015. (archive.org)
  • Our pick of the latest nuclear power news you need to know. (reutersevents.com)
  • U.S. utility Duke Energy plans to reduce its share of nuclear power generation from 34% in 2016 to 28% by 2030, the company said in its latest annual Sustainability Report. (reutersevents.com)
  • Duke Energy operates 11 GW of nuclear power capacity at six nuclear plant sites. (reutersevents.com)
  • Westinghouse has contracted Fluor to deliver two AP1000 units to SCANA (owner of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G)) and Santee Cooper at the VC Summer site in South Carolina, as well as two AP1000 units to Georgia Power at the Vogtle site near Waynesboro. (reutersevents.com)
  • Georgia Power will continue to work on finalizing a new service agreement for Vogtle 3 and 4 "which would, if necessary, assure that Westinghouse continues to provide design, engineering and procurement services to Southern Nuclear [owner of Georgia Power] as a part of their assumption of control over construction management," the utility said in a statement. (reutersevents.com)
  • The UK House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called on the government to clarify whether the UK should be a designer, manufacturer and operator of nuclear generation technology, or an importer of nuclear power equipment, in the context of the U.K.'s ongoing 'Brexit' negotiations to leave the European Union. (reutersevents.com)
  • POWERED BY, Geotechnical Investigation & Laboratory Testing, Pile Foundation & Water-Wells Constructions, Central China Power Grid International Economic & Trade Co. Ltd. (CCPG), FIRM DECON International Successfully Performed Pile Load Uplift Test Up To 652 Tons, DECON Completed Geo-technical Investigations of 765kV Dasu-Islamabad West Transmission Line, DECON Completed and Operated Five (5) Grid Stations Successfully. (mamie-vintage.com)
  • Our specialists have years of experience in key positions at Ignalina and other EU Nuclear Power Plants. (tecos.lt)
  • So we support nuclear power plants, the medical community with a number of applications, Homeland Security, and military, government agencies, labs and research for some big science applications. (umbrex.com)
  • Saito T, Kunimitsu A. Public health response to the combined Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant accident: perspective from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal , 2011, 2(4):7-9. (who.int)
  • With the epicentre off the Sanriku coast, the magnitude 9.0 quake triggered a tsunami, which together with the effects of the quake ignited a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. (who.int)
  • Fires at the building housing reactor No. 4, which was shut down at the time of the earthquake, raised a new set of concerns regarding spent nuclear fuel. (ieee.org)
  • As a firmly European French company, Bertin Technologies is proud to contribute to the supply of equipment for the detection and identification of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats. (environmental-expert.com)
  • Based on U.S. Army reports and CBRN exercises, it can be deduced that the U.S. government in preparing for a full-scale nuclear attack as well as the subsequent military occupation of New York City. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • The current reality of the use of modern biotechnology, new chemical agents, and the recent relatively easier accessibility for fissile materials and technology for making tactical nuclear weapons, presents governments with a new reality and a changed CBRN scenario. (cassindia.com)
  • Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRN) is protective measures taken in situations in which any of these hazards are present. (cassindia.com)
  • Argon Electronics (UK) Ltd. and Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions have successfully integrated Argon's LCD3.3 simulator, known as the M4A1 JCAD simulator in the U.S., with Cubic's chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense (CBRND) Collective Training Simulation System (CTSS). (environmental-expert.com)
  • Salt Lake City, UT - June 26, 2023 - EnergySolutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Steven E. Birchfield as its new Chief Financial Officer, replacing its current CFO, Greg Wood, who will be retiring from the company at the end of June. (energysolutions.com)
  • Salt Lake City, UT - June 21, 2023 - EnergySolutions, a major supplier of services to the Nuclear Industry is announcing additional capabilities in support of U.S. Nuclear Plant Life Extension and New Plant Construction, and in support of the energy industry's 2050 Net Zero goals. (energysolutions.com)
  • Entry is prohibited in most cases, but Real Fukushima takes tour participants into the red zone with official permission from the prefectural government to offer a clear picture of the nuclear disaster's impact. (gaijinpot.com)
  • Nuclear Disaster Without End NUCLEAR PHYSICIST Hiroaki Koide has pointed out that although eight years have passed, there is still more than one million tons of irradiated water which still hasn't been treated. (uchicago.edu)
  • Maxime Polleri […]In the period following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan saw the release of harmful radioactive pollutants or radionuclides, such as iodine‑131, cesium‑134, cesium‑137, strontium‑90, and plutonium‑238, among many others. (uchicago.edu)
  • Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, residents in communities near the crippled plant are coping with how their lives have changed. (cbc.ca)
