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Nuclear Accident in Illinois; Guards say Shelter in Place; Honeywell it all Stayed on Site
Residents of Metropolis, Illinois have been ordered to shelter in place following a release of uranium hexafluoride at the Honeywell . The accident occurred at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26. Guards have advised people to have told people to shelter in place, close windows, and turn off A/C. Wind maps indicate it may move into […]
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Siberian nuclear installation to conduct new uranium experiments – but you didn’t hear it from them
TOMSK, Russia – Earlier this month, the closed nuclear city of Seversk near Tomsk conducted public hearings on building a new uranium hexafluoride plant, during which the usual approach of not publishing the materials under discussion and fettering expert opinion and the public’s access to the hearings was the rule. Earlier, Russian media, namely the […]
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Union workers locked out of Honeywell’s uranium hexafluoride processing plant
After negotiations stalled just before midnight on Friday, union-backed workers have been locked out of Honeywell’s uranium processing plant in Metropolis, Ill. And union representatives say if the past is any indication, the safety of those nearby could be at risk. After the breakdown in talks, both sides agreed to head back to the bargaining […]
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Workers demolishing inactive facility at DOE’s Paducah site
PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) – The last 32 inactive facilities at the Department of Energy’s Paducah, Kentucky site are being demolished. The C-140 Feed Plant is expected to be razed to slab by fall, ridding the site of a structure contaminated with asbestos and a low-level radioactive chemical compound called uranium hexafluoride. With an original footprint […]
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India increases its uranium enrichment programme
Using commercial satellite imagery, IHS Jane’s experts have identified a possible new uranium hexafluoride plant at the Indian Rare Metals Plant (IRMP) near Mysore. This will support new centrifuges that will substantially expand India’s uranium enrichment capacity… Read full article Print PDF
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Pantex exec leaves for post in Ky.
John Woolery, president and general manager of B&W Pantex, will leave Pantex Plant this month to take over a new post in Kentucky. Woolery will continue overseeing Pantex until new contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security assumes management and operations of the Energy Department nuclear weapons plant in July. He will take on his new role as […]
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Thorium reactors: Asgard’s fire
Thorium, an element named after the Norse god of thunder, may soon contribute to the world’s electricity supply WELL begun; half done. That proverb—or, rather, its obverse—encapsulates the problems which have dogged civil nuclear power since its inception. Atomic energy is seen by many, and with reason, as the misbegotten stepchild of the world’s atom-bomb […]
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Cameco ends hexafluoride deal year ahead of schedule
Cameco Corp. is ending its toll conversion agreement at the end of August 2014 with Springfields Fuels in the United Kingdom. The original 10-year deal was to expire in 2016. The company has agreed to pay $18 million to allow it to terminate the agreement ahead of schedule. Cameco has been shipping uranium trioxide from […]
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Companies involved in uranium accident at Halifax port have history of shipping mishaps
Uranium hexafluoride (UF6): Two of the companies involved in the transport of a nuclear compound that was mishandled at the port of Halifax, forcing the closure of a terminal, had been implicated in previous shipping mishaps. The Fairview terminal, one of two containers processing points of the Halifax harbour, shut down for an investigation Friday […]
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Uranium hexafluoride: Radioactive scare at north-end container terminal
Uranium hexafluoride (UF6): Emergency crews were on high alert Thursday night as it was feared a container of nuclear material was leaking aboard a ship at Halifax’s north-end Ceres terminal. A hazmat team was called in at about 9:45 p.m. when a possible spill was reported at the Bayne Street terminal. “We have a leak, […]
Canada, Nova Scotia Nuclear Industry