September 5, 2011
And the beat goes on… NISA has announced that the Prime Minister’s office ignored their Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) data during the critical first five days of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi. ERSS monitors plant technical data and makes predictions on...September 2, 2011
Another Japanese nuke will soon be shut down. Sendai #2, a ~900 Mwe Pressurized Water Reactor plant will be shut down for periodic maintenance and inspection next week. The plant operators will begin reducing power output on Wednesday, and have the unit completely off...August 31, 2011
Just for the record, JAIF’s daily plant status posting shows that, as of August 23, over 56,000 tons of waste waters have been decontaminated by the two clean-up systems now in full, continuous operation at Fukushima Daiichi. The volume of waters that remained...August 26, 2011
Japan’s Prime Minister has resigned. Naoto Kan’s resignation comes 5 1/2 months since the March 11 trifecta of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident challenged his leadership and spawned accusations that he has mishandled the crisis. Kan was waiting for a...August 24, 2011
TEPCO reports the new waste water treatment system, SARRY, was shut down Monday in order to remove a clump of sludge from piping in the system. The sludge was discovered due to a hot spot found by radiation monitoring. The system was out of service for 12 hours and no...August 22, 2011
Before getting into updates for the weekend’s Fukushima (and related) events, something should be mentioned concerning JAIF’s posted pressure readings for units 1 & 2 RPVs. They don’t make any sense. The RPV pressures listed are below...August 19, 2011
NHK World tells us that the “chief” of the Fukushima power plant didn’t know a backup cooling system for one of the plant’s reactors was manually shut down on March 11th. Plant manager Masao Yoshida was not told the system had been shut down to prevent it...August 17, 2011
Mainichi Shimbun and NHK World report TEPCO’s staff never anticipated the possibility of hydrogen explosions during the nuclear emergency at Fukushima. The reports come from interviews with Fukushima’s operation’s officials being held by the...August 15, 2011
Construction of the enclosure around unit #1 reactor building continues. World Nuclear News has given us some technical details of interest, “The sections of the steel frame will be fitted together remotely without the use of screws and bolts. All the wall panels will...This site requires a lot of work. We hope you find our efforts valuable and rewarding. Please consider offering your support. There is no minimum amount. Feel free to donate as you see fit, without restriction. Thank you...
