Compton Camera built with space technology makes Fukushima radiation visible
Japanese researchers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, have developed a super-wide angle digital camera capable of depicting radiation in the environment. The camera has been developed at the request of the Tokyo…
TEPCO battles to maintain temperature and pressure gauges at Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1
At 11:00 am on March 29th, Tokyo Electric also known as TEPCO confirmed that the meters for measuring the water level of the reactor at fuel level B, the containment vessel, and the…
Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 2 – Spent Fuel Handling Machine not fully qualified for a seismic event
“The following condition is being reported by Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-2) in accordance with 10CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B), ‘Unanalyzed Condition.’ Conservative engineering analysis has determined that the Spent Fuel Handling Machine (2H-3) is…
Cesium found in bamboo shoots over 200 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi
Radiation released from the Fukushima nuclear disaster continues to pose threat to Japan’s food chain as unsafe levels of cesium found in products on supermarket shelves have continued to be detected in the produce,…
Photos show effects of meltdown during Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2 Endoscopy Investigation
Date: From 9:30 to 10:30, March 27 (Tue), 2012 Technical support: Toshiba Number of workers: TEPCO: 19, Toshiba: 16 Maximum exposure dose: 1.69mSv/person・day Result of the dose measurement in the second investigation inside…
Southern California heating up as public and utility head for face-off over repairs
A report authored by Fairewinds Associates warns that a more detailed study is needed on the alloy tubing in the plant’s steam generators before the twin reactors at San Onofre are restarted, according…
TEPCO releases video of second day of containment inspection – Melted fuel still unlocated
TEPCO has released video footage of the second day of inspections inside of the Reactor 2 containment vessel where fatal radiation levels and a lack of accumulated water have brought more questions about…
Salem Unit 2 SCRAM after noted problems with turbine controls
Officials say a turbine trip triggered the shutdown at the Salem 2 nuclear plant at 2:28 p.m. on Friday. Plant operators have spent the weekend troubleshooting the problem, trying to determine what caused an electrical…
Japan restarted operations to produce enriched uranium two days before March 11th anniversary
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) announced it restarted operations to produce enriched uranium on March 9th, 2012 at the Rokkasho Uranium Enrichment Plant. In December 2010, JNFL had suspended enrichment using older centrifugal…
Unusual event reported at North Anna resulting from aftershock felt in control room
An aftershock from last summer’s magnitude 5.8 earthquake on the east coast caused a reported magnitude 3.1 seismic event near the North Anna nuclear power station. The Unit 1 reactor declared an “Unusual…
Contract workers report more radioactive water leaked into ocean at Fukushima Daiichi
Early Monday morning contract workers at Fukushima Daiichi reported that water was leaking from pipes transferring water from the desalination stations to the condensed water storage tanks. TEPCO was forced to halt the…
After Fukushima elected officials and experts on both sides of the Pacific join the call for the expansion of nuclear emergency evacuation zones
In Japan, Shiga Prefecture has extended its preparedness zone around nuclear power plants beyond the 30-kilometer radius set by the central government. The national laws were never meant to be the final rule,…
TEPCO completes first day of endoscope mission into Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2
Tokyo Electric Power Company have begun a 2-day endoscopic examination of the inside of a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. TEPCO says through the operation it wants to confirm that…
TEPCO shuts down last operating nuclear reactor
Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the Fukushima plant, has shut down its last operating reactor, the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant, leaving only one commercial reactor online in…
Swiss nuclear plant shut down after cooling system defects found
Swiss nuclear power operator Axpo confirmed in reports that Beznau Unit 2 was shut down after finding defects in the cooling water circulation system. The utility reports no radiation leakage was reporting during…
Worker at Fukushima Daiichi sent for Whole Body Count examinations after working to remove debris at Unit 3 without working protective gear
On Saturday morning, a contract worker at Fukushima Daiichi was pulled from work duty after being sent to remove debris from around the Reactor 3 building. After arriving at the site and beginning…
Japan and Turkey edge closer to nuclear pact
Japan and Turkey are in the process of finalizing a pact that if enacted, would lay the legal foundations for Japanese companies to supply nuclear equipment and technology to Turkey. Japan has reached…
TEPCO removes more faulty thermometers from monitoring at Fukushima Daiichi Units 1 and 2
TEPCO has stopped monitoring two more thermometers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. In Unit 1, TEPCO admitted that one of the thermometers measuring the reactor vessel temperatures has been found to be…
Diablo Canyon inadvertent alert after operator training an ill-timed incident
On Wednesday, plant personnel at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant were conducting operator training simulations when an inadvertent Alert notification for Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), Unit 1 was transmitted to local authorities. The…
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