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by Leo Maximus » 03/09/14, 16:57

Featured in Science & Vie this month: How to prepare for a nuclear accident in France by learning from the Fukushima disaster (article on 20 pages).

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by moinsdewatt » 04/09/14, 21:58

They read Sciences et Vie in Algeria?

Algeria wants Russian nuclear

New Factory the 04 September 2014,

An agreement signed between Russia and Algeria suggests the construction of a nuclear reactor in the North African country in a dozen years.

This Wednesday, September 3, Russia and Algeria signed a partnership in the field of civil nuclear energy. Signed by the chairman of the Rosatom reactor manufacturer Sergei Kiriyenko and the Algerian Minister of Energy Youssef Yousfi, the agreement covers a wide range of skills from the construction and maintenance of power reactors to nuclear waste management, uranium mining or fuel fabrication.

In particular, Algeria hopes to build a VVER pressurized water reactor by 2025. It would be the first of the country and this region of the continent. It would, among other things, provide energy for desalination plant projects. The use of atomic energy is also part of the country's desire to diversify its energy mix, in order to limit the use of hydrocarbons to produce electricity.


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by Leo Maximus » 06/09/14, 09:40

moinsdewatt wrote:They read Sciences et Vie in Algeria?

Yes, we read Science et Vie in Algeria and we have everything we need to make solar! But we (the gvt actually) want this p ... .. nuclear!

Japanese nuclear power could restart next year. The measure would only concern the most recent reactors. The construction of new reactors is stopped, finally, for the moment: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/0 ... er-plants/
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by moinsdewatt » 11/09/14, 21:53

Green light at the restart of two nuclear reactors in Japan

10.09.2014

The Japanese nuclear regulator gave Wednesday for the first time since the disaster in Fukushima the green light to restart two nuclear reactors in the archipelago.

The two reactors of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant were deemed safe enough to restart by the Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority. The 48 nuclear reactors of the archipelago were put out of service in the face of the opposition of the population to the atomic energy triggered by the Fukushima disaster in March 2011.

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The reactors at the Sendai plant could be put back into service before the end of the year.
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However, the authority confines itself to saying whether the facilities are technically safe. It is then up to the local and national political leaders to authorize their restart.

Restart possible in December
Sendai units received priority treatment because the file was considered simpler to study than other reactors. Observers believe that the reactors could be returned to operation around December.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has called for the reactors that have been awarded the safety label to be put back into service to reduce Japan's dependence on imported, high-cost fuel oil.

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by moinsdewatt » 28/09/14, 14:35

South Africa Expects 8 Russian Nuclear Reactors to Boost Energy Capacity by 2023

Ecofin Agency 23 September 2014

South Africa will boost its energy capacity by 2023 with eight Russian nuclear reactors.

Russia to supply 2023 with up to eight nuclear reactors to South Africa as part of a strategic nuclear energy partnership between the two countries, AFP reports on Monday Russian Atomic Energy Agency Rosatom.

According to the same source, the delivery of these reactors will allow the commissioning of the first nuclear power plant based on Russian technology in operation on the African continent and should lead to orders up to 10 billion.

According to Sergei Kirienko, director of Rosatom, quoted by the Russian news agency Itar-Tass, a reactor costs about $ 5 billion and "Given the different conditions, the cost of eight units can be evaluated between 40 and 50 billion".

South Africa's Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson said the partnership with Russia "will enable South Africa to realize its ambitious program to create new nuclear power plants by 2030." the basis of modern and reliable technology.

The partnership between South Africa and Russia comes more than a year after the Russian nuclear group opened an office in South Africa, the third after Ukraine and Singapore.

http://www.agenceecofin.com/nucleaire/2 ... d-ici-2023


Nuclear: Russia and South Africa Sign Important Strategic Partnership

Tuesday 23 September young Africa

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However, the text signed between the two countries is for the moment only an inter-governmental agreement, which is to be transformed in the future into a firm contract.. The agreement, signed during a conference in Vienna of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), also provides for partnerships between the two countries in the field of nuclear energy, including assistance for construction infrastructure in South Africa and the training of African specialists in Russian universities.
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The end of Areva's ambitions

However, the launch of a call for tenders for South African nuclear power has been waiting for several years. The agreement with Russia could spell the end of the ambitions of the French group Areva, already provider of the only South African Koeberg, which has positioned since 2008 to obtain the South African market, offering to provide Pretoria its new generation EPR reactors.

At the time, South Africa had also asked the Japanese-American group Westinghouse to make an offer as well. The commissioning of the new Russian reactors is planned for 2023.

http://economie.jeuneafrique.com/region ... eaire.html
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by Obamot » 28/09/14, 15:02

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What I like is the evaluation of the "Nuclear accident impact zone": : Shock:

80km!?!?! Sincerely they believe hard as iron to "Science & Life" ?

: Shock: : Evil: : Shock:

Chernobyl is how many km from Paris already?

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2'400 Km

And Finland and Norway the most "affected" at more than 2 km (except Ukraine and Belarus)?

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80 Km? Pfff ...
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by Obamot » 28/09/14, 15:19

Obamot wrote:
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What I like is the evaluation of the "Nuclear accident impact zone": (orange round) : Shock:

80km!?!?! Sincerely they believe hard as iron to "Science & Life" ?

: Shock: : Evil: : Shock:

Chernobyl is how many km from Paris already?

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2'400 Km

And Finland and Norway the most "affected" at more than 2 km (except Ukraine and Belarus)?

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80 Km? Pfff ...
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by sen-no-sen » 28/09/14, 18:37

We can not compare the Chernobyl or Fukushima plant to that existing in France, hence the fabulous exclusion zone of 80km.
French nuclear power plants have a containment structure that would allow the radioactive effluents to be retained in case of fusion of the reactor core ... unless a heavy-lift airliner deliberately crashes on it, or if the power plant is the target of an anti-tank missile fire ...
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by Flytox » 28/09/14, 20:12

Yesap, when amateurs (from Greenpeace) are able to penetrate / fly over the Nukes power stations and it takes x minutes to stop them, it must be child's play for a "malicious" group, trained in commando style, to do skip the enclosure .... and therefore, we come back to huge contaminated geographical areas a few thousand km in diameter and not 80 km in radius ..... More than the entire surface of Tranquile France ...: Cry: : Evil: :| :frown: :x : Mrgreen:

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by sen-no-sen » 28/09/14, 21:11

Anyone of a little experienced can penetrate into a nuclear power plant ... now it is necessary to differentiate penetration on a nuclear site, and penetration into the reactor compartment.
It would be possible for terrorists to be hired on a temporary basis (up to 1 / 3 from the strength of the plant!) And to place explosives at key points, as long as this would not lead to the explosion of the containment, but already a hell of a mess!
It is for all its excellent horrors that it is necessary at the earliest to leave nuclear power!
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