COMMENTARY | The nuclear meltdown in Japan has become a greater crisis by the day. With the potential meltdown now ruled as a level six, according to Reuters, preventing total disaster is getting harder. In addition, it might be getting harder to avoid the implications for America’s energy policy. At the moment, President Barack Obama […]
Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) workers whose bodies were found at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power plant some three weeks after the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were struck by the tsunami while inspecting an underground facility under orders, the Mainichi has learned. The deceased pair, Kazuhiko Kokubo, 24, and […]
At the time of the quake, Reactor 4 had been de-fueled while 5 and 6 were in cold shutdown for planned maintenance. The remaining reactors shut down automatically after the earthquake, with emergency generators starting up to run the control electronics and water pumps needed to cool reactors. The plant was protected by a seawall designed to withstand […]
Tokyo Electric, known as TEPCO, also said radiation dosages of 5 sieverts per hour were detected indoors on the second floor of the No. 1 reactor at the plant. The amount is the highest figure for indoors. The figure was detected in front of a pipe in an air-conditioning machine room, the utility said, adding […]
TEPCO Status Update: – At 2:30 pm on August 1, as radiation level of surface of connection of emergency gas treatment system piping arrangement at the bottom of main exhaust stuck of unit 1 and 2 was detected over 10 Sv/h, keep the area out for restricted area with signature. We will consider countermeasure such […]
The Associated PressTOKYO —The operator of Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant says an area where potentially lethal levels of radiation were detected has been sealed. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday radiation exceeded 10 sieverts at two locations near a duct connected to a ventilation stack between two reactor units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant. […]
SAGA, Japan, Aug. 2 (AP) – (Kyodo)—Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa apologized Tuesday for making a remark that could be interpreted as having prompted Kyushu Electric Power Co. to solicit e-mails in support of restarting reactors at the Genkai nuclear plant for a government-sponsored television program. Furukawa told a news conference that the local government has […]
LETHAL LEVELS OF radiation have been discovered in areas of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant almost five months after it was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami. Plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said radiation greater than 10 sieverts per hour was found at the foot of a ventilation chimney between two reactors, […]
The Japanese government on Tuesday banned cattle shipments from Tochigi Prefecture, raising to four the number of prefectures subject to the ban imposed to prevent radiation-contaminated meat from reaching the nation’s store shelves. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a news conference the decision was made after cattle raised in Tochigi Prefecture were found contaminated […]