Tag: reactor
Garching Reactor – “TU endangers international security” – District of Munich
The FRM II research reactor in Garching not only heats highly enriched uranium, it also heats the minds of its critics. The Technical University (TU) of Munich wants to start…
Precautionary shutdown of a nuclear reactor after a steam leak
Chernobyl, the return? No, we reassure you right away. The incident has nothing to do with the explosion of the Ukrainian reactor, which remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.…
Energy: China is testing unusual nuclear reactor
An experimental nuclear reactor that works with molten salt and thorium goes into operation on the edge of the Gobi desert. If it is successful, China will build a larger…
The most powerful magnet in the world soon on the Iter reactor site
A weight of 1,000 tons and the size of a seven-story building: the first part of a gigantic magnet, announced as the most powerful in the world, will arrive this…
A reactor finally shut down after the incident at the Taishan EPR
A month and a half after the announcement of an incident at the Taishan EPR nuclear power plant in China, the Chinese operator CGN finally indicated on Friday “shutting down…
Should we be concerned about the incident in an EPR nuclear reactor?
Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, Guangdong Province, December 8, 2013. – PETER PARKS / AFP The Taishan nuclear power plant in China was placed under surveillance on Monday due to a…
An EPR nuclear reactor under surveillance after an increase in “rare gases”
Radioactive waters of Fukushima soon to be discharged into the ocean – 20 minutes One of the EPR reactors at the Taishan nuclear power plant in southern China suffered an…
A reactor shut down after a fire in Paluel in Seine-Maritime
A nuclear power station (illustration). – Alexandre GELEBART / 20MINUTES EDF did not wish to immediately communicate about the incident. Reactor 1 of the Paluel nuclear power plant in Seine-Maritime…