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Another radioactive leak !!




by denis » 20/07/08, 19:29

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After Socatri, new radioactive pollution in Romans-sur-Isère
18/07/2008

After the Socatri incident in Tricastin ten days ago, it is now another site managed by Areva in Romans – sur – Isère in the Drôme that is responsible for radioactive pollution after a broken pipe. The FBFC factory produces nuclear fuel for power plants and research reactors. A few hundred grams of radioactive effluents were spilled "without impact on the environment" said the Nuclear Safety Authority which announced the incident this morning, when three of its inspectors went on site that night . The incident is very different in nature to that of Socatri, said his spokesman.

This announcement falls while the president of Areva is expected this morning on the Socatri site, at the request of the Minister of Ecology. Following the incident, the group acknowledged yesterday that errors had been made, in particular "a clear lack of coordination between the teams in charge of the works and those responsible for operations". These dysfunctions led to the dismissal of the site director.


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by Leo Maximus » 20/07/08, 21:48

It has already happened, list of (known) nuclear accidents:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_ ... .A9es_1950
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by Leo Maximus » 20/07/08, 22:04

A very nice idea from an American company to easily extract oil from oil shales: to heat deposits using nuclear explosions! Liquefied petroleum, radioactive even years later, can then be easily pumped and sent to a refinery.

It's no joke, the project really existed. I saw, a long time ago, an American propaganda documentary on this project but no way to find its trace on the Web. However, I found this on US Wikipedia:

"Thermonuclear thinking: The most dramatic proposal for in situ production from deep oil sand deposits came from Richfield Oil Company. In 1959 Richfield suggested an experimental plan to release liquid hydrocarbons from the sand through the expedient of an underground nuclear explosion. The company proposed detonating a 9-kiloton explosive device below the oil sands at a site 100 kilometers south of Fort McMurray. Thermonuclear heat would create a large underground cavern and simultaneously liquefy the oil. The cavern could serve as a collection point for the now-fluid oil, enabling the company to produce it.

This idea came remarkably close to reality. The project received federal approval in Canada, and the United States Atomic Energy Commission agreed to provide the device. But before the experiment could take place, public pressure for an international ban on nuclear testing had mounted. The provincial government with held approval and thus killed the plan.
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These brilliant inventions have been the subject of patents, we can consult them, there are interesting diagrams:

http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPOD ... 933087&F=0

http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPOD ... =US3409082

We can hardly imagine more stupid: radioactive oil! ... : Lol: But, with the increase in the price of oil, it is again envisaged.
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by Christophe » 21/07/08, 14:17

Leo Maximus wrote:It has already happened, list of (known) nuclear accidents:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_ ... .A9es_1950


Interesting list, which, I think, we can reasonably extend by taking into account the accidents of submarines or other military "toys" ... classified defense secret.

I'm not talking about a fleet of Russian nuclear submarines that are rotting in the barrens ...

For "enriched" oil I did not know but frankly it only surprises me 1/2 ... at one point (same period) the Russians were doing "atomic earthworks" ...
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by jonule » 22/07/08, 10:46

nuclear, clean, safe and controlled energy! ....
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by Tagor » 22/07/08, 11:13

jonule wrote:nuclear, clean, safe and controlled energy! ....


and which is sustainable ...

over 1000 years of guaranteed waste
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by jonule » 28/07/08, 13:16

nuclear seems viable in theory but it does not work in practice, apart from increasing the cost of electricity ...


After the incident at Tricastin, a new uranium leak at an Areva site occurred yesterday, this time at the FCBC nuclear fuel manufacturing plant in Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme), after the rupture of a buried pipeline of uranium liquid effluent discharges, announced Friday the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), without specifying the degree of severity.

ASN investigators, warned Thursday at 17 p.m., reported that "the rupture of this buried pipeline would date, according to the operator, several years", while "corrective measures intended to protect the area against possible bad weather" have been taken.

An Areva spokesperson, Charles Hufnagel, said it was "slightly enriched" uranium, while assuring that the leak had only occurred at the site. There is "absolutely no impact on the environment," he said, indicating that Areva proposed to classify this incident at level 1 on the international scale of severity INES which goes up to 7.

In a press release, the FBFC factory specified that this pipeline links a nuclear fuel fabrication workshop to a processing station. The “faulty” piping was closed, while the Drôme prefecture and ASN were “immediately warned of this technical malfunction”.

According to ASN, the investigators noted “the non-compliance of this piping with the requirements of the regulations” which normally provides “sufficient impact resistance capacity to avoid” any rupture. After cleaning the area scheduled for Friday, they "requested that all of the materials removed be analyzed to assess the mass of uranium present".

"As usual, it is the ASN spokesperson who issued and checked this information," lamented the France Nature Environment federation. For her, the law of June 13, 2006 means that "all the powers of management of the nuclear industry are concentrated in the hands of the five leaders" of ASN. The federation, which brings together around 3000 environmental defense associations, requests that independent supervisory authorities "be able to carry out a public audit of these various accidents so that every citizen can know their causes and effects" and says that it is "thinking about possible legal actions ”.
Overhaul

"My feeling is that the more we move away from the heart of the matter, the less rigor there is" in the subcontracting of nuclear installations, said Friday the Minister of Ecology Jean-Louis Borloo after the two uranium leaks recorded this week.

"As long as we are in the heart of the matter, I have the impression that there is a great deal of rigor," said Borloo during a press conference.

The Minister recalled that he had asked the High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security to "review" the entire nuclear monitoring and information process, from which it awaits the conclusions for the October.


when is the next publicly "announced"?
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