The Shizuoka prefectural government has announced that it could take more than 28 hours to evacuate the 860,000 residents who live within the 30-kilometer radius of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the event of a serious accident. On Thursday, the prefecture released estimated evacuation times for residents amid a number of scenarios. According to […]
A research project conducted by a research institute on environmental economics in Japan named Kankyo Keizai Kenkyujo has found that in the case of a severe accident at a nuclear power plant it will take at least 12 hours to evacuate everyone within 30 kilometers of the facility. The study focused on municipalities in Japan […]
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, there has been concern in Japan and around the world about the effectiveness of emergency evacuation guidelines around nuclear power plants. Japan was forced had to rethink its nuclear safety standard in the wake of the nuclear disaster; the new evacuation standard is set at 30 kilometers around nuclear […]
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster TEPCO estimated that it would require $30 billion dollars to pay for damages. For the third time that figure will be increased, after the operator of the infamous nuclear power plant announced that compensation costs are higher than expected and now estimates the compensation at nearly $38 billion dollars, […]
The Japanese government released a new report this week which blasts the response to the 2011 Fukushima disaster. It says that the tsunami estimates were well below the bounds of realistic expectation, the way the public was notified about the spread of radioactive materials was inappropriate, and that the nuclear safety rules overall were ineffective. […]
Japanese officials have failed to justify why it took them over a month to disclose large-scale releases of radioactive material in mid-March at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A special government tool had been producing critical maps, and other data, hourly since the first hours after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, some of […]
The Japanese government’s efforts to reclassify evacuation areas around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant under a new zoning system for decontamination and financial compensation have been significantly delayed as residents in the affected regions continue to demand “fair” compensation. Under the reclassification that the government had earlier planned to implement on April 1, municipalities […]
Recently, a Japanese civil group said that radiation hot spots were recorded outside 26 schools in Fukushima Prefecture. The group said it obtained the information about the schools in Koriyama from municipal education board documents it obtained through an information disclosure request, Kyodo News reported Monday. In January, the education board had nursery, elementary and […]
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From: Franovich, Mike Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 1:17 AM To: Ostendorff, William Cc: Nieh, Ho; Kock, Andrea; Zorn, Jason Subject: IAEA distributed document 4-17-11 Attachments: Summaryofreactorunitstatus at_17-AprilOOOOUTC.pdf Attached is the latest IAEA report which is quite comprehensive. Some items to note from the report: Work on the backup system to provide alternate cooling water to […]
Executive Summary of the Interim Report Investigation Committee on the Accidents at Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company December 26, 2011 Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Outline of the Accidents 3. Issues of responses by government organizations to the Accidents (1) Issues of the local nuclear emergency response headquarters (2) Issues of […]
No. 11-049 March 15, 2011 NRC ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT JAPAN’S PROTECTIVE ACTIONS NRC analysts overnight continued their review of radiation data related to the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors. The analysts continue to conclude the steps recommend by Japanese authorities parallel those the United States would suggest in a similar situation. The Japanese authorities Monday […]
From:Hoc, PMT12 Sent:Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:05 AM To:Gibson, Kathy Cc:Lee, Richard Subject:FW: RASCAL Runs justifying U.S. PARs Attachments:RASCAL Run of 03152011_0251AM (used in 03162011 NRC Press Release).pdf; RASCAL Run of 03162011_1224PM (used in 03162011 NRC Press Release).pdf Hi Kathy. FYI – Here are the full RASCAL runs from the press release. We now have […]
FUKUSHIMA–Rice grown on five additional farms in the Onami district of Fukushima city contained levels of radioactive cesium exceeding government standards, Fukushima prefectural government officials said Nov. 25. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will continue to keep eating rice harvested in Fukushima Prefecture at his official residence, Fujimura said. Noda wrote in his official blog […]
A joint study by Kyoto University and the University of Tsukuba, among other entities, estimated that water at the mouth of the Abukumagawa river running through the prefecture was contaminated with cesium levels over 50 billion becquerels a day. The findings showed that the Abukumagawa river is releasing up to 52.4 billion becquerels of cesium […]
Credits to www3.nhk.or.jp See also: Arnie Gundersen/Fairewinds Associates: in Japanese: Websites recommended by Arnold Gundersen: enenews.com ex-skf.blogspot.com Nuclear Regulatory Commission daily reports (what’s happening at nuclear plants near you): Union of Concerned Scientists (watchdog over NRC): IAEA on Fukushima: Fukushima links (Fukushima Daiichi live and a youtube compressed version): lucaswhitefieldhixson.com atmc.jp TEPCO PRESS RELEASES DIRECTLY […]
From: Quails, Phil Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 2:39 PM To: McCann, Edward Subject: RE: japan I would not bet on anything helping after a 8.9. I hope that the operators are good at improvising. From: McCann, Edward Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:36 PM To: Quails, Phil Subject: RE: japan I hope Japan developed an […]
From: Dube, Donald Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:59 AM To: Clark, Theresa; Ader, Charles; Lombard, Mark; Landry, Ralph; Donoghue, Joseph; Dreisbach, Jason; Lee, Samuel; McKirgan, John; Mrowca, Lynn; Segala,John Subject: RE: Japan Update: Evacuations ordered around Fukishima Ok, if I had to make an educated judgment call from all the reports, Unit 1 is […]
The State University of New York Green Team will host a teach-in about the Indian Point nuclear power center which is located just 25 miles for New York City. The Entergy Corporation owned and operated nuclear plant has been named the most dangerous in the U.S. Experts on the topic will educate students on a […]