  • The two Soldiers are both chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialists of the 307th Chemical Company out of Bell, Calif., and are participating in Guardian Response, a homeland emergency response exercise commanded by the 78th Training Division that provides simulate disaster response training to sharpen the skills and increase the capabilities of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers (Photo by Sgt. (army.mil)
  • Nico Falke (right), chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialists of the 307th Chemical Company out of Bell, Calif., evacuate a notional injured victim during a situational training lane for Operation Guardian Response at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. (army.mil)
  • Foreign hotel stays more than doubled from 2018 to 2019, and the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters even had to put up English signs to prevent foreigners from poking around inside the evacuation zone. (gaijinpot.com)
  • At the heart of the failure, the report's author's concluded, was nothing less than the co-opting of Japanese government agencies - with all their technical and engineering prowess - by the country's nuclear industry. (bellona.org)
  • With the possibility of nuclear and biological weapons falling in the hands of terrorists being real, the civilians in densely populated region have come up as potential targets. (cassindia.com)
  • The MIH is a government-funded, standby facility in the basement of the University Medical Centre of Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) that provides 200 beds to ensure capacity and optimal infrastructure for the triage and care of victims of large-scale trauma, nuclear, chemical, or biological incidents ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In the late 1940s, the Atomic Energy Commission commenced a search for a remote site in Southern California for nuclear work too dangerous to perform near populated areas. (enviroreporter.com)
  • Taylor's experience includes management, operations, and business development of work on nuclear and chemical sites, project management services at high-hazard facilities, safety management consulting, nuclear component fabrication, nuclear material management and treatment, and technology development. (bechtel.com)
  • As mayor of the town of Minamisoma, the new normal for him is a life centred on the region's reconstruction and decontamination work. (cbc.ca)
  • This work is critical for safe storage of nuclear waste. (eitc.org)
  • Started by chicken company executives, CAAIR's court-ordered residents work full-time at Simmons Foods Inc., a billion-dollar company that processes poultry for businesses like Walmart, KFC and PetSmart. (scienceblogs.com)
  • SCANA and Santee Cooper will continue to make weekly payments for work performed during the interim period, the companies said. (reutersevents.com)
  • The Company current operating status is in liquidation - compulsory winding up â ¦ The work done by Firm DECON was according to our satisfaction. (mamie-vintage.com)
  • Everyone at Firm DECON is encouraged to feel proud of the work they do, deliver what is promised and do it safely and sustainably. (mamie-vintage.com)
  • In 2016, the company achieved a record average nuclear capacity factor of 95.7%, up from 94.2% in 2015. (reutersevents.com)
  • This analysis includes 101363 workers from five nuclear facilities, with 12069 solid cancer deaths between 1944 and 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • Other incidents due to human error have occurred frequently at this nuclear plant, and there continue to be cases which could be either accidental or deliberate. (cnic.jp)
  • It offers nuclear plant products, technologies, nuclear fuel, plant design and related services to utilities across the world. (power-technology.com)
  • The Nagayamas were far enough inland to be spared, but the waves inundated the nuclear plant, causing hydrogen explosions that blanketed their town in radioactive particles. (cbc.ca)
  • Twenty-five kilometres north of the nuclear plant, Katsunobu Sakurai looks out his office window and over his redeveloping city. (cbc.ca)
  • Last month, the severity rating of the nuclear plant accident at Fukushima was raised to a Level 7 nuclear crisis, the same category as Chernobyl. (cnic.jp)
  • The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Environmental Management (EM) completed the first shipment of downblended surplus plutonium transuranic (TRU) material from K-Area at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico in December. (wise-uranium.org)
  • A new waste plant and store at the Dounreay nuclear site, in northern Scotland, may not sound like news but for a site with waste accumulations dating back 50 years, a plant that can condition and store waste to modern standards is like the Holy Grail. (neimagazine.com)
  • The existing Dounreay cementation plant is the forerunner of the new plant, the latter of which is to break ground in more than a literal way by becoming the first plant in recent times to buck the trend of conspicuous, ugly dark green sheds that are commonplace at nuclear sites, including Dounreay, due to rules and regulations. (neimagazine.com)
  • Whilst being no beauty, the massive proposed plant and store, which has a 5300m3 floor area, moves a small step towards acknowledging that while visual intrusion at nuclear sites may be massive, it does not have to be the wrong colour. (neimagazine.com)
