The government began delivering 700 dosimeters to the Fukushima Prefectural Government and all 59 municipalities in the prefecture on Nov. 8 to help them track radioactive contamination released in the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is lending the devices to the local governments free of charge. It […]
“Significant” sources of radiation which could pose a risk to the public if exposed have been found on the same beach where around 200 radioactive particles were discovered previously. Last month, a lump of contaminated metal was found on the beach, prompting the closure of parts of the foreshore. Source: AP Related articles *JUST IN* […]
The Tokyo metropolitan government said Monday it will monitor levels of radioactive substances in food on store shelves starting Tuesday. About 500 items will be monitored, including vegetables, fruit, fish, eggs and dairy products. Each week, the metropolitan government will buy 20-30 products randomly to measure radiation levels using dosimeters. Products with radioactive cesium levels […]
From: Stutzke, Martin Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:51 AM To: Coyne, Kevin Subject: PRA Info on Tsunamis and Aftershocks The Diablo Canyon PRA considered a tsunami leading to flooding of the ASW pumps. Nothing in the San Onofre PRA on tsunamis. Seismic PRAs do not consider damage from earthquake aftershocks. To do so, you’d […]
From: Jimenez, Manuel I {\ • Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 2:02 PM To: Cartwright, William Subject: FW: Japan’s Fukushima plant Bill: I am new at this thing so I am going to send you what I have – don’t know if this is applicable to your request Most if not all is publically available […]
From: Franovich, Mike Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 7:01 PM To: Ostendorff, William Cc: Nieh, Ho; Kock, Andrea; Zorn, Jason Subject: FYI on Unit 4 SFP (i’m looking for this video footage) TEPCO releases new footage of Number 4 reactor Tokyo Electric Power Company has released new video footage of the Number 4 reactor building […]
Dosimetry Inventory Issues Where to store severe accident dosimetry For example, at Fukushima more than 4000 electronic dosimeters were ruined by the Tsumani: only 500 available to workers TEPCo only uses electronic dosimetry for worker dose measurement Consideration of TLD or OSL dosimeter in addition to the ED is important Related […]
The number of local governments that agreed to accept debris created by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures has fallen to less than 10 percent of the number released in April, according to a survey released by the Environment Ministry on Wednesday. The plunge is apparently due to radiation fears. Fifty-four […]
A DOJ memo from 1977 indicates that the owner of North Anna plant concealed earthquake concerns. The memo, from May 1977, was the conclusion of an investigation into whether criminal charges should be brought against VEPCO for concealing this info. It notes that the plant’s original owner, Virginia Electric Power Company, along with engineering contractors […]
We reevaluated the nuclide analysis results of the samples taken during October 1 – 15 from the atmosphere in the station site, seawater / marine soil around the station, seawater around the intake of Unit 1 to 4, sub-drain water around the turbine buildings, sub-drain water around the Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility and seawater offshore of Ibaraki and Miyagi […]
Along with the price, the outlet, run by Cataloghouse Ltd. in Tokyo’s Shinbashi district, displays the cesium level found in the fruit or vegetable. If the radiation detection device installed in the outlet detects radioactive iodine or cesium in any produce, the figure is displayed next to the produce. The device can detect radiation levels […]
Tokyo (CNN) — The decommissioning of four reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will likely take more than 30 years to complete, according to a report by Japanese officials. The draft report, released by Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission of the Cabinet Office on Friday, said the removal of debris — or nuclear […]
Japan – MEXT Releases New Maps Show Radiation Contamination from Tellurium Found Up To 2,660,000 Bq/m3 And Silver Up To 83,000 Bq – Still Less Than 16% of Cesium Alone On October 31st, the Ministry of Education released new contamination maps showing the spread of radioactive Tellurium and Silver after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster. […]
[quote]“If you can’t explain it mathematically, you don’t understand it”, Richard Conatser, 2011[/quote] The results from the new dosimeters are lower across all locations when compared to the results previously obtained using the Panasonic UD-814 dosimeters. This difference is most likely due to the manner in how background badge data was applied for the in-house […]
After the tragic events in March, it seems everyone is looking for news updates on Fukushima related information, and to help direct new readers What are the 5 Fukushima-related websites that you learn the most from – the 5 that you couldn’t live without (or at least, couldn’t learn as much without)? Top Fukushima News […]
A French study released on Thursday said that the amount of nuclear material called caesium 137 leaked by Japanese plant, Fukushima, has proven to be the world’s worst nuclear sea contamination event ever, AFP discloses. The Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) reported that from March 21st to mid-July, 27.1 peta becquerels (a […]
This letter is to inform you of a Category 1 public meeting which has been scheduled for November 1, 2011, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The enclosed meeting notice provides additional details. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the status of the NRC’s restart review and inspection of North Anna […]
Tsunami Cliff [quote] The proliferation of nuclear power plants in rural areas around Japan’s coastline also created what’s known as the donut effect, where villages and towns surrounding stations enjoyed a prosperity not available to those further away, gaining jobs, public works projects and a higher standard of living. …Decisions made by utilities in this […]
Power Reactor Event Number: 47353 Facility: SAINT LUCIE Region: 2 State: FL Unit: [1] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [1] CE,[2] CE NRC Notified By: DAVE FIELDS HQ OPS Officer: JOHN SHOEMAKER Notification Date: 10/19/2011 Notification Time: 07:32 [ET] Event Date: 10/19/2011 Event Time: 05:28 [EDT] Last Update Date: 10/19/2011 Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: […]
Japan is asking Turkey to continue talks on a nuclear plant deal in the latter country, while confirming plans with the United States to strengthen their bilateral technical cooperation on atomic power. It is extremely unlikely that Japan will choose to fully retire it’s nuclear fleet after the Fukushima disaster, as pressure from the United […]