Two workers exposed to high doses of beta radiation at the crisis-stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on Aug. 28 were ignoring their dosimeter readings, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on Aug. 30. The two men were both blasted with beta radiation while they and one other worker were replacing filters […]
Tokyo Electric Power Company says 2 male workers at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were showered with highly radioactive water by mistake. The accident occurred on Wednesday morning. The two subcontracting workers were suddenly splashed with water leaking from a container whose valve was not shut. The container was part of the contaminated […]
Some 14 locations near nuclear facilities in Japan have been found to have the possibility of turning into active faults in the future, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) has announced. NISA said on Aug. 30 that it has confirmed a total of 14 faults and other locations whose possibility of turning into active […]
Japan’s incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has said that his country will continue to use nuclear power for the next 40 years in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, taking a swerve away from outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s promise of a non-nuclear future in half that time after the worst international nuclear disaster in […]
Tokyo- (PanOrient News) Japan’s Environment Ministry said that more than 80% of the rubble from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has been removed in Miyagi and Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. Excluding debris from dismantled houses, the rate of rubble removal stood at 87% for Iwate, 94% for Miyagi and 43% for Fukushima, where […]
After March 11, a large number of foreign students temporarily left Japan. Though almost 90 percent returned for the new school term starting in April, the number seeking to start their studies this fall is expected to decline significantly. This will unfortunately more than likely impact the 300,000 Foreign Student Plan being promoted by the […]
Japan will allocate 220 billion yen ($2.87 billion) to clean up in areas contaminated by radiation spewed from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled Fukushima Dai- Ichi nuclear plant, Kyodo News reported. Levels of cesium exceeding the standard were found in compost from farms in Chiba, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, according to the Kyodo reports yesterday. […]
On Friday, the plant’s operator, Dominion Virginia Power, informed the NRC that the ground motion produced by the 5.8 magnitude quake “may have exceeded” the amount of shaking the plant was designed to withstand. That notice prompted the deployment of the NRC team, which will also focus on why the plant lost primary electrical power […]
“From Yomiuri Shinbun (8/30/2011):” 東京電力は３０日、福島第一原子力発電所の敷地内や周辺で３～５月に計測した放射性物質の値に、９４件の誤りがあったと発表した。 TEPCO announced on August 30 that the measurements done on radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant compound and in the surrounding areas from March to May contained 94 errors. 大半は転記ミスや単位の間違いで、放射性物質の濃度が実際の約８００分の１になっていたものもあった。 Most errors were from transcription error or the unit errors. In one case, the recorded density of […]
[quote] Click on Image For Full-Size [/quote] [box_dark]New TEPCO Photos of Sampling On-site at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and Accumulated Water in Containment Vessel at Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station[/box_dark] Dust-sampling Opening of Reactor Building of Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Dust-sampling Opening of Reactor Building of Unit 2, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear […]
The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on 660 acres (270 ha) between Fort Calhoun, and Blair, Nebraska adjacent to the Missouri River between mile markers 645.6 and 646.0. The utility has an easement for another 580 acres (230 ha) which is maintained in a natural state. The power plant is owned and operated by the Omaha Public Power District of Omaha, Nebraska and accounts for 25 […]
Officials say an idled Nebraska nuclear plant that was entirely surrounded by Missouri River floodwaters earlier this summer is no longer under a flood emergency. Maybe you were one of the many Americans who watched our nations nuclear power stations suffer one of the hardest summers ever. Flooding, earthquakes, jellyfish, and a hurricane are some […]
WILMINGTON, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced it has been awarded a nearly $150 million integrated outage contract by Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear to help ensure the continued, safe performance of the utilitys entire fleet of boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear power plants in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The agreement, which is […]
China building 50 nuclear power plants by 2020 using 60s era technology. Cable shows US works as lobbyist for GE: http://t.co/XED4UKC Source: twitter.com, via @WeLoveWikileaks Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin 08BEIJING3362 2008-08-29 09:38 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Beijing P 290938Z AUG 08 FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9634 INFO […]
WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending additional inspectors to the Virginia nuclear power plant closest to the epicenter of last week’s earthquake. Tuesday’s earthquake may have exceeded the design basis for seismic events at the North Anna Power Station in Mineral. That’s according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in an event report this […]
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) defines "decommissioning" as the process of removing spent fuel from reactors and dismantling all facilities. Ultimately, the site of a decommissioned reactor is meant to be reverted into a vacant lot. In 1996, the then Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) — […]
Yoshio Ichida is recalling the worst day of his 53 years: 11 March, when the sea swallowed up his home and killed his friends. This nation has recovered from worse natural – and manmade – catastrophes. But it is the triple meltdown and its aftermath at the Fukushima nuclear power plant 40km down the coast […]
TARKIO, Mo. | For close to three months now, billions of gallons of Missouri River overflow have turned vast stretches of highway into a sea so broad that long-legged egrets walk and tiny wind-whipped whitecaps roll where row crops once stood. Just across the Iowa border, six miles of Interstate 29 — the main route […]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission later this year will provide nuclear plants with a seismic analysis software tool and require all of the nation’s 104 reactors to assess their earthquake risks. NRC announced the plan Thursday, two days after a 5.8 quake rattled the East Coast and shut down the North Anna nuclear facility near the […]
Radioactive iodine and cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant likely spread across a wide area encompassing Tohoku, Kanto and parts of Chubu, according to a simulation by the National Institute for Environmental Studies. The results of the study are expected to provide a basis for information used in decontamination efforts and other […]