Chubu Electric Power Co. announced May 31 that it will set up a nuclear safety technology laboratory as a subordinate organization of its research and development division and make the Hamaoka nuclear power station a research center as of July 1. It will invite nuclear, seismic, tsunami and disaster prevention specialists as advisors and use actual […]
The bizarre story continues to dramatically unravel, and prosecutors now say Michael Buhrman faces a mandatory prison sentence of six to 30 years — plus a 15-year add-on because a gun was involved — if convicted of the most serious charge. Last month, the senior reactor operator at Dresden Nuclear Power Plant in Morris, Illinois put […]
Newly released documents show that the Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission and Utilities were working to minimize risk assessments together in 1992 to show that no safety measures were necessary to deal with a long term complete power loss at nuclear power plants. According to newly unveiled materials, the commission’s secretariat, at that time part of […]