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November 11, 2011 Unknown source: continuing I-131 release detected around Europe Very low levels of radiation, which are higher than normal but don't seem to pose a health hazard, are being registered in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday. The agency said the cause was not known but was not the result of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which spread radiation across the globe in March... An official familiar with the matter, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to comment, said the release appeared to be continuing. The agency said that it was investigating. In Prague, an official at the Czech State Office for Nuclear Safety said he was "100 percent sure" that the radiation had not come from any Czech nuclear power plant - or from any other source on Czech territory. Speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk to the media, the official said tests are under way around the country to try and identify the source. Source: Associated Press, "Nuclear agency reports low, but unusual, radiation across Europe", November 11, 2011 update re possible sources Paddy Regan, a professor of nuclear physics at Britain's University of Surrey, told Reuters that the iodine may have leaked from a radiopharmaceuticals manufacturing plant. Alternatively, it may be leaking from a hospital, he said, as these often keep supplies of iodine in store. Massimo Sepielli, head of the nuclear fission unit at Italy's national alternative energy body ENEA, suggested several other possibilities: "It could be coming from the transporting of [nuclear] material, it could come from a hospital ... it could even come from a nuclear submarine, even if it's a more complicated possibility ... but you can't rule that out." According to a spokesman from Poland's National Atomic Energy Agency there were also "unconfirmed reports" about a possible incident at a nuclear power station in Pakistan... An IAEA spokesman said he had no information about any such incident, however. On October 19, Pakistani authorities reported an emergency at the almost 40-year-old Karachi nuclear plant (KANUPP) when workers were forced to repair a leak. Sources: Natalie Wolchover (Life's Little Mysteries), "Traces of Mystery Radiation Detected Across Europe", November 11, 2011; and Agence France Presse, "Radioactivity in Europe, no public risk: IAEA", November 12, 2011 October 25, 2006 *
EU takes step towards Kazakhstan nuclear deal
The EU took a step towards a broad nuclear pact with Kazakhstan, the world's third-biggest producer of uranium, with proposals on Tuesday for joint ... *
EU Commission investigates financing of Olkiluoto nuclear plant
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that financial arrangements in the ongoing construction of the third nuclear reactor at Olkiluoto in the west of ... *
Briefing: EU ...
... bank loan to the Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima that may have helped a French-German supplier win a contract to build Finland's newest nuclear plant. ... * [2006-05-31] EU states not sure of holding next meeting in Vienna * [2006-05-29] EU judges to rule on Sellafield protest * [2006-05-24] EU-US sign nuclear-fusion reactor contract * [2006-05-22] Nuclear power splits EU despite common-policy bid * [2006-05-21] Nuclear power splits EU despite common-policy bid * [2006-05-17] Nuclear industry urged to win over EU public * [2006-05-13] EU not to repeat past experience- FM * [2006-03-26] Most EU leaders back reviving nuclear power * [2006-03-16] German nuke plants excluded from summit * [2006-03-08] EU calls for joint energy policy * [2006-03-07] Brussels set to unveil Û1 trillion energy plan * [2006-03-06] New Nukes in Europe October 1, 2004 EU to provide EUR 1 billion for decommissioning The European Commission has proposed allocating EUR 1.05 billion over 2007-13 for the closure of two Lithuanian and two Slovak reactors required to be shut down under the terms of EU accession. Ignalina 1 & 2 are very large RBMK reactors attracting EUR 815 million and Bohunice 1 & 2 are early VVER-440 units, receiving EUR 237 million. In both cases the funding extends beyond the technical decommissioning to arranging replacement capacity. [EC 29/9/04] [Source: World Nuclear Association Weekly Digest, October 1, 2004 August 6, 2003 * EU considering raising insurance coverage required of n-plants, from EU21-million to EU700-million |