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Day: November 16, 2011

March 14th, 2011 – All of fuels seem to be uncovered at Unit 2 – Contrasts MSM Message

From: Cullingford, Michael Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:32 AM To: Leeds, Eric; Grobe, Jack; Boger, Bruce; McGinty, Tim; Regan, Christopher; Astwood, Heather; Hopkins, Jon; Quinones, Lauren; Brown, Frederick; Cheok, Michael; Lubinski, John; Ruland, William; Giitter, Joseph; Holian, Brian Subject: FW: Fukushima I Unit 2 fyi From: Hidehiko Yamachika [mailto:yamachika-hidehikojines-usa.orr4 Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 […]

Despite lack of NRC approval, work goes on at Vogtle

[adsense] Day by day, there’s a little more progress on two new units at Plant Vogtle. Units 3 and 4 are expected to be completed around 2016 and 2017, but none of that can start until the government gives it the green light. “We’ve moved about four and a half million cubic yards of dirt […]

April 2011 – Fukushima Reactor 3 – Questions about RPV/Containment

While reviewing the latest released data that TEPCO released, I’ve been facing new questions that are being generated about the status of the RPV and containment and wanted to share them. One period that at a closer look appears to still be unexplained is the temperatures of the RPV and containment of Reactor 3 towards […]

Water leak at Davis-Besse cause of fire affecting safety-related equipment

Power Reactor Event Number: 47443 Facility: DAVIS-BESSE Region: 3 State: OH Unit: [1] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [1] B&W-R-LP NRC Notified By: TOM COBBLEDICK HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE Notification Date: 11/16/2011 Notification Time: 03:04 [ET] Event Date: 11/16/2011 Event Time: 02:22 [EST] Last Update Date: 11/16/2011 Emergency Class: ALERT 10 CFR Section: 50.72(a) (1) (i) […]

March 18th, 2011 – Everyone in NRC is getting their emails FOIA’ed by AP – This should be fun

From: Nosek, Andrew Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 11:36 AM To: Widrevitz, Dan; Mills, Daniel; Wagner, Brian; Davidson, Evan; Dion, Jeanne; Bernard, Matthew; Whitman,Josh Subject: BWR Mark I Interesting quote: http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/-03/18/18climatewire-us-nuclear-plants-to-get-new-safety-reviews-79912.html General Electric Co. has defended its Mark 1 reactor — the design at the crippled Japanese complex — as a reliable industry workhorse. Tom […]

Airborne Radiation Dose Measured at 1st floor of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3

Airborne Radiation Dose Measured by Robot at 1st floor of Reactor Buildings of Unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station November 16, 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Company Approx. 1,300mSv/h detected near the surface of the northern grooved rail when whether the water exists in the rail or not was being checked Related articles Completion […]