March 30, 2011 0600 EDT Briefing Sheet Fukushima Daiichi TEPCO injecting fresh water into Units 1, 2 and 3; and is using temporary electric pumps for injection (all three units). Actions are underway to pump water from flooded turbine building basements into condensers/other tanks. TEPCO plans to inject water into U-1 SFP from Cement Pumper […]
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission report Friday faults plant operator Southern California Edison for failing to follow its own procedures at Southern California’s San Onofre nuclear plant, and further stated that an ammonia leak was caused by employees who failed to recognize degraded equipment and fix it. A staffer at the Senate Committee on Environment and […]
The Japanese government continues to strengthen it’s prospects of providing electricity from nuclear power in Japan, when a commission proposed that the government introduce background checks on workers at nuclear stations. Japan ‘s nuclear industry has been exposed for using illegal workers at nearly all of it’s nuclear power stations, usually saving these subcontract […]
NBC Right Now has learned there’s been a leak at the Central Waste Complex site, a Department of Energy facility at Hanford. It was discovered on February 6th during a routine survey done by the Department of Energy. It was reported to the Department of Ecology the very next day. A spokesperson from Washington State […]
Power Reactor Event Number: 47652 Facility: WATERFORD Region: 4 State: LA Unit: [3] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [3] CE NRC Notified By: JACK MORRISON HQ OPS Officer: VINCE KLCO Notification Date: 02/09/2012 Notification Time: 09:37 [ET] Event Date: 02/08/2012 Event Time: 10:47 [CST] Last Update Date: 02/09/2012 Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 26.719 – […]
In the southern part of Miyagi Prefecture, firewood inspected by the Ministry of the Environment was found to contained radioactive cesium 18 times the maximum allowable levels for firewood in Japan. The ash was found contaminated with cesium up to seven times the maximum permissible levels. Levels over 59,000 Becquerel per kg were detected In Miyagi […]
2012.2.10 <Download> Investigation into the transparency of the spent fuel pool of Unit 4 (28.3KB) Videos *Video File For Download Investigation into the transparency of the spent fuel pool of Unit 4 (10.1MB) (0:33) (Video on February 9, 2012) A picture taken inside the spent fuel pool of Unit4 (38.0MB) (2:07) (Video on February 9, […]