Archive for October 5th, 2007
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50 Years Later … Good News About Decommissioning the Melted Reactor from the UK’s Worst Nuclear Disaster
Friday, October 5th, 2007
On the 50th anniversary of Britain’s worst nuclear accident, physicists believe that they have a workable plan to dismantle the damaged core of the Windscale Pile 1 reactor.
For more information see The Times story:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2591605.ece
Australia - Man Dies in Accident While Sandblasting in Shipyard
Friday, October 5th, 2007News reports say that he lost control of a high pressure hose and was struck several times. For more info see:
South Africa Gold Mine Accident Shuts Down Mine
Friday, October 5th, 2007Over 3,200 miners were trapped in a mine for about a day when a 15 meter compressed pipe column broke off below the shaft surface bank and fell to the bottom of the shaft, cutting the power supply to the men-and-materials shaft used to hoist workers to the surface.
The Elandsrand Mine operates a two-shaft system and an auxiliary mine lift had been configured to hoist mine workers through the rock-and-ventilation shaft.
Department of Minerals and Energy spokesperson, Bontle Mafuna, said that Harmony (the mine’s owner) had announced that operations at the mine would be halted for three to six weeks while and investigation is conducted by the Department of Minerals and Energy.However, the spokesperson said that the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Buyelwa Sonjica, would have ordered the owners to close the mine anyway.
Uninjured Passengers Get Cash from SAS
Friday, October 5th, 2007Each passenger onboard the two turboprop planes that crashed because of landing gear failure has received $2,800 just for being aboard the planes when they crashed. No one was seriously injured.
No these were not coupons good for a future flight …. it was cold hard cash.
Yes - things are different in Europe!
