Two nuclear units at St Lucie were able to continue operating as Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida. One unit at Turkey Point was shut down as a precaution in advance of the storm as nuclear operators and regulators put storm preparation procedures into action, while the other shut down automatically because of a valve-related issue. World-nuclear-news.org Rosatom and Kinetics Corporation are to supply a cyclotron complex with radiochemical laboratories to the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT). Their cooperation follows the award of a turnkey contract to Kinetics, a Thai engineering and scientific equipment supplier, via a tender held by TINT. Rusatom Healthcare, a subsidiary of the Russian state nuclear corporation, will act as the technology provider. World-nuclear-news.org Officials in South Korea said Monday that the jury of 500 expected to decided the fate of two nuclear power plants under construction – Shingori Units 5 and 6 near the city of Ulsan – had been formed, taken from a list of 5,981 survey participants who indicated they would be willing to participate in the decision process. Nuclearstreet.com Hinkley Point C nuclear power station was conceived in the days when offshore wind cost £150 per megawatt hour and a few misguided souls, some of them government ministers, thought a barrel of oil was heading towards $200. Theguardian.com
