April 19th, 2011 – NRC HQ review of Japan regulations for Special Measures – US vs Japanese approaches to protective measures
From:Huffert, Anthony Sent:Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:56 AM To:Gepford, Heather; Meighan, Sean Subject:Proposal to request HQ review of Japan’s “Special Measures” Attachments:Japan Regs for Special Meaures.pdf Heather and Sean, Attached is the “special…
April 15th, 2011 – Doris and contractor not involved in Fukushima and not in any position to speak as NRC representatives
From: Sheron, Brian To: Gibson, Kathy; Scott, Michael Sent: Fri Apr 15 13:24:57 2011 Subject: FW: Pre-TripDL- Paris 2011.doc See below. I saw on the pre-trip notification it said that “In addition, discussions…
April 6th, 2011 – Study to consider aftershock impact to Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool
Notification for Job 00018092 – Pages From c142449-02j-2 Potential for Spent Fuel Pool Draindown – Pages From c142449-02g-3 Related Articles on Page 2…
April 5th, 2011 – Humans again got us into this and will hopefully get us out
From:Barnes. Valerie To:Correia. Richard; Peters. Sean; Desaulniers. David Coe. Doug Subject:Coordinated HF input on Fukushima Date:Tuesday, April 05, 2011 3:52:05 PM It appears we’re all being asked from various directions to provide input…
April 4th, 2011 – From March 19th to April 1st daily deposition recorded at least once in 21 prefectures
NISA press release from April 2, mentioned that water with dose rate of more than 1000 mSv/hr (100 rem/hr) was confirmed by TEPCO at around 3:20 UTC on April 2 inside the cable storage pit…
March 31, 2011 – Recommend TEPCO utilize the SAMG recommendation to flood all 3 units’ containments.
Task 1: Given the known, or assumed, status of the three units and four pools, what realistic scenarios exist for energetic dispersion of high quantities of radioactive material that would result in mobile…
March 2011 – NRC INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 88-92: POTENTIAL FOR SPENT FUEL POOL DRAINDOWN
Purpose: This information notice is being provided to alert addressees to potential problems resulting from the failure of the fuel transfer canal door seal. It Is expected that recipients will review the information…
March 11th, 2011 – No cause for alarm even though the government has declared a “nuclear emergency situation”
From:Breskovic, Clarence To:Breskovic, Clarence Subject:Japan: Fukushima 1 & 2 cooling system problems Date:Friday, March 11, 2011 6:13:22 AM According to NHK TV news (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) the Fukishima 1 & 2 reactors are experiencing…
April 7th, 2011 – Conference call to discuss Radioactive Waste that may return to US from Japan
Subject: FW: JA Low Level Radioactive Waste review Location: Telecon: 703-695-4042, Passcode: 869823 Start: Thu 4/7/2011 4:00 PM End: Thu 4/7/2011 5:00 PM Show Time As: Tentative Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Not yet…
March 30th, 2011 – Reactor Status Update – U2 at least some core ex-vessel approx 3/15 – U3 SFP may be unable to fill due to damage
Unit 1 Rx: Shutdown 3/11. 70% core damage. Cooling with 30 gpm. Significant salt deposits in vessel, core spay plugged. Primary pressure 65 psig. Drywell pressure 25 psig. Secondary containment destroyed. Containment has been vented…
March 24th, 2011 – New information from AEC casts doubt on GE’s analysis of venting and hydrogen explosions at Fukushima Daiichi
From: Kelly, John E (NE) To: DL-NERT-AII Sent: Fri Mar 25 00:10:21 2011 Subject: FW: Hydrogen Here is new information from the Japan AEC. I know GE thought that the vented via a…
April 4th, 2011 – Observation requirements to validate an ocean plume modeling effort – NOAA
” In-situ measurements of radionuclides in the ocean are needed to validate and tune the models. These data will provide insight into the important processes associated with the movement of theseparticles throughout the…
March 17th, 2011 – KI Potassium Iodide Availability by State
State with the largest number of tablets – Pennsylvania – 4,300,000 States with no reported tablets – Arkansas Georgia Illinois (Illinois leads all states in nuclear capacity and electricity generation and accounts for over…
March 16th, 2011 – USAF detects elevated radiation levels from northern tip of Japan to Tokyo
USAF bases at Misawa and Yokota began sampling (3X daily) on Monday, March 14th, 2011 USAF expanded the locations testing to more AFBs and some ANG installations in Korea(3X), Guam(3X), Alaska, Washington(IX daily), Oregon…
March 28th, 2011 – Media question on US plants using MOX fuel
From: McIntyre. David To: Sheehan. Neil; Burnell, Scott; Brenner, Eliot; Hayden, Elizabeth; Harrington, Holly Subject: RE: Media question on plants using MOX fuel Date: Monday, March 28, 2011 3:40:54 PM Catawba did for…
April 19th, 2011 – TEPCO concerned radioactive water leaking into Unit 2 from Unit 1 or Unit 3 possibly due to open PCV isolation valves
From: OST01 HOC Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:26 PM To: Hiland, Patrick; RST01 Hoc; Skeen, David Subject: ACTION – New Ticket for Japanese Event Task Tracking (JETT) Process The Operations Center has…
April 9th, 2011 – Japanese evacuation radius may not protect the health of the general public longer than 2 weeks
Chuck Casto E-Mail – Pages From C141933-02BX-24
April 8th, 2011 – Fukushima NPP Radiation Health Risks v.1
On-site at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, radiation levels in certain areas continue to be life-threatening -30 Sv/hr (3,000 R/hr) in the dry wells for units 1 and 2 and 20 Sv/hr (2,000 R/hr) near the drywell…
April 6th, 2011 – EPA and NRC discuss deploying RADNET monitors in Japan
From: Hoc, PMT12 Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:16 AM To: decair.sara@epa.gov Cc: FOIA Response.hoc Resource; PMT03 Hoc Subject: EPA RADNET question from NRC Hi Sara. Thanks for discussing with us today about…
April 5th, 2011 – Hosono asked NRC to issue press release supportive of the ocean releases
The long term nature of the recovery seems to be well understood, with an appropriate sense of urgency for near term actions. Hosono (assigned by PM to lead Fukushima accident efforts had prepared a draft…
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May 18, 2012
CaptD — Why are these things being done in SECRET?
Disaster planning is already a JOKE and things like this are only adding...
May 17, 2012
Dee — Perfectly written, Linda!
Last year, Europe invested more in SOLAR Energy than any other energy source, and Renewable Energy has created...
May 17, 2012
Thanks, Enformable — Great reporting!
Remember how complicit the U.S. media was in downplaying the radiation from Japan?
I've never seen so many synonyms of...
May 17, 2012
Russell Lowes — Hi Linda,
Your article is appreciated. I want to point out that nuclear is not a good way in which...
May 17, 2012
misitu — What worries me more is the gabions in the picture. Gabions are chicken wire baskets of stones often used in...
