Ostendorff, William
From: Ostendorff, William
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:03 AM
To: Franovich, Mike
Cc: Nieh, Ho; Warnick, Greg; Kock, Andrea; Zorn, Jason
Subject: Re: UPDATE from 07:30 telecon
Mike- I deeply appreciate your close monitoring of these events. WCO
From: Franovich, Mike
To: Ostendorff, William
Cc: Nieh, Ho; Warnick, Greg; Kock, Andrea; Zorn, Jason
Sent: Sun Mar 13 08:03:38 2011
Subject: UPDATE from 07:30 telecon
Marty Virgilio led the call
Fukushima Sites Status
Dafichi
Unit 1
- No new news for the Daiichi unit1.
- Staff believe there was core damage:.;_
- The was some level of release from the hydrogen explosion in the reactor building but the primary containment remains intact.
Unit 2 no fuel damage, core being cooled by RCIC, containment intact.
Unit 3
- believe there is core damage.
- sea water and boric acid into the reactor core.
- Primary containment intact
Daini
Unit 1 venting primary containment. All other three units no change in status (stable).
Other
Tony Ulses (NRC) arrived in Tokyo. Will assist U. S. Ambassador Jim Trapp (NRC) still enroute but will also assist the U.S. Ambassador
White House plans to issue press release. Key message that U.S. government is support/assisting, continues to monitor, no risk to U.S.
NRC will issue PR only if needed to supplement the WH PR.
NEI/Marv Fertel may make the morning news shows.
NRC in contact with DOE/Naval Reactors. USS Ronald Reagan is 100 miles from Fukushima sites. They are picking up airborne through aerial sampling. Helicopters also show contamination. NRC getting info to confirm if amounts consistent with our models/predicted levels.
Net telecon at 15:30.
Related articles
- March 12th 2011 12:52 PM FOAI Communication – Reactor 1 Water level was known to be below top of active fuel (enformable.com)
- NRC High Importance Notice Responding To Fukushima Disaster on March 11th (enformable.com)
- NRC rejects quick restart at North Anna nuclear plant (enformable.com)
- #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Reactor 2 Containment Vessel May Have Had a Hole Right After March 11 Earthquake (ex-skf.blogspot.com)
- Japanese Cabinet received advice predicting that the fuel would be damaged and the pressure vessels would be breached on March 11 (enformable.com)
- We are so nuked…”Bully” NRC Jaczko Says New Nuclear Applications Can Move Ahead Despite No Final Decisions in Wake of Fukushima (news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com)
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