San Onofre restart issue growing more contentious and convoluted
This week U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Allison Macfarlane and alleged that a report by Mitsubishi indicates that Southern California Edison (SCE)…
TEPCO reports problems with debris removal operations at Fukushima Daiichi
This week TEPCO workers have been working to remove debris from the top of the Unit 3 reactor building, clearing the way to begin construction of additional protective covering structures and eventual removal…
TEPCO accused of obstruction of Diet investigation into Fukushima Daiichi disaster
Mitsuhiko Tanaka, a member of the former Diet Panel which was commissioned to investigate the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, said that TEPCO had intentionally misinformed the Panel in order to limit the scope…
Hamaoka Unit 5 likely permanently crippled due to seawater corrosion
Chubu Electric Power Company has announced that it detected fresh corrosion from seawater in the Unit 5 reactor. The Japanese government ordered the utility to shut down all 5 reactors onsite in May…
NRC representation of San Onofre outage contested
Over the course of the last year while the San Onofre reactors have been shut down by steam generator failures, readers may have visited and read the NRC’s representation of the steam generator…
Fukushima Daiichi disaster proved nuclear reactors are a potential Pandora’s Box for proliferation
Concerns over nuclear weapons proliferation has re-emphasized the need for swift and accurate detection of nuclear tests conducted anywhere in the world. Most nuclear weapons states publicly declare their nuclear status by way…
Japan may have to change decontamination efforts after labor shortages
Decontamination efforts in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are facing serious problems, most of which seem to be of their own creation. In reality, the decontamination efforts to date have…
Tsuruga nuclear power plant likely on active fault says NRA report
According to a new report released by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, “The crush zone running under the Tsuruga power station is very likely an active fault.” The report also highlights the direction of…
Nuclear Regulatory Commission delays decision on San Onofre restart
According to an updated timeline posted on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s website, a decision to restart the San Onofre Unit 2 reactor has been delayed until the end of May. According to Victor…
Radioactive cesium in calves found higher than mothers after Fukushima Daiichi disaster
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster released enormous amounts of radiation into the environment, scientists and researchers in Japan began monitoring the concentration of Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 in the organs of 79 abandoned…
TEPCO plans to dump water stored at Fukushima Daiichi into Pacific
TEPCO has announced that it plans to dump contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean after processing it to reduce radioactive materials to legally permissible levels. By “processing”, TEPCO means once-high radioactive content has…
Japan may halt nuclear reactors again says NRA chairman
At a press conference on Wednesday, Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka said that the agency will not allow the Ohi reactors to continue operations if they fail to meet nuclear safety standards….
San Diego School District calls for NRC to conduct adjudicatory license amendment hearing process at San Onofre
The Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District has passed a resolution Tuesday night, which calls for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an adjudicatory license amendment hearing…
Contaminated water still a serious issue at Fukushima Daiichi
Nearly two years after the onset of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, over 220,000 metric tons of contaminated water have been collected and stored on site, still another 75,000 tons remains in the…
Japan’s nuclear regulatory authority releases new nuclear safety standards draft
Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority presented a draft outline of new safety standards for nuclear power plants in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, including countermeasures against severe accidents and criteria for…
Japanese nuclear plant operators charge over 90 million dollars per year to pay local authorities
A report by NHK has shown that operators of nuclear power plants in Japan charge the public users over 90 million dollars per year, in order to cover payments made to local authorities…
Record contamination detected in fish caught inside of Fukushima Daiichi harbor
TEPCO announced that it had captured a Murasoi fish from inside of the harbor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Analysis detected 254,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in the…
Japan to mandate BWR reactors to install filtered vents after Fukushima disaster
A commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan told reporters this week that the nation’s boiling water reactors will not be allowed to restart until they have installed filtered ventilation systems to…
Japan working to speed up decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi reactors
On Wednesday, an official from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, addressed workers at the new reconstruction headquarters in Fukushima Prefecture and told them that the central government would work…
Vogtle AP100 reactor pressure vessel found seemingly abandoned in Savannah Port
Last week, a special railroad car carrying a 300-ton reactor vessel for the Vogtle reactor construction project experienced problems and dumped the massive pressure vessel on the ground. Now, an attempt to move…
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