In January of this year, TEPCO conducted an investigation in the inside of the Primary Containment Vessel (PCV), of Unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. They had been assuming that the water in the PCV was around OP9500, but were unable to locate the water level inside of the containment vessel and ultimately guessed that the […]
Disapproval rate of Noda’s Cabinet at its highest level A NHK survey showed that the support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is at 26%, the lowest since Noda’s Cabinet was formed in September 2011, and the disapproval rate is at its highest at 58%. Source: NHK Noda calls for speedy decontamination […]
TEPCO workers have begun a four day project to inspect the containment vessel of the Unit 1 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi with an endoscope camera. The goal of the work is to determine the amount of contaminated water in the vessel, but after the first day of investigation, workers were unable to find the water […]
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant is located in east Tennessee 18 miles north of Chattanooga, on the banks of Chickamauga Reservoir. Sequoyah is TVA’s second nuclear power plant. Construction began in 1969, and Unit 1 began full commercial operation in 1981. Unit 2 began operation the following year. Power Reactor Event Number: 48383 Facility: SEQUOYAH Region: 2 State: […]