In their ongoing effort to accomplish a cold shutdown by January, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the beleaguered operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant said it had resumed the use of recycled water to cool the reactor cores this weekend, a week after its first attempt was suspended due to leaks that developed [...]
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Tepco, wouldn’t want to be you
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged japan, Nuclear Power, Texas, Tokyo Electric Power Company, water on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Obscure Japanese prefecture governor could decide the fate of nuclear power for his country
Posted in Nuclear, tagged japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It appears that the fate for nuclear power in Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, could be decided by a local governor of an obscure prefecture of about 850,000 residents on the southernmost main island of Kyushu. Governor Yasushi Furukawa of Saga Prefecture, must decide in coming days whether to support a request by Prime [...]
Japan’s nuclear corporate & regulatory culture not so different from ours
Posted in Global Warming, tagged japan, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The Tokyo Electric Power Company on July 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bashing Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), has become a regular habit in Japan over the past three months. While Tepco managers certainly bungled the response to the crisis at the company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Tepco wasn’t operating in a vacuum. Indications are that failures of corporate governance policies and [...]
Fukushima may have been worse than a core meltdown
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Fukushima Daiichi, International Atomic Energy Agency, japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Japanese authorities are now admitting the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant in March may have been worse than a core meltdown. In an official report that will go to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up in 1957, Japan now says nuclear fuel [...]
Nuclear Power taking a dive in Europe
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Energy, japan, Nuclear Power, Switzerland on May 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last week, the seven-member Federal Council of Switzerland called for the decommissioning of the country’s five nuclear power reactors and development of new energy sources to replace them. The recommendation will be debated in the Swiss parliament, which is expected to make a final decision next month. If approved, the five reactors (at four facilities) [...]
NRC 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Posted in Nuclear, tagged comanche peak, fort worth, japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
NRC WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet in Glen Rose, Texas, on Thursday, May 12, with representatives of Luminant Generation Co., to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety performance for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. The plant [...]
Japan losing/lost the race to save a reactor
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, tagged Containment building, japan, Nuclear Power on March 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Experts believe the radioactive core in reactor No. 2 at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to the concrete floor of the drywell below. This new development has raised fears of a major release of radiation at the site, and some nuclear industry experts [...]
How close is your home to a nuclear power plant?
Posted in Nuclear, tagged japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Texas on March 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
If a crisis at a nuclear reactor happened in the U.S., could you be living in a danger zone? In a 10-mile radius, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the air could be unsafe to breathe in the event of a major catastrophe. In 50 miles, food and water supplies may be unsafe. Click here to [...]
DOE simultaneously challenges Japan’s assessment of damaged nuclear plant risks and affirms nuclear loan guarantee program
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged japan, nuclear loan guarantees, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Even as the Japanese attempt increasingly frantic tactics to cool an overheated nuclear complex: U.S. officials warned the situation is deteriorating and challenged the Japanese government’s assessment of the radiation risks telling U.S. civilians and military personnel to stay at least 50 miles from the facility, in contrast to the 12-mile evacuation zone set by [...]
How much radioactive material is at the Fukushima plant?
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Fukushima, japan, Nuclear, rachel maddow, Spent fuel pool, Spent nuclear fuel on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On last night’s Rachel Maddow Show, Ms. Maddow provided some interesting information about how much radioactive fuel might be on site at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. We’ve provided a quick overview below, but the show’s presentation and graphics are much better than what we can provide. Click here to watch the segment on “How [...]
Local organization asks NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider what is happening in Japan in deliberations of the proposed nuclear plant at Victoria, Tx
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Cooling pond, Exelon, japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Victoria Texas on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Back in January, Texans For A Sound Energy Policy (TSEP) filed formal legal contentions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) urging denial of Exelon’s application for an Early Site Permit (ESP) for a proposed nuclear power plant site south of Victoria, Texas. Yesterday, TSEP appeared at a hearing before a three-judge panel of the Atomic [...]
Japanese nuclear disaster demands a re-examination of US nuclear policy
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Fukushima, japan, loan guarantee, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States on March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The tragic events unfolding in Japan demand a re-examination of U.S. nuclear policy. While stocks in nuclear plummet and nuclear industry lobbyists scramble on Capitol Hill to shore up support for massive federal subsidies to kick-start the stagnate industry, concerns regarding the existing aging fleet are surfacing and should be heeded. Click here to read [...]
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