The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission will begin a special inspection at Progress Energy’s Brunswick-2 unit in North Carolina after the utility said Friday the reactor pressure vessel’s lid was not adequately tightened when it restarted earlier this week. Most of us are also paying close attention to the events at Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant, and […]
If you’ve seen the next Mar’s rover, named Curiosity (part of the Mars Science Laboratory–or MSLas it’s called for short), you’ve probably noticed that it’s does not have solar panels, and that’s because it does not need them. NASA has opted for a more reliable miniature nuclear battery to serve as Curiosity’s main power source. […]
From: Lu, Shanlai Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:59 AM To: Ulses, Anthony Cc: Donoghue, Joseph; Mendiola, Anthony; Ader, Charles; Lombard, Mark; Ruland, William; Bahadur, Sher Subject: Japan Nuclear Power Plant Spent Fuel Pool Heat Up Mitigation Strategy Tony, Hope you can see this e-mail from Japan. Based on CNN and news from internet, the […]
From: Giitter, Joseph Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:14 PM To: Trapp, James Subject: RE: Question We’ve also heard that plans to dump water on the fire with helicopters was abandoned. From: Trapp, James Sent:Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:28 PM To: Giitter, Joseph Subject: Question We are trying to deploy some assets to take a […]
Following the catastrophic tragedy that struck Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake and Tsunami on March 11 last, the leaders of five NGOs working for the survivors of the December 1984 Bhopal Gas Disaster have asked the Government of India to learn lessons from it so that the countrymen are saved from another holocaust […]
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Environment Minister Goshi Hosono said Friday that he will not take a salary during his tenure because an Environment Ministry official inappropriately dumped radioactive soil believed to have been contaminated by the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. While reprimanding the officials involved in the handling of the soil, which […]
A collection of videos, photos, and composite images of the tsunami damage at Fukushima Daiichi Reactors 5 and 6. Videos released by TEPCO
Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. – November 18, 2011 Current Status of Tsunami Sediments Study Around the Coast of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Station The First Day of Investigation (November 15, 2011) – Sampling by boring Photographer: Tokyo Electric Power Company
According to Progress Energy, early Wednesday morning the plant reported an unusual plant event to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Environmentalist Tom Clements with Friends of the Earth, tracks nuclear issues primarily in South Carolina and Georgia. However, the unusual event report posted Wednesday morning plant grabbed his attention. “The reason that is significant is because […]