March 31, 2014
The reason for stoppage of the unit 4 fuel crane was human error. It automatically stopped just as the crane operator began lifting the spent fuel cask from the pool. As it turns out, the operator did not release the auxiliary brake which is engaged as a safety...March 27, 2014
The cask-lifting crane for fuel bundle transfer stopped. The cask had been filled with bundles and was about to be lifted out of spent fuel pool #4, when an alarm sounded and automatically stopped the crane. The cause of the incident is being investigated. It was also...March 24, 2014
Tepco announced that 528 fuel bundles have been successfully removed from #4 spent fuel pool. This is out of a total of 1533 that were in the pool before the operation began last year. To date, more than a third of the bundles have been transferred without incident....201st Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
March 21, 2014 The Hiroshima Syndrome’s Fukushima Commentary is proudly hosting the 201st Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers. This week’s edition has articles from Gail Marcus, Jim Hopf, Will Davis, Brian Wang, Rod Adams, and (yours truly) Les Corrice. Here’s the...March 20, 2014
The IAEA continues to support controlled discharge of treated water from F. Daiichi. Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General, says the continual build-up of wastewater storage tanks at the station is “not viable” because “a huge amount of water is stored on the grounds...March 17, 2014
Tepco has now safely moved 506 fuel bundles out of F. Daiichi unit #4 pool. 22 are unused fuel bundles and 484 of the transferred assemblies are actual spent fuel. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html The Fukushima child thyroid cancer cluster is...March 13, 2014
Tuesday marked the 3rd anniversary of the 3/11/11 Earthquake and Tsunami. Overviews of the news reports and a listing of links can be found in the Fukushima Commentary page of this website. Former USNRC head Greg Jaczko told Japan’s Press that nuclear accidents cannot...March 10. 2014
This morning, Tepco posted that 462 spent fuel bundles have been removed from #4 spent fuel pool. Last week the announced total was 418, thus 44 bundles were relocated to a pool in the ground level common storage facility over the last seven days. To date, no problems...March 10, 2014
This morning, Tepco posted that 462 spent fuel bundles have been removed from #4 spent fuel pool. Last week the announced total was 418, thus 44 bundles were relocated to a pool in the ground level common storage facility over the last seven days. To date, no problems...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...
