From: Astwood. Heather To: Regan Christopher Subject: Question Japan Status Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:00:00 PM [quote] Have you heard anything about the most recent status? Are we still looking at a possible total meltdown and big release? I do not like being at home and not hearing things. [/quote] HEATHER ASTWOOD NAMED AS […]
The United States has 103 nuclear power reactors in 31 states. Nuclear energy is the second largest source providing electricity for one of every five homes and business in the country and in California. Some states clearly are more dependent on nuclear energy than others. Vermont gets 76 percent of its electricity from nuclear reactors […]
From: Jones, Cynthia In Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:47 PM To: Sigmon, Rebecca Subject: RE: INES rating Thanks Rebecca- I agree with you that its probably a level 5 but told the ExecTeam that Japan had not changed their INES rating nor increased the level despite IRSN and Canadian press indicating that they had. […]
From: Grice, Thomas Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:01 PM To: Freeman, Eric; Aguilar, Santiago Subject: RE: Some sensible comments… [quote] Wouldn’t want to bother mentioned how designs have progressed through the years. People might start asking when ours were designed and start to obstruct the renewal processes. [/quote] From: Freeman, Eric Sent: Monday, March 14, […]
The Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is located on the Tennessee River near Decatur and Athens, Alabama, on the north side (right bank) of Wheeler Lake. The nuclear power plant is named after a ferry that operated at the site until the middle of the 20th century. The site has three General Electric boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear generating units and is owned entirely by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Browns Ferry […]
Local governments in rural areas have set up testing centres to try to ensure contaminated products do not get into the food chain. Now caesium in concentrations above the official safety limit has been detected in a sample from a farm in Fukushima city. The sample came from a Fukushima city farm about 60km from […]
Power Reactor Event Number: 47446 Facility: NORTH ANNA Region: 2 State: VA Unit: [3] [ ] [ ] RX Type: (3) M-4-LP, (4) M-4-LP NRC Notified By: JOSEPH HEGNER HQ OPS Officer: HOWIE CROUCH Notification Date: 11/16/2011 Notification Time: 11:35 [ET] Event Date: 09/13/2011 Event Time: 09:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 11/16/2011 Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR […]