A new law has been enacted to ensure the payment of compensation to people who have suffered damage from the devastating accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). A new entity for the purpose will be created as early as August with funds provided by […]
TOKYO – Consumers are beginning to hoard last year’s rice as their dietary staple over concerns that freshly harvested rice may be contaminated with radioactive materials released from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, retailers said Friday. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry is working to establish a system for ensuring the safety […]
The Vancouver Quadra Liberal MP has criticized Health Canada’s “negligent” job informing Canadians of potential health risks relating to radiation levels following Japan’s Fukushima disaster. “I think they have been negligent from the perspective of being clear and transparent with Canadians about this issue, right from the beginning,” Joyce Murray told the Georgia Straight by […]
Following recent local government approval, EDF announced it will break ground in the construction of the first new nuclear reactors in the UK in two decades. Last week the West Somerset District Council granted EDF and its partner Centrica approval for site preparation at Hinkley Point C, roughly 150 miles east of London. […]
A U.S. Air Force Global Hawk UAV based out of Guam flew over the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant, in order to provide a more complete picture of what’s going on inside the facility. The Global Hawk is an autonomous, jet-powered UAV with a sensor package that includes synthetic-aperture radar as well as electro-optical […]
HIROSHIMA, Aug. 4 — (Kyodo) _ Japan’s largest labor organization questioned the country’s energy policy Thursday, including the promotion of nuclear power generation in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. "The basis of what Japan’s energy policy should be, including nuclear power, is being questioned," Hiroyuki Nagumo, secretary general of […]
The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant also known as Fukushima Dai-ichi(dai-ichi means “number one”), is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a 3.5-square-kilometre (860-acre) site in the towns of Okuma and Futaba in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. First commissioned in 1971, the plant consists of six boiling water reactors (BWR). These light water reactors drove electrical generators with a combined power […]
State utility regulators have told Entergy Corp. that they can expect to be billed $750,000 or more for the state’s legal defense costs in a lawsuit filed by the company over its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, according to documents released Tuesday in response to a public records request. The Department of Public Service sent […]
TOKYO – The chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan indicated Thursday he has no intention to resign after Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda said the same day he plans to sack three top nuclear policy officials over the handling of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. "I don’t […]
Over the response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, with four days to make municipal organizations nationwide face a primary, general meeting in Tokyo, "brought havoc to the region, even countries that have built up relationships of trust and firmly was impaired, "and decided to write about the nuclear power demands and interspersed […]
Extremely high radiation levels were detected in a second area on the grounds of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. Said Aug. 2. The area is close to the spot where radiation levels of 10 sieverts or more per hour were found on Aug. 1, the highest levels recorded […]
TOKYO, Aug. 4 (AP) – (Kyodo)—The U.S. government sought to promote the peaceful use of atomic energy vis-a-vis Japan in the mid-1950s to pave the way for eventually deploying nuclear weapons in the country by easing the antinuclear sentiment of the Japanese people, according to top-secret U.S. government documents found at the U.S. National Archives […]
BEIJING, Aug. 4 (AP) – (Kyodo)—The Chinese government has told Japan that it will hold off easing restrictions on food imports from Japan imposed in the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis, sources familiar with Japan-China ties said Thursday. The sources said the Chinese government is concerned about reports of contamination of Japanese beef from fodder […]
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is struggling to treat a massive amount of water contaminated with radioactive substances at its crisis-stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. The water purification and recycle system must be stabilized to bring the crippled power plant under control if the evacuation orders issued in areas around the plant are […]
Monterey Bay beachcombers, mark your calendars for next summer. That’s when the first of the debris from Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami might begin washing up on our shores. Or not. Experts have different opinions about what path the debris will take, and at what pace – so their predictions come with an ocean […]
Japanese authorities are to start detailed studies which could lead to a re-assessment of the evacuation measures in Fukushima prefecture. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) today summarised the overall level of safety at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It then revealed what it called a conservative analysis of potential effects […]
LCG, August 4, 2011–Southern Company announced yesterday that its subsidiary, Southern Nuclear, received a schedule for the completion of the licensing process for Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The action by the NRC supports the issuance of a Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) near the end of […]
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. has won a $40 million contract to perform maintenance work on a Canadian nuclear reactor. Babcock & Wilcox Canada will perform the work at Bruce Power’s Unit 3 reactor during a scheduled shutdown in November. Bruce Power’s plant, in Ontario, is the largest nuclear facility in North America. It has […]
Probably the same ubiquitous orange PVC hose at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. From Yomiuri Shinbun (7/31/2011): 東京電力は３１日、福島第一原子力発電所の汚染水処理システムから、放射性物質を除去処理した後の塩水が、推定で約５０リットル漏出したと発表した。 TEPCO announced on July 31 that about 50 liters of saltwater leaked from the contaminated water treatment system. Radioactive materials had already been removed from the water. 塩化ビニール製の配管の劣化が原因とみられ、未明の地震による影響は考えにくいという。 According to TEPCO, the leak was probably due […]