Modeling the Dispersion of Radioelements from the Fukushima Power Plant into the Sea
Modeling the Dispersion of Radioelements from the Fukushima Power Plant into the Sea: Methodology for an Emergency Answer, Estimation of Sources, Residence time in the Water Column and Sediment Motivation •Request from IAEA…
March 29th, 2011 – NRC shares Summary of TMI-2 fuel removal/cleanup with NISA
From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 11:28 AM To: Scott, Michael Subject: Re: Summary of TMI-2 fuel removal/cleanup activities Hisanori Nei Dear Mr. Scott Thank you for your advice by e-mail. It…
March 14th, 2011 – What a licensee needs to determine to ensure not exceeding licensed limits
From: Case, Michael Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:11 AM To: Murphy, Andrew – Cc: Kammerer, Annie; Ake, Jon; Hogan, Rosemary; Richards, Stuart; Uhle, Jennifer Subject: FW: Seismic and Tsunami Hazard in PRA…
Canadian Monitoring of the Fukushima Reactor Accident – Multi-Departmental Response
Multi-Departmental Response Many federal departments (16) involved, principally: • Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) • Environment Canada (EC) – Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) • Health Canada (HC) • Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) •…
June 8-10, 2011 – How to tackle wet deposition of radionuclides?
Enhance PTS capabilities in RN Threshold Monitoringand Source Attribution by appropriate recognition of the wet deposition impact In the past decade PTS has built up unprecedented capabilitiesin RN monitoring and source location of…
IT’S TIME FOR NRC TO ACT on GSI-189
GSI-189 chronology: 1998: First public mention that Sandia is having trouble “resolving” DCH issues for ice-condensers (CCFP > 0.1) April 2000: Publication of NUREG/CR-6427 after long delay Sept. 2000: Staff proposes establishing GSI…
What to do with nuclear waste – Spent Fuel Pools Stocked – Dry Casks Expensive
Most of the almost 70,000 tons of spent U.S. nuclear fuel stored in deep pools of water Many other countries in similar situation No permanent storage available Companies reluctant to spend money on…
The lack of nuclear efficiency – Unable to affect share of global electricity or greenhouse gases
Snapshot of Nuclear Power Today • about 14% of global electricity use and about 7 to 8% of total global energy use •30 countries + Taiwan with about 440 commercial reactors (≈ 370 GW) •11…
March 16th, 2011 – Gary briefed me before the press rediscovered the issues
From: Case, Michael Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:39 AM To: Csontos, Aladar; Richards, Stuart Cc: Stevens, Gary Subject: RE: BWR Mark 1 Containment Issue – Torus Yes, that would be nice. –…
March 16th, 2011 – Message from Japanese Scientist – Fukushima serious containment issues
From: Doctor, Steven R [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:36 PM To: Braatz, Brett G;Cumblidge, Stephen; Prokofiev, loun; Moyer, Carol; Harris, Robert V Subject: Info from Tetsuo Shoji Got this information from…
March 16th, 2011 – Latest from Japan – US press is inaccurate, to be kind
From: Wegner, Mary Sent: Wednesday, March 1.6, 2011 10:29 AM To: Gonzalez, Felix; Hill, Kendra;:Hyslop, JS; Melly, Nicholas; Salley, MarkHenry; Stroup, David; Taylor, Gabriel Subject: Japan Info This is the latest from Japan….
March 16th, 2011 – NRC Response to Core Damage Accident in Japan
Commission Meeting Outline NRC Response to Core Damage Accident in Japan Current Status of Fukushima Daiichi * Reactors * Spent Fuel Pools Consequence Projections NRC Response Objectives * Support of US Citizens in…
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