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The UK’s Hinkley Point C NPP under construction by EDF in Somerset, is seeking opinions on plans to create more than 800 acres of saltmarsh on the River Parrett. The proposed saltmarsh at Pawlett Hams near Bridgwater would create new habitat for fish and animals, improve local water quality and help prevent flooding. It is one of several proposed measures to help wildlife and the environment around the Severn estuary. These include planting seagrass and kelp, developing native oyster beds and removing weirs on three rivers to help migrating fish reach their breeding grounds.

Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshinkley-point-c-reveals-plan-to-create-somerset-saltmarsh-11422893

EDF Energy is proposing the creation of more than 800 acres (324 hectares) of saltmarsh on the River Parrett in Somerset, UK, as an alternative to the proposal for 280 underwater speakers to produce an acoustic fish deterrent at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.

Date: Friday, 05 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-wetland-proposed-near-Hinkley-Point-C

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has begun releasing a second batch of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP amid continuing tensions with neighbouring countries.

Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapan-releases-second-batch-of-treated-fukushima-water-11206993

US Xcel Energy says workers have repaired the leak at the Monticello NPP, which will resume power production shortly. The company temporarily shut down the plant, after monitoring equipment detected a second lead of radioactive tritium in groundwater. A short-term repair failed to fix an earlier, larger leak last November.

Date: Saturday, 01 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsxcel-says-leak-is-fixed-at-monticello-npp-10722442

Russia’s BN-800 fast reactor is on track to be fully fuelled with mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (mox) fuel in 2022.

Date: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-bn-800-fast-reactor-to-be-fully-fuelled-with-mox-in-2022-9359547

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi talks about the Nuclear Saves Partnerships through which industry and others can partner with the Agency to expand its efforts to support development projects in low- and middle-income countries.

Date: Thursday, 25 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Message-The-Nuclear-Saves-Partnership-an-IAEA-init

Japanese laboratories monitoring radionuclides in seawater, marine sediment and fish near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continue to produce reliable data, according to a new International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to rear fish in treated radioactive water from the plant to demonstrate its safety. A University of Georgia study has shown that radioactive contamination in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone can be measured through its resident snakes.

Date: Saturday, 31 July 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Monitoring-Fukushima-radiation-on-land-and-sea

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) on 9 March released its 2020 Report, “Levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Implications of information published since the UNSCEAR 2013 Report”. UNSCEAR Chair Gillian Hirth noted: “Since the UNSCEAR 2013 Report, no adverse health effects among Fukushima residents have been documented that could be directly attributed to radiation exposure from the accident.” Twelve UNSCEAR Member States and one observer contributed with over 30 experts to the 2020 evaluation.

Date: Friday, 12 March 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsunscear-report-says-no-discernible-health-effects-expected-following-fukushima-accident-8592017

Three independent Japanese experts are to monitor the collection of marine samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The aim is to support the quality assurance of data collection and analysis by Japanese laboratories for radioactivity measurements.

Date: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japanese-experts-to-oversee-marine-readings-for-IA

A doctoral thesis by Erkki Ilus of the Finnish radiation and nuclear safety authority (STUK) shows that radioactive discharges from nuclear power plants have a minor impact compared to the effects of thermal discharges.

Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsradioactive-discharges-have-lower-environmental-impact-than-thermal-discharges-says-finnish-study