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Displaying 81 of about 81 resultsAccording to two reports that came this week, the Fukushima nuclear accident was to a large extent preventable, despite the complex situation with cascading disasters, reveals Aron Lamm in his article for The Epoch Times. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists points at the "twisted myth" of believing in the "absolute safety" of the nuclear power industr…
Cadarache a vécu le 17 janvier une simulation grandeur nature d'un séisme induisant un risque nucléaire, rapporte Le Monde. Cet exercice a révélé un souci majeur: la communication peut devenir difficile conduisant à ne pouvoir qu'utiliser une liaison satellite pour communiquer avec l'extérieur et les talkies-walkies en interne.
Malgré ces défaillances,…
Selon CatNat, un SMS donnera aujourd'hui le coup d'envoi de la plus grande simulation sismique jamais organisée dans le centre du Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) de Cadarache (Bouches-du-Rhône). Cet exercice a pour but de de tester les capacités de réaction de chacun des acteurs en situation de crise.
The U.S. nuclear industry is preparing to present regulators with a streamlined package of voluntary safety improvements that it says could be put into effect quickly, writes Matthew L. Wald on the Green blog of the New York Times. Adrian Heymer, the executive director of strategic programs at the Nuclear Energy Institute, said that a clear problem at F…
The World Economic Forum launched the seventh edition of the Global Risks report, calling for a flexible response to major crises based on lessons learned from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan last March. According to the Mainichi Daily News, the report dedicates a special section to the worldwide effects of the disaster and…
A $64 million seismic study is planned using powerful sonar devices to map seismic fault lines off California's coast close to the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County, about 183 miles (294 km) northwest of Los Angeles. The tests, which would evaluate the facility's ability to withstand earthquakes, gained urgency following the Fu…