Nuclear News Roundup Sep 11, 2017 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
