May 21st, 2012 – FOIA Archive Release – Fukushima Daiichi – GAP Framework Definitions – San Onofre – Radiological Emergency Equipment
Last Updated – 13:35 Fukushima Daiichi Related FOIAS Instructions and Miscellaneous Information Pages From c141933-02bx-20 DOE Triage of Japan Information as of March 24th, 2011 Pages From C142015-02CX Airlifted Coolant – SRV’s Lifted…
Chairman Jaczko set to resign position at NRC after successor confirmed by President Obama
The longest-serving member of the five-member commission announced in a press released statement that he will resign his post, adding “Serving the American people as the Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission…
Licensed reactor operator at Browns Ferry has unescorted access suspended after random fitness-for-duty test
A licensed operator employee had a confirmed positive for alcohol during a random fitness-for-duty test. The employee’s unescorted access has been suspended. Power Reactor Event Number: 47936 Facility: BROWNS FERRY Region: 2 State: AL…
Local government officials cast doubt over safety of nuclear power at Oi restart meetings
At a meeting with local leaders in Osaka on Saturday, local government leaders in the Kansai region voiced their opposition to restarting reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi nuclear power plant in…
Japanese university developing building plaster made with zeolite to absorb cesium
One unresolved problem with the Fukushima Daiichi disaster is the radioactive particles contamination worldwide, and especially in Japan. Dispersed low level contamination poses a particular challenge to those charged with its remediation. Many…
May 19th, 2012 – FOIA Archive Release – San Onofre (SONGS) – SOARCA – Risk Assessment – Economic Risks of Accidents – KI in Radiation Emergencies
Last Updated: 11:45 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 – Relief Request ISI-3-31 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 – Request for Additional…
London protest breaks out over controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project as British officials send letter to Indian Prime Minister
Anti-nuclear and rights group on Friday held a loud demonstration in front of the Indian High Commission in London to protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant being built in a tsunami-prone area…
May 18th, 2012 FOIA Archive Release – SONGS – Fukushima – PRC – SOARCA – RASCAL
Last Updated: 12:07 San Onofre Documents Ml053130316 – San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 2 Operating License NRC letter to Boxer RE: Songs 03-13-2012 – 22 p. SONGS Meeting Slides Steam Generators –…
Japan panel investigating unanswered questions surrounding the Fukushima disaster
A Japanese Diet-appointed panel is investigating the details surrounding the Fukushima nuclear disaster to try to determine who is telling the truth about a key phase in the Fukushima nuclear disaster: politicians or…
Feds Cut Nuclear Emergency Exercises, Avoid Public Scrutiny
Not since the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina has the US federal government so callously ignored disaster red flags. Disregarding lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, the Nuclear Regulatory Administration (NRC) secretively issued…
May 17th, 2012 FOIA Archive Release – RASCAL Estimations – SPEEDI Data – Communications – Status Updates
Last Updated 15:25 Main FOIA Archives FOIA’s Related to Reactor Research/Data NRC RASCAL Estimations Unit 4 Case Summary One Batch – Pages From Pages From ML12123A057 -397 Pages 3 11 2011-12 Snl Zr Fire…
NRC issues confirmatory action letter to Seabrook Nuclear Plant to address concrete degredation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has issued a Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, confirming regulatory commitments made by the company to address concrete degradation at the Seabrook nuclear power…
FPL estimate of costs to increase capacity of nuclear reactors jumps to double initial projections
The cost of increasing the capacity at Florida Power & Light Co.’s four nuclear reactors has risen to $3 billion, a $600 million jump since the company’s estimate last year and double the…
US nuclear submarine in Phillipines may lead to worsening relationships with China
Filipino citizens and analysts say one of the “stealthiest, most technologically advanced” nuclear-powered submarines in the world, a US Navy attack submarine near the Philippines violates a Philippines’ law banning nuclear weapons and…
Investigation underway to establish cause of fire at Hinkley Point B
BBC Reports An investigation is underway to establish the cause of a fire which caused multiple firefighters to be dispatched to the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset. Residents in Bridgwater had reported hearing…
Subsidized economic time bombs stunning in relation to anything else
Global nuclear share continues its long-term decline, as plans for new plants are being abandoned left and right, and countries are announcing full exits – but licenses being granted for multiple reactors at…
TEPCO admits to having ignored more warnings of Fukushima Daiichi tsunami risk
Tokyo Electric Power Company admitted to JiJi Press reporters on Tuesday that it was aware a tsunami could cause a total blackout 5 years before last March’s disaster, but did not act on…
An Audacious Nuclear Hypocrisy
With audacious hypocrisy, American pro-nuclear pundits have been indulging in the familiar sport of losers – the relentless bashing of the more successful. With nuclear energy rapidly losing favor around the globe, the…
Japan Atomic Energy Commission confirms nuclear fuel reprocessing more expensive than direct disposal
If Japan’s future energy policy has a goal of zero reliance on nuclear power, a working group of Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission says that fuel recycling should be discontinued and the spent fuel disposed of….
Yokota Air Base received equivalent of chest x-ray to thyroid in 72 hours after onset of Fukushima Disaster
Daily Inhalation Dose at Yokota Air Base (upper bound) 12.5 mrem (125 uSv) in three days March 20, 21, 22 The first weekend after the Tsunami, every adult in Tokyo got a 12.5…
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What is less?
May 20, 2012
Richard Perry — Are you shure it is less, estaments in the past have been half of final costs, I would hold on...
