25. Mar. 2013
webtools
As a reaction to the Fukushima catastrophe the EU performed stress tests to find out how safe the nuclear power plants in the EU are. Now, two years on we have the reports, but have our nuclear power plants gotten any safer? Do we actually know how safe our nuclear reactors are?
13. Mar. 2013
studies
In the frame of inspections performed complementary to regular inspections in June 2012 at Doel 3 to detect and characterize underclad defects in the whole cylindrical part of the RPV, unexpected flaws were detected in the forged rings of the reactor core (SA-508-cl.3). The flaws were found in the base metal in areas away from the welds. In the core lower shell a total of 7,776 indications were found, in the core upper shell 931 indications. Similar flaws were revealed in September 2012 in the reactor pressure vessel of the nuclear power plant Tihange 2: in the upper core shell 1,931 indications, in the lower core shell 80 indications. In the transition ring no indications have been reported, in the flange 19 indications have been identified.
11. Mar. 2013
video
As a reaction to the Fukushima catastrophe the EU performed stress tests to find out how safe the nuclear power plants in the EU are. Now, two years on we have the reports, but have our nuclear power plants gotten any safer? Do we actually know how safe our nuclear reactors are?
11. Mar. 2013
blog
Two years have gone since the nuclear accident took place in Fukushima. Since the 11th March 2011, the Greens/EFA group has had numerous exchanges of views with Japanese citizens to learn from their experience and to make sure that the right decisions are made at EU level to ensure the safety of European citizens.
