October 2016

French nuclear construction leader AREVA said that the Okiluoto Unit 3 build in western Finland was on track for Cold Functional Tests for the early summer of 2017 with two recent milestones achieved that help pave the way f

A Japanese nuclear research facility has been hacked, resulting in the theft of 59,000 files. The University of Toyama’s Hydrogen Isotope Research Center is one of the world leaders in tritium research.

       In 2010 Russia and Turkey signed an agreement for the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant which would consist of four nuclear reactors with an total capacity of forty eight hundred megawatts. The plant was to be operational by 2023.  The Akkuyu plant is located in the Turkish province of Mersin.

Bulgaria's prosecutors have charged two former directors of state electricity firm NEK with causing financial damage by signing a nuclear deal that cost the business more than 77 million euros ($86 million). reuters.com

       There are calls by over one hundred countries for new UN talks about global nuclear disarmament. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) announced that these countries support L41, a draft UN resolution which seeks a total global ban on nuclear weapons.

TURKEY has warned the world will be plunged into global conflict over Syria – with superpowers Russia and the US on opposing sides. thesun.co.uk

       I have been blogging about the increasing risk of World War III lately. Tensions are rising between the U.S. and Russia, both of which have thousands of nuclear warheads. Even a few hundred detonations of nuclear warheads might cause a nuclear winter that would bring down human civilization.