Sunday, April 22, 2012

NNR suspends receipt of radioactive waste at Vaalputs

" The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has suspended the receipt of all radioactive waste packages by South Africa’s radioactive waste repository Vaalputs, in the Northern Cape, following the discovery of noncompliance with the waste acceptance criteria set out in its nuclear installation licence. The noncompliance identified during a NNR routine inspection relates to Vaalputs storing a radioactive waste package from the Koeberg nuclear power plant at a surface contact dose of 2.8 mSv/h, exceeding the maximum permitted surface contact dose rate of 2 mSv/h." Source and more here, on Engineering News
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