  • The owners of the VC Summer 2 and 3 and Vogtle 3 and 4 nuclear plant construction projects have extended their interim agreements with Westinghouse to allow construction to continue while they complete cost-to-complete analysis of the projects, the owners said in a statement April 28. (reutersevents.com)
  • people across japan could be paying for the clean up around the fukushima daichi nuclear plant. (archive.org)
  • 106 Criticisms have been made about the public perception of radiological hazards resulting from accidents and the implementation of evacuations (similar to the Chernobyl nuclear accident), as they caused much more harm than they prevented. (wikipedia.org)
  • Companies are cataloged under thousands of nuclear-related products and services. (ans.org)
  • SGT provides highly specialized heavy component replacement services and other major projects to the nuclear industry. (nuclearstreet.com)
  • He comes to Bechtel from AECOM, where he was executive vice president and general manager of the company's Management Services - Nuclear and Environment Strategic Business Unit. (bechtel.com)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah - September 20, 2022 - EnergySolutions, LLC today announced that David Campbell, formerly Senior Vice President of Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services (Veolia) in the U.S., will be joining the company as Executive Vice President for Business Development and Growth. (energysolutions.com)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah - August 16, 2022 - EnergySolutions, Inc. today announced that Billy Morrison, formerly President and CEO of Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services (VNSFS) in the U.S., will be rejoining the company as Chief Operating Officer of Waste Management, Federal Services and Commercial Development and Strategy. (energysolutions.com)
  • Utilizes an EPA -approved â ¦ Since inception in 1992, DECON quickly became a market leader providing geotechnical engineering, Pile Foundations, Water Well Construction, Engineering Design and Project Management services. (mamie-vintage.com)
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  • Emergency medical services (EMS) providers, including first responders, fire department and private companies who attend to patients with suspected illicit drug overdose. (cdc.gov)
  • In Japan, the independent Nuclear Regulatory Authority was established to defray the crony connections between the industry and regulators and to enforce strict new nuclear safety codes. (bellona.org)
  • The company also introduced an innovative technology that provided precision welding capabilities critical for connecting the replacement steam generator to the primary piping of the reactor. (nuclearstreet.com)
  • Nuclear waste consists of metal rods composed mostly of uranium with a molecular weight of 238. (eitc.org)
  • Mikio Kosugi, the former president of the Toyama Prefecture construction company hoped that the bribe would help him win more contracts and funding from the government. (uchicago.edu)
  • Finland's government issued a construction license to nuclear disposal consortium Posiva last week, Reuters reported. (eitc.org)
  • DECON BUILDERS PTE LTD is a construction company based out of Block 208 Hougang Street 21 #02-221, Singapore, Singapore. (mamie-vintage.com)
  • It is more like "pushing contamination from one spot to the next", as independent nuclear expert, Mycle Schneider describes it . (counterpunch.org)
  • The Expo is the world's largest annual safety and health exhibit, where more than 750 exhibiting companies demonstrate and showcase the latest in safety materials and products. (cdc.gov)
  • The plant's closure in May by its former operator, Entergy Nuclear, was widely lamented by the nuclear industry and environmental groups. (powermag.com)
  • A security force will safeguard the facility until all nuclear fuel has been removed from the site. (holtecinternational.com)
  • Research includes: mineralogical models for long term behaviour of high level nuclear waste, ceramic waste forms, geophysical stability of repository site, clay mineral barriers and radionuclides in the environment. (eitc.org)
  • The St. Louis Airport/Hazelwood Interim Storage/Futura Coatings Company, a National Priorities List site, is in St. Louis County, Missouri. (cdc.gov)
  • These areas were the St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS), the Hazelwood Interim Storage Site (HISS) and the Futura Coatings Company site (FUTURA) ( Figure 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Vitrified high-level radioactive waste being returned to Japan from the UK, where it had been sent for reprocessing, has arrived in Rokkasho Village, Aomori Prefecture, where it has been transferred to a storage facility belonging to Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. Returns of nuclear waste entrusted to France for reprocessing have ended, but this is the fifth shipment from the UK. (cnic.jp)
  • As the first week of the nuclear crisis came to a close, the spent fuel had become the primary safety concern. (ieee.org)
  • The proposed sale includes $23 million for the reactor, and $77 million, payable over five years, for the nuclear fuel. (tmia.com)
  • Juan Carlos Lentijo, IAEA director of nuclear fuel cycle and technology, said in a statement that Japan has made significant progress since previous IAEA missions. (sone.org.uk)
  • Nuclear Fuel Handling Equipment. (tecos.lt)
  • The April 2022-unveiled program will dole out $6 billion in appropriations ( in specific allocations of $1.2 billion per year for fiscal years 2022 to 2026) from the November 2021-enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as civil nuclear credits to preserve the existing U.S. nuclear fleet. (powermag.com)
