Nuclear News: Niger’s desert residents pay high price for lucrative uranium mining
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:
IRIN: NIGER: Desert residents pay high price for lucrative uranium mining
‘DAKAR, 30 March 2009 (IRIN) - After a visit in late March from French President Nicholas Sarkozy to Niger, residents in the uranium-exporting desert country continue questioning whether AREVA, a company primarily owned by the French government, will honour its promise to protect communities from mining hazards.’
toledoBlade.com: Fermi 2 reports erratic vibration
‘NEWPORT, Mich. - Fermi 2 experienced unexplained turbine vibrations as its nuclear reactor was being shut down Saturday for the plant's latest refueling and maintenance outage.’
The Calcutta Telegraph: Nuke fuel lands from France
‘The first shipment of nuclear fuel arrived in India today, five months after the country signed the deal with the US.’
Unobserver: Native Council to Speak to Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Yucca Mtn.
‘The Native Community Action Council (NCAC) is prepared to provide oral arguments to support a Petition to Intervene and Contentions before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the Department of Energy (DOE) License Application to construct a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV. The NCAC filed one of twelve petitions along with contentions in response of the NRC’s Notice of Hearing October 22, 2008. The twelve parties presented 319 contentions, to which the DOE has responded are all invalid. Licensing hearings begin March 31, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV on the Petitions to Intervene.’
World Nuclear News: Pebble bedfellows
‘Chinese and South African organisations working to develop high temperature reactor technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the aim of pushing forward pebble-fuelled technology.’
World Nuclear News: New UK watchdog for new build liabilities
‘The UK government has announced the line-up of the board of a new body to oversee the financial arrangements for decommissioning and waste disposal from yet-to-be-built nuclear power stations.’
