Nov 24, 2013 | Fukushima Commentary
November 24, 2013 The Hiroshima Syndrome’s Fukushima Commentary is proudly hosting the 184th edition of the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers. Fact or fiction…there are more naturally-occurring radioactive isotopes than non-radioactive? Now…the Carnival. For...
Nov 22, 2013 | Fukushima Commentary
November 22, 2013 Yesterday, hundreds of environmental activists walked out of the UN Climate Conference in Warsaw. Among the dissenters were Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, two of the most prominent international antinuclear groups. Among the cited reasons for...
Nov 21, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates
Because of the international Press hullabaloo prior to the start of the spent fuel transfer from F. Daiichi unit #4, we will post what has happened each day of the process as part of the regular updates until Press interest wanes. Fukushima Daiichi Unit #4 Spent Fuel...
Nov 20, 2013 | Fukushima Commentary
November 20, 2013 In 2012, Japan’s congressional investigation into the Fukushima accident (NAIIC) said it was possible that the unit #1 accident was started by the 3/11/11 earthquake. A few plant workers said they saw water leaking in the vicinity of the unit’s...
Nov 18, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates
The removal of spent fuel from F. Daiichi unit #4 has begun. Four spent fuel bundles have been uneventfully removed from their storage racks and placed in a transfer cask. Preparatory work began this morning at 9:50am (Japan Time) when the large polar crane was used...
Nov 15, 2013 | Fukushima Commentary
November 15, 2013 For several weeks, former Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi has proclaimed the antinuclear gospel across Japan. On Tuesday, another former PM, Morihiro Hosokawa, threw his hat into the same tumultuous ring. Both say that because more than half of the...
Nov 14, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates
Tepco has located some leak sources from F. Daiichi unit #1 containment. It seems that at least two pipes inside the suppression pool (torus) room are leaking. One is a small broken pipe with a flow that is said to look like gushing tap-water. The pipe appears to be...
Nov 13, 2013 | Fukushima Commentary
November 13, 2013 This week, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority decided to use actual dosimeter readings for radiation exposures in repopulating communities. Previously, the agency took aircraft-borne monitor readings and estimated exposures based on the assumption...
Nov 11, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates
The Tokyo government plans on injecting $50 billion into nuclear damage liability (NDF) funding. The monies are intended for evacuee compensation and environmental decontamination. Currently, the fund has a $50 billion limit, but a new “accelerated Fukushima disaster...
Nov 9, 2013 | Fukushima Commentary
November 9, 2013 One of the long-standing tenets of the antinuclear demographic is that their “evidence” is largely unknown to most people. They feel that if their concepts were widely reported, the world would necessarily turn against their great Satan – nuclear...