Japanese National Policy Minister says Fukushima Daiichi and Daini reactors should never be restarted
Japanese National Policy Minister Motohisa Furukawa said that all 6 reactors at Fukushima Daiichi, as well as the 4 reactors at the Fukushima Daini site should never be reactivated. TEPCO has not announced…
April 4th, 2011 – TEPCO confirmed nearly double the amount of workers at Fukushima Daini than at crippled Fukushima Daiichi site
Reported in the media, As of April 3, Tepco have said that some 370 people are at work at the Fukushima Daiichi site, 51 of whom are contractors. At the fully stabilized Daini…
TEPCO’s do or die mission to save nuclear reactor may have caused largest radiation leaks during Fukushima disaster
Researchers from the University of Tokyo, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and other experts have examined the crisis response log from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. They also checked radiation levels in surrounding…
March 15th, 2011 – NRC Calculated Fukushima Unit 4 SFP Boil-Off Decay Times 20 – 90 – 365 Days
From:Schaperow, Jason Sent:Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:09 AM To:’[email protected]’ Cc:Tinkler, Charles; Chang, Richard Subject:-telecon Attachments:•.SS100_20110315_16131631 .pdf Just to confirm our telecom that we had a few minutes ago… Fukushima Daiichi unit 4 may…
December 2011 – U of M Prof. Tom Downar – Fukushima Daiichi Presentation
Fukushima Dai-ichi Professor Tom Downar University of Michigan, USA 12/30/2011 ►We do not know how this will turn out –Situation is currently stable –But could change – ►There will be an impact on…
Fukushima residents don’t buy governments “temporary” waste storage plan
On Dec. 28, Environment Minister Goshi Hosono met and asked local leaders in Fukushima Prefecture for permission to build an interim storage facility somewhere in Futaba county in which two municipalities host the…
March 15th, 2011 – 1930 EDT – USNRC Emergency Operations Center Status Update
Earthquake/Tsunami Status Update March 15, 2011 1930 EDT USNRC Emergency Operations Center Status Update March 15, 2011 Earthquake / Tsunami Status Update Compiled by Executive Briefing Team Caution – This information may be…
March 30th, 2011 – Why doesn’t someone convert the metric data for the stupid Americans
From: King, Mark Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:15 AM To: Thorp, John; Brown, Michael Subject: RE: conversion rates – why doesn’t the IRC make these updates – more user friendly i.e. convert IC…
March 15th, 2011 – Shipments of nuclear material to Japan may be disrupted for a variety of reasons
From: Weber, Michael Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:30 PM To: Haney, Catherine Cc: LIA05 Hoc Subject: RESPONSE – Shipments Thanks Liaison Team – notethat shipments of nuclear material may be disrupted on…
6th floor Unit 1 Reactor Building – December 17th, 2011 – Fukushima Daini
December 17, 2011 福島第二原子力発電所site visits (6th floor Unit 1 reactor building) (December 17, 2011 shooting) video is here
March 15th, 2011 – Status of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants – JAIF
30mSv between Unit-2 and Unit-3, 400mSv beside Unit-3, 100roSy beside Unit-4 at 10:22, Mar. 15. Remarks It is estimated that spent fuels stored in the spent fuel pit heated and hydrogen was generated…
Fukushima Daiichi evaporative concentration apparatus, Leakage treatment with sandbags
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant evaporative concentration apparatus, Leakage treatment with sandbags (pictured on December 4, 2011). 2011.12.5 <Download> [Reference]Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant evaporative concentration apparatus Status of the water leakage (29.0KB)…
TEPCO’s Investigation on the Yunotake Fault
Objective We have confirmed that some normal earthquake fault has emerged along the Yunotake Fault by the earthquake (M7.0) which occurred on April 11th on Hama-dori in Fukushima Prefecture, which we did not…
Start of operation of unmanned investigation boats at Fukushima Daiichi
Having instructions from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, TEPCO implemented sampling and measurement at land and sea as below. [Land] <Monitoring within 20km radius> Measurement of airborne radioactivity concentration…
Response: “Reactor 2 Suppression Chamber Damaged in the Earthquake”
Japanese Researcher: “Reactor 2 Suppression Chamber May Have Been Damaged in the Earthquake” From Kyodo News Japanese (11/19/2011): 東京電力福島第１原発２号機で、原子炉格納容器下部の圧力抑制プールが地震の揺れで早期に損傷したか、劣化した可能性が高いとする解析結果を１９日までに、原子力安全の専門家がまとめた。 An expert in nuclear safety complied the result of the analysis by November 19 that shows…
Gallery of Damage to Fukushima Daiich Reactor 1-4
•Following the Fukushima Daiichi events, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters Operations Center immediately began to monitor the situation •Teams of NRC officials were immediately deployed to Japan to advise Japanese officials since…
March 14th, 2011 – People might start asking about designs & start to obstruct renewal processes
From: Grice, Thomas Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:01 PM To: Freeman, Eric; Aguilar, Santiago Subject: RE: Some sensible comments… From: Freeman, Eric Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:23 PM To: Aguilar, Santiago;…
March 14th, 2011 – All of fuels seem to be uncovered at Unit 2 – Contrasts MSM Message
From: Cullingford, Michael Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:32 AM To: Leeds, Eric; Grobe, Jack; Boger, Bruce; McGinty, Tim; Regan, Christopher; Astwood, Heather; Hopkins, Jon; Quinones, Lauren; Brown, Frederick; Cheok, Michael; Lubinski, John;…
The Fukushima Daiichi Incident and Earthquake Presentation
The Fukushima Daiichi Incident and Earthquake Presentation Matthias Braun PEPA4-G AREVA NP GmbH Unit I – GE Mark I BWR (439 MW), Operating since 1970 Unit II & III – GE Mark I BWR…
March 11th, 2011 – They are struggling to shut down the plant – We all need to say a prayer
From: Rudland, David Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 10:54 AM To: ‘Bud Brust’ Subject: RE: Fukushima Daiichi Reactors No, at this point, all we know is that they are struggling to shut down the…
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