  • He is now a senior consultant to companies with DOE contracts. (asme.org)
  • The Company onward gradually developed the resources to carry out land based and under flowing water conditions geotechnical investigations in all types of soil and rocks. (mamie-vintage.com)
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  • Since no other nuclear waste metal smelting facility exists in the United States, the possibility exists for the shipment of debris from other plants to be shipped to the Portsmouth smelting facility. (wise-uranium.org)
  • The facility, which would have a 6,500 metric ton capacity, could likely hold Finland and Sweden's projected future nuclear waste. (eitc.org)
  • ANS is pleased to introduce the online Buyers Guide database, which includes content published in both the Nuclear News and Radwaste Solutions annual print directories. (ans.org)
  • FREE Newsletter Latest nuclear news & technology. (neimagazine.com)
  • Browse the list below for gtm section companies for the videos, news and contact information. (neimagazine.com)
  • Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment). (pricetargets.com)
  • In 1997, Rocketdyne settled out of court with Brandeis-Bardin Institute, in eastern Simi Valley, over charges the company had polluted the institute's groundwater and devalued its property. (enviroreporter.com)
  • One Medical Hazards Manage- ated with acute chemical or radio-nuclear thyroid cancer mortality of an additional ment Team (HazMaT) has been estab- events. (who.int)
  • Nuclear Reactor and related equipment dismantling working on Barseback NPP and Oskarshamn NPP. (tecos.lt)
  • Dismantling & Decontamination of Equipment. (tecos.lt)
  • This divide in opinion highlights a perception problem that the nuclear industry - not just in Japan, but worldwide - has historically failed to overcome. (bellona.org)
  • SETTING: Cohorts of workers in the nuclear industry in France, the UK, and the US included in a major update to the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS). (cdc.gov)
  • According to a survey conducted by the NHK national broadcaster , 85 percent of the public is still troubled by the possibility nuclear accidents. (bellona.org)
  • Comanche Peak 1 is a Generation II nuclear reactor developed by Westinghouse Electric, the main contractor for the project. (power-technology.com)
  • Westinghouse Electric Co LLC (Westinghouse) a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, is a nuclear energy company. (power-technology.com)
  • See "Finland's Nuclear Waste Solution," IEEE Spectrum, December 2009. (eitc.org)
  • The threat of a nuclear terrorist attack seems to be looming over us more strongly than ever during recent years, particularly after some of the horrific acts of terrorism that have been carried out all over the world. (cassindia.com)
  • . SWITZERLAND, Basel - Back on March 16, 2014, Truther.org published a report entitled " Missing Flight MH 370 Hijacked for Nuclear Terror Strike on America " which broke the story that the Malaysian Airlines airliner was purposely disappeared by the CIA on March 8, 2014, expressly so they could execute an unannounced nuclear strike on America. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • A nuclear attack on the Freedom Tower will end "freedom" in America which is why it was given its respective name. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • Frederic M. Reiss (1924-1993), often called the "great white father" (because of his shock of white hair) of the captive movement, founded Steel Insurance Company of America, a captive developed for an Ohio steel company, from which the term "captive" was borrowed from "captive" mines sending ore to the company's mills. (captive.com)
  • Previous studies have examined the status of metabolic syndrome with common features like central obesity, hypertension, and glucose intolerance in workers in different occupations, but no study has been conducted on the decontamination workers. (eohp-journal.jp)
  • September 20, 1995 - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reverses a lower court's decision, and sides with GPU in allowing the company to charge rate payers for the TMI-2 accident. (tmia.com)
  • In the field of radiological protection, the efforts to measure scientific consensus views deserve attention, because hoaxes have been spreading even after the Fukushima nuclear accident. (bvsalud.org)
  • Oil Insurance Limited (OIL), a group captive for 17 major energy companies, was initially formed in response to a lack of pollution liability coverage. (captive.com)
  • The North Carolina-based company plans to spend $11 billion on gas-fired generation and renewable energy projects over the next 10 years, it said. (reutersevents.com)
  • In addition to commercial renewables, Duke Energy also will invest in regulated renewable assets," the company said. (reutersevents.com)
  • and Nuclear, Security & Environmental markets. (bechtel.com)
  • Join us together with Cleamix and Genano, two leading Finnish companies providing solutions for decontamination and microbial reduction, to discuss the best practices and combination of methods for. (environmental-expert.com)
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  • Following a federal grand jury investigation, Rocketdyne's former parent company Rockwell International pleaded guilty to felony counts of improper storage and disposal of hazardous materials and was fined $6.5 million. (enviroreporter.com)
  • Search for the right company, partner, or people for your next project. (ans.org)