On December 28th, around 2:00 in the afternoon, Dresden Station Security informed workers that a supervisor who had access to both the Dresden and Braidwood nuclear power plants in Illinois, had confirmed positive for a controlled substance after a Fitness-For-Duty test. Source: NRC Event Notifications
For the better part of the last year and a half, TEPCO has been strongly criticized for allegedly attempting to evacuate all staff from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant only 3 days into the nuclear disaster which has continued to release radioactive materials directly into the atmosphere for the last 21 months. TEPCO has […]
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster TEPCO estimated that it would require $30 billion dollars to pay for damages. For the third time that figure will be increased, after the operator of the infamous nuclear power plant announced that compensation costs are higher than expected and now estimates the compensation at nearly $38 billion dollars, […]
Eight of the 5,500 crewmembers of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan have filed a Federal lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Company for risks encountered due to relief efforts during Operation Tomadachi. Their allegations state that TEPCO, “a wholly owned public benefit subsidiary of the government of Japan,” misrepresented radiation levels to lull the U.S. Navy “into […]
Hiroaki Nakanishi, the president of Hitachi, told reporters that even in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it would “be impossible” for Japan to reduce dependence on nuclear power, and used the importance of “protecting the environment” as one of his arguments. “It is impossible to end nuclear power generation and do everything […]
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority is not just worried about the safety of the nuclear reactors at the Tsuruga and Higashidori nuclear power plants, they also have raised concerns about the combined 800 tons of spent nuclear fuel which is stored at the two facilities which have been decided have active earthquake faults running underneath them. […]
After a Level 1 incident was announced upon the disclosure of two deformed fuel rods which were stick together at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, TEPCO investigated 65 spent fuel assemblies at the Unit 5 spent fuel pool and discovered that 18 of the 65 assemblies were found to be bent. Of the 65 rods, […]
In July of this year, one 82-year-old nun and two other aging peace activists brazenly walked their way past multiple layers of security and vandalized a Y-12 Oak Ridge building that was supposed to be one of the most secure complexes in the United States. T homas D’Agostino, the administrator at the National Nuclear Security […]
TEPCO to inspect spent fuel racks in common spent fuel pool building Source: TEPCO Officials in the state of Washington are forced to deal with a 30 foot pier which has ashore on the Olympic Peninsula after traversing the Pacific Ocean from Japan. The concrete pier was discovered by a US Coast Guard helicopter, but […]
On Friday, December 7th, workers at the Energy Solutions Bear Creek Depleted Uranium Recycling Facility in Oak Ridge Tennessee, workers placed a drum of Depleted Uranium shavings in Area 9 of the old ATG building, covered with mineral oil. When workers arrived at the facility Monday morning they discovered the poly drum had completely disappeared, the […]
At a meeting in Maryland on Tuesday night, Southern California Edison officials continued in their attempts to convince federal regulators it was safe to partially restart one of the shut down reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The meeting was billed as an opportunity for regulating officials to ask the operators if they […]
March 18th, 2011 – The incidence of occurrence of LOOP due to weather-related effects is not declining
Leaders from Japan’s Federation of Utilities and industry heavyweights from firms such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have hailed the return of the LDP as an opportunity to shelve the previous government’s plan to phase out nuclear power. The news briefly lifted the stocks of several nuclear-related companies, although they were still far below pre-Fukushima levels. […]
Japan’s Environment Ministry announced that due to the March 11th Tohoku earthquake more than 6,000 square kilometers of land across Japan settled by more than 2 centimeters in the last year, the largest-ever since records began in 1978. Experts and officials are worried about the potential impact on building stability. About half the 30 tested […]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission released the following dates it suggests will complete the following stages of its review of Southern California Edison’s request to restart the Unit 2 reactor at reduced capacity. Specific dates listed are subject to change based upon conduct of the inspection and discovery of new information. The NRC staff will take […]
The Garona nuclear power plant is shutting down in order to avoid new taxes that would render the plant unprofitable. Spain is introducing higher taxes on electricity generation as a measure to address an over 24 billion euro ($31 billion) energy tariff deficit after years of selling power below costs. The operator of the plant […]
On Monday, Makoto Yagi, chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, demanded that the new LDP-led government review the nation’s zero nuclear dependence policy, arguing that the change of ruling party should mark a change in nuclear policy. Yagi, who is also Kansai Electric’s Chief Executive Officer, the utility which operates the […]
NRA to investigate underground faults at Monju, Mihama, and Hokuriku Source: The Japan Times Foreign experts advise Japan on nuclear safety Source: NHK NRA Experts advise stricter nuclear evacuation rules Nuclear Regulation Authority experts advise the public to immediately take shelter when radiation levels reach 500 microsieverts per hour. That’s half of the International Atomic […]
After repeated government and utility failures plunged public confidence in the response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan promised to accept more outside assistance. In an interview with Reuters in October, TEPCO president Naomi Hirose said the utility was seeking expertise from all over the world. No sure estimates can be found to use to […]
The Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station is a two-unit nuclear power plant located in the Town of Scriba, approximately five miles northeast of Oswego, New York, on the shore of Lake Ontario. While both units onsite are General Electric BWRs, the Unit 1 reactor is one of the two oldest nuclear reactors still in service […]