Russia's integrated nuclear power player Rosatom said its machine building division has begun manufacturing a nuclear reactor and steam generators for the sixth 1,000 MW unit to be built at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu. According to Rosatom, the reactor and steam generator shells have passed the incoming inspection, and the items are at the initial operations of the manufacturing cycle. Preliminary work for anticorrosive overlay is being carried out on the flange and bottom of the reactor. At the welding unit, protective overlay is applied to the bodies of the primary circuit collector of the steam generator. As per the contract, Rosatom will make and supply two nuclear reactors, two sets of steam generators, reactor coolant pump sent bodies, main circulation piping, emergency core cooling system tanks, passive core flooding system tanks, and two pressurisers. The total weight of the above items will be about 6,000 tons. According to Rosatom, the reactor … [Read more...] about rosatom: Rosatom starts making reactor, steam generators for 6th Unit in Kudankulam
PHOTOS: Kentucky Man Rescues Motorist After SUV Crashes into Creek
A Kentucky man is being lauded for his rescue of a motorist whose SUV reportedly drove off of Interstate 24 and crashed into a creek Friday morning, authorities say. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) received a report that the driver, later identified as 59-year-old Kenneth Smith of Paducah, was “trapped” inside the vehicle, the sheriff’s office stated in a release. Posted by McCracken County Sheriff's Office on Friday, January 14, 2022 The MCSO responded to the report at 10:37 a.m. Thirty-five-year-old Michael Fiers, an employee of Jason’s Collision Center in Paducah, witnessed the crash and jumped out of his vehicle to help the motorist. “Fiers entered the water and was able to pull the driver to safety as emergency personnel were arriving on scene,” the MCSO stated. Posted by McCracken County Sheriff's Office on Friday, January 14, 2022 First responders transported Smith to a local hospital for treatment. The MCSO did not provide … [Read more...] about PHOTOS: Kentucky Man Rescues Motorist After SUV Crashes into Creek
China’s Lunar New Year Launches ‘1.18 Billion’ Transit Bookings
Travel in anticipation of China’s Lunar New Year launched on Monday initiating a massive wave of bookings for train, bus, and air transport expected to reach 1.18 billion by the holiday season’s end on February 25, Xinhua, China’s official state-run press agency, reported. “This year’s Spring Festival travel rush lasts from January 17 to February 25, with the number of passenger trips expected to reach 1.18 billion, up 35.6 percent from a year ago,” the news agency reported on January 17 citing data released by China’s Ministry of Transport. Xinhua referred to the “Spring Festival,” an alternate name for the Lunar New Year. The holiday lands on February 1 this year. It marks both the start of a new year and the beginning of the spring season on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The ancient ritual of welcoming the new year is widely observed across China, a nation of over 1.4 billion people. The occasion inspires tens of millions of Chinese to travel from major cities to their … [Read more...] about China’s Lunar New Year Launches ‘1.18 Billion’ Transit Bookings
Ghislaine Maxwell Ends Fight to Keep Eight ‘John Does’ Secret
Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell will no longer fight to keep the names of eight “John Does” secret, leaving it up to the court to decide whether or not to reveal their identities. “After careful review of the detailed objections submitted by Non-Party Does 17, 53, 54, 55, 73, 93 and 151, counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell writes to inform the Court that she does not wish to further address those objections,” Maxwell attorney Laura Menninger wrote in a letter on January 12. “Each of the listed Does has counsel who have ably asserted their own respective privacy rights. Ms. Maxwell therefore leaves it to this Court to conduct the appropriate review,” it added. The Does were named in a 2015 defamation suit against Ghislaine Maxwell from Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed that Maxwell aided in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of her as a minor. Guiffre attorney Sigrid McCawley argued that potential embarrassment for having associated with Jeffrey Epstein … [Read more...] about Ghislaine Maxwell Ends Fight to Keep Eight ‘John Does’ Secret
Couple Net $124M in Federal Cash for Shady COVID Testing Sites
A Chicago couple with a record of starting failed businesses found a way to cash in on the coronavirus testing frenzy, collecting $124 million in reimbursements from the federal government since it opened its first site in 2020. Akbar Ali Syed, 35, and his wife, Aleya Siyaj, 29, founded the Illinois-based Center for Covid Control, which at its peak had more than 300 locations at which some 80,000 tests a day were conducted. A federal agency has documented numerous “deficiencies” at the company’s main lab, Doctors Clinical Lab. “CCC was founded to meet a critical market need to establish testing centers where COVID tests could be provided to patients rapidly and safely to minimize delay, and let people get on with their daily activities,” Siyaj said in a statement on Thursday. A division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now investigating the operation. The center is also under scrutiny by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Oregon … [Read more...] about Couple Net $124M in Federal Cash for Shady COVID Testing Sites