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Tag: March 2011

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 reactor cooling problems after diesel generator failures but also saying there is no cause for alarm even though the government has declared a […]

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 at least once since fuel damage occurred. Attempting to establish Nitrogen purge prior to resuming venting. Unit 2 Rx; Shutdown 3/11. 30% […]

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 10% of the national totals.) Iowa Kansas Louisiana Missouri Nebraska Texas Washington *Prairie Island Tribe States with more than 1 Million total […]

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 (1X), and California (1X) on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011. We have seen some elevated readings at Yokota and Misawa. AF Radiological Sampling Plan […]

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 a cycle or two back in 2006, I think. TVA has expressed interest, and Columbia was recently revealed to be in discussions […]

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 time line document and asked for feedback from NRC Parting request from Hosono-issue a press release supportive of the ocean releases. Ambassador […]

March 30th, 2011 – IAEA requests NRC to provide bounding assessments for Fukushima Units 1-3 – Assumptions on if fuel has left RPV

From: Astwood, Heather Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:31 PM To: Astwood, Heather; Regan, Christopher; LIA07 Hoc; LIA08 Hoc; Brown, Michael; McDermott, Brian; Hoc, PMT12; Blount, Tom Subject: Requests for IAEA support on Heather, I understand that IAEA asked you to have someone work with them to do Fukushima accident analysis and questions such as “bounding […]

March 29th, 2011 – Containment Damaged – Pu in soil from reactors – Unit 3 RB contains I-131

From: Weber, Michael Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:47 PM To: Borchardt, Bill; Virgilio, Martin Cc: Evans, Michele; Wiggins, Jim; Boger, Bruce; Batkin, Joshua; LIA06 Hoc; LIA08 Hoc; ET07 Hoc; ET05 Hoc; OST02 HOC; FOIA Response.hoc Resource; Zimmerman, Roy; Leeds, Eric; Sheron, Brian; Johnson, Michael; Haney, Catherine; Casto, Chuck; Dorman, Dan; Brenner, Eliot; Hayden, Elizabeth […]

March 15th, 2011 – 1,318 uSv/hr detected in Tokyo between 0900 and 1700

HIGHEST LEVEL OF RADIATION DETECTED IN TOKYO REGION YOMIURI (PAGE 1) (ABRIDGED) MARCH 16, 2011 THE SCIENCE MINISTRY ON MARCH 15 ANNOUNCED THAT TOKYO AND SEVEN NEIGHBORING PREFECTURES RECORDED THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF RADIATION, EXCLUDING TIMES WHEN NUCLEAR TESTS WERE CONDUCTED BY NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, AS OF THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY. EACH PREFECTURE MONITORS RADIATION AT THE […]

March 20th, 2011 – 0500 SPEEDI Fukushima Radiation Maps

From:Hoc, PMT12 Sent:Saturday, March 19, 2011 6:15 PM To:GIS Hoc; PMT01 Hoc Subject:FW: 0500 SPEEDI data, unzipped Attachments: FUKUSHIMAl air doseuiOS-06huj.gif; FUKUSHIMAl air doseui06-07huj.gif; FUKUSHIMAl air doseui07-08huj.gif; FUKUSHIMAl wind(OShuj.gif; UKUSHIMAl air concentrationuiOS-06~(jjgif; FUKUSHIMAl air concentrationui06-07huj.gif;FUKUSHIMAl air concentrationui07 -08huj.gif 0500 SPEEDI data, unzipped. SBU This email is UNCLASSIFIED Jerome Ryan Political Officer U.S. Embassy Tokyo 1-10-5, Akasaka 1-Chome, Minato-Ku, […]

March 12th report says Fukushima Reactor 1 exploded after “vertical earthquake” under unit which did not affect other reactors

USNRC Emergency Operations Center Status Update March 12, 2011 Earthquake / Tsunami Status Update Compiled by Executive Briefing Team Status of Japanese Facilities (This information is compiled from available sources, including press releases by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)). At 0136 EST on March 12, 2011, a […]

NRC Transcripts – Chuck Casto Re Fukushima Unit 4 – “For me, I’m evermore convinced that there’s nothing there. There’s major damage to that building. And I just have to stake my career on it.”

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ET AUDIO FILE WEDNESDAY – MARCH 16, 2011 CHUCK CASTO: For me, I’m evermore convinced that there’s nothing there. There’s major damage to that building. And I just have to stake my career on it. But I don’t see that there’s any structural integrity there […]

NRC Transcript – TEPCO relayed information Unit 4 SFP Dry – Walls collapsed and incapable of holding inventory – Unit 3 “everything else gone” –

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ET AUDIO FILE WEDNESDAY – MARCH 16, 2011   NRC CHAIRMAN JACZKO: Hey, Chuck. Hey, can you just — and I don’t want you to interpret this in any way, questioning anything – I am just trying to confirm what the source of our information […]

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