“While the reconnection of the back-up power line is positive, the plant’s external power situation remains highly vulnerable, underlining the precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the site,” Mr. Grossi said. Much needed back-up According to IAEA, the plant’s connection to the single remaining 330 kilovolt (kV) power line out of six that existed before…
File photo A careless telecommuter compounded the company’s woes after Japan was denied permission to restart work at the world’s largest nuclear power plant due to lapses in safety measures. According to reports, Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority decided last week to prevent the power station from restarting operations. Tokyo Electric Power Co., which runs the…
This marked the seventh time that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant had been completely disconnected from the national electricity grid since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion 15 months ago, the agency said, noting that the facility was forced to run on emergency diesel generators once again. The plant’s only remaining external 750 kilovolt…
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Friday in a statement, that a location near the town of Enerhodar, home of most of the plant’s staff, reportedly came under artillery fire earlier in the day, “in the latest incident indicating an increasingly tense military situation in the area.” Speculation of military activity The ZNPP,…
—Photo: Reuters Berlin: Two people were killed in a shooting at a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Germany. According to Al Jazeera report, one person was arrested after the exchange of fire at a factory unit assembling the C-Class model. The 53-year-old man entered the hall at 7:45 a.m. and opened fire on two people, police…
File photo Turkey inaugurated the country’s first nuclear power plant built with the cooperation of Russia. Turkey’s name has also been included in the list of countries with nuclear capability after receiving the status of a regular ‘nuclear power plant’ after the delivery of nuclear fuel to the ‘Acuo Power Plant’ built with the cooperation…
Mosquitoes can be blinded by sprays containing cellulose in plant and tree pulp. Photo: File Jerusalem: By adding nano-crystals to ‘cellulose’, a substance commonly found in plants, trees and weeds, spray and burn, you can ward off deadly mosquitoes and thus reduce the rate of mosquito bites by up to 80%. Every year, mosquitoes sicken…
A person has been sickened by the fungus Chondrosterium purpureum in India, which is also the first of its kind. Photo: Courtesy of Down to Earth website Calcutta: The world’s first unique medical case has occurred in India in which a person has been infected with a plant fungus and is still undergoing treatment. A…
—File photo Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey to inaugurate a nuclear power plant. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this during a conversation on private Turkish TV. He says that a nuclear power plant is to be inaugurated in Turkey on April 27 next month. The…
This is the first time the site has lost all power since November 2022 – but the sixth time that all off-site power has been cut since the Russian invasion last February – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, in a statement to agency directors. The agency said late on Thursday that power had been restored after 11 tense…
