Nuclear Reactors 1021 - Ulstein Working On Design For Molten Salt Reactors Powered Multiuse Ship

     Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has announced the design concept for a replenishment, research and rescue vessel called Thor. It will feature a thorium salt reactor and could be used as a mobile power/charging station for a new type of battery driver cruise ships.

Nuclear Reactors 1020 - Inspector General Criticizes The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspections At Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

      The U.S Inspector General (IG) issued a report this week with respect to the way that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) handled the failure of an auxiliary feedwater system that required one of the nuclear reactors at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant near San Luis Obispo on the coast of California to be shut down for eight days.

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