One of the units at a nuclear power plant in the US has returned back to service following a major accident last year. Entergy said the Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) Unit 1 needed “extensive restoration efforts”, including damage evaluation, repairs to non-nuclear plant components and rescheduling the unit’s refuelling activities. It was necessary following the […]

A woman was declared dead after a suspected gas leak in the Scottish borders yesterday. Firefighters set up a cordon and evacuated people from neighbouring houses after there was a smell of gas at a property in Fairhurst Drive in Hawick. A Police Scotland spokesperson said:”[We] can confirm an elderly woman was found dead within […]

Oil giant BP will pay $4 billion (£2.8 billion) over five years for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It struck a deal with the US Department of Justice to resolve all federal criminal charges and claims against the Deepwater Horizon incident. The accident in April, 2010 killed 11 workers and the oil well spewed […]

A US coal miner was reported dead last week after a fatal accident at an underground mine in West Virginia. The mine has been shut temporarily following the accident. Report suggests the man was hit by material from a side wall in the Kingston #2 mine in West Virginia. He was rushed to hospital where […]

An employee at a nuclear site in France has died in a fire following an explosion this morning. Four other people were injured in the “tragic accident” at the EDF-owned industrial site. One of the injured has been evacuated to the town of Montpellier in a serious condition. The blaze in the furnace room at […]