Opinions on nuclear power dominate Japan and spill over international boundaries
Discussions related to nuclear power have been on the lips of nearly every attendee of Japanese utilities’ shareholders meetings this week. At every meeting, the utilities faced numerous questions from their shareholders about…
Nearly forty workers found to have inhaled and been exposed to high doses of radiation after maintenance at Rawatbhata
On June 23rd, two workers at Unit 5 of the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan were found to have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium which was inhaled while carrying…
Federal agents investigating whether any wrongdoing related to leaking cooling tank at the Palisades nuclear power plant
The Palisades nuclear power plant in Van Buren County had five unplanned shutdowns last year, one was considered to be of substantial safety significance. The plant remains off-line, after being shutdown on June 12th. The…
TEPCO President says costs stemming from Fukushima compensation impossible for utility to bear
In an interview with NHK, TEPCO’s new president Naomi Hirose said it is impossible for the company to bear the burden of compensation alone, as it continues to struggle to cope with the Fukushima…
NRC authored secret assessment of the Japanese recovery plan for the US embassy and anticipated leaks
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TEPCO investigation reveals highly contaminated water accumulating in Unit 1 Torus Room
On Tuesday, TEPCO workers investigated the torus room of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1. A camera, thermometer, and dosimeter were inserted through pipes above the torus room, and down into the torus room between…
Photo of the week: Chelyabinsk – A lack of environmental responsibility
The fortress of Chelyaba, from which the city takes its name, was constructed on the site in 1736; town status was granted to it in 1781. Around 1900, it served as a…
Prominent Japanese seismologists speak out against “severe setback in safety standards”
When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and three other cabinet ministers agreed to restart two suspended nuclear reactors at the Oi power station in central Japan they said that the central government “had…
Edano says Japan unable to end reliance on nuclear energy in near future
Prior to departing for a two-day 21-member energy ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in St. Petersburg, Russia, Japanese Industry Minister Yukio Edano said he planned to explain new developments regarding nuclear…
TEPCO expected to face more criticism in 2012
The Board of Audit of Japan plans to launch an in-depth investigation into TEPCO records to ensure the company makes compensation payments appropriately for disaster victims. The board will also ensure that TEPCO’s…
Japanese government’s snafu may make nuclear disaster compensation deals much more costly
The Japanese government has come under harsh scrutiny of their handling of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi. The central government has twice been exposed in the main stream media as having purposefully…
Tsunami Debris Cleanup: Everybody do your share
Goshi Hosono, the Japanese Environment Minister announced that Japan will send a team of experts from JEAN, a Tokyo-based non-governmental organization that deals with ocean waste problems, to the United States to study…
Japan speeds up spent fuel removal plans from Fukushima Reactor 4
Japan’s nuclear crisis minister, Goshi Hosono, told Reuters in an interview that workers at Fukushima Daiichi will begin removing spent fuel from the Reactor 4 by the end of the year, adding, “We…
Fukushima: The Accident Waiting To Happen
This week, TEPCO released its final report of its internal investigation into the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and admits it failed to adequately prepare for the disaster, but cast blame on the government for…
Japan putting all bets on new nuclear agency to deal with contentious issues
In December 2011 following the Fukushima disaster, a new rule was proposed in Japan which limited the lifespan of a nuclear reactor in operation to 40 years, which in some cases may be…
Bumpy restart underway at Ohi nuclear power plant
Only days after deciding to restart the Ohi reactors, Kansai Electric the operator and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency have already started out on the wrong foot with a “lapse in judgment”…
San Onofre may need neighborly boost to continue to keep out the ‘unwelcome mat’
At a public meeting Monday night in San Clemente, officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission blamed faulty computer modeling by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as the most likely cause of the unacceptable amount…
Problems halt OPR-1000 trial operations at South Korea’s Shin Wolsong 1
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company have confirmed that one of the new OPR-1000 (Optimized Power Reactor 1000 MW) nuclear reactors in trial operation was shut down due to technical issues, a week…
Japan admits another case of withholding reliable and important information from the public
The Japanese government released a new report this week which blasts the response to the 2011 Fukushima disaster. It says that the tsunami estimates were well below the bounds of realistic expectation, the…
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