Scientists in Austria and Monaco are to verify if samples from Japan’s nuclear facility are safe Some 50 liters of treated water used to cool down the Fukushima melted nuclear reactors will be sent for analysis to “independent” laboratories in Austria and Monaco, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement on Friday. […]
Etichetă: watchdog
US nuclear reactors contain ‘fake’ parts, watchdog finds
The investigation followed whistleblower allegations about the use of counterfeit items in ‘most, if not all’ plants An unspecified number of US nuclear power plants contain counterfeit parts that could potentially lead to “serious” safety risks, an investigation by the federal nuclear industry watchdog has found. The new report revealed that the Energy Department (DOE) […]
British police colluded with loyalist paramilitaries during Irish ‘Troubles’ – watchdog
Official probe has found 11 murdered citizens were “systemically failed by the British state in life and in death.” An investigation into eight attacks attributed to the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA) or the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) has identified “significant failures” by UK authorities during the period known as The Troubles in Northern Ireland […]
Government described crime data ‘in misleading way’ – statistics watchdog
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel claimed to cut crime by 14%, but the statistics office says it actually rose UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed in Parliament last week that his Conservative government has “been cutting crime by 14%,” while Home Secretary Priti Patel said that “crime continues to fall under this government.” However, the government has […]
NSA broke its own rules when spying on Americans – watchdog
A government audit found that the US spy agency had ‘critical control gaps’ The US National Security Agency (NSA) broke its own guidelines when applying a law that allows it to access sensitive data on Americans, according to an unclassified version of the semi-annual report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Among other […]
US Afghanistan watchdog predicted air force’s collapse months in advance
SIGAR says lack of focus and dependence on contractors were among the issues that sealed the Afghan Air Force’s fate The US’ Afghan war watchdog saw the collapse of the country’s air force coming months before it happened, citing its over-dependence on the US and third-party contractors, among other issues, as major obstacles. The demise […]
Watchdog warns of major risk from ‘anti-5g’ jewelry
Pendants and necklaces worn to supposedly protect people from 5G frequency emitters pose a real risk to their health and can even damage their DNA, the Netherlands’ nuclear safety agency said. ‘Quantum pendants’ and ‘energy armor’ bracelet wearers should beware, according to a study commissioned by the Dutch Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection […]
UN nuclear watchdog strikes spy camera deal with Iran
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has agreed a deal with Iran to replace surveillance cameras at a centrifuge-parts workshop in the TESA Karaj complex after they were removed in an apparent sabotage attack in June. On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it would soon install new cameras at Iran’s Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing […]
Iran probes watchdog cams in nuclear site ‘sabotage’
Tehran has alleged that monitoring cameras set up at an Iranian nuclear site by the UN’s atomic watchdog may have been “sabotaged” by Israel, and possibly even used to assist an attack on the facility in June. During a briefing in London on Friday, Iran’s envoy to the UK Mohsen Baharvand called on the International […]
Health watchdog urges limits on jabbing children against Covid
Children aged between five and 11 should get a Covid-19 jab only if there is a “high risk” of severe infection for them or for someone in their inner circle, Finland’s health watchdog has said. Vaccination for all children aged between five and 11 cannot be recommended until there is more information available on the […]
EU health watchdog gives prediction on Omicron spread
The Omicron coronavirus variant is expected to overtake the currently-dominant Delta strain and cause over half of all Covid-19 cases in the bloc within the “next few months,” an EU health agency has said. An early risk assessment of the Omicron ‘variant of concern’ (VOC) was released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and […]
US tells Iran to give UN atomic watchdog access to centrifuge components workshop, or face ‘response’
Iran should give international inspectors access to a site manufacturing centrifuge components, a US diplomat told board members of the UN watchdog IAEA – and failure to do so will be met with an “appropriate response.” The remarks read on Monday by US Charge d’Affaires Louis Bono during a session of the Board of Governors […]










