Guest Commentary on Japan’s Energy Situation
December 21, 2013 This past week, an on-line colleague sent me his position on Japan’s current energy situation. His name is Lars Hanson. He has been giving me insights on Japan, its history and culture for a few years. I think his insights are poignant and timely....December 19, 2013
Tokyo’s French chefs surprised some F. Daiichi child evacuees with a surprise gourmet Christmas meal. 360 meals and 200 snacks were delivered to a school in Koriyama with a large number of evacuees in their enrollment. Chef Christophe Paucod supervised preparation of...December 19, 2013
Tokyo’s French chefs surprised some F. Daiichi child evacuees with a surprise gourmet Christmas meal. 360 meals and 200 snacks were delivered to a school in Koriyama with a large number of evacuees in their enrollment. Chef Christophe Paucod supervised preparation of...December 16, 2013 – Addendum
Thanks to two Fukushima Update readers for this… Tepco has moved 88 of the unit #4 fuel bundles as of today. Four complete transfers of 22 bundles each have occurred without a problem. One of the readers (John) said the third transfer was finished Dec. 9 and the...December 16, 2013
Tepco says a coolant leak and equipment malfunction with F. Daiichi unit #3 may have led to its fuel damage. Tepco says there must have been leakages out of the flow path from the fire pump to the Reactor Vessel which prevented all of the water getting to its intended...Fukushima evacuees get more and more money, but not the tsunami victims
December 13, 2013 A significant number of Japan’s tsunami refugees have given up and permanently moved elsewhere. Of the 300,000 whose homes were swept away by the raging torrent, more than 20% have moved to other parts of Japan: mostly young families that no longer...December 12, 2013
More large one-time payouts are proposed for Fukushima evacuees. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has proposed lump-sum compensation payments totaling between $100,000 and $140,000 per person for emotional damage due to the...December 9, 2013
America’s Allison Macfarlane says Japan should consider discharging tritiated water to the sea. Chair of America’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Macfarlane commented on the wastewater build-up at F. Daiichi. Tritium is difficult to strip from water because it is part...Japan’s Nuke Watchdog Wastes Time on New Nuclear Accident Scenario
December 6, 2013 This past Monday, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority announced a new worst-case nuclear accident scenario. But, this one does not concern nuclear power plants. It purports a disaster at the Tokai nuclear fuel reprocessing facility. Tokai has been...December 5, 2013
Tepco says the flow of contaminated groundwater to the sea has been stemmed. The company believes that a recent increase in radioactivity in a well near their soil-solidified barrier is due to its holding back the flow, along with their pumping away of the water...December 2, 2013
There have been no reports on spent fuel transfer for unit #4 at F. Daiichi in the past three days. So, here’s the other updates from over the weekend… An international team of experts are teaching Fukushima residents about radiation. A two day seminar was held this...Fairewinds’ Gundersen Guarantees Problems with Unit 4 Spent Fuel Removal
November 29, 2013 Last week, the staff at F. Daiichi transferred 22 unused fuel bundles from unit #4 spent fuel pool (SFP) and loaded them into a common storage facility 100 meters away. The process went without a hitch. However, America’s provocative antinuclear...November 28, 2013
Spent fuel transfer diary – Week 2 Day 9 – Six spent fuel bundles were removed from their unit #4 pool and loaded into the transfer cask without incident. These were the first irradiated bundles to be handled....November 25, 2013
Spent fuel transfer diary – Week 2 Day 5 – The 22 fuel bundles are in their racks inside the common storage facility pool. Tepco’s Noriyuki Imaizumi told a press conference, “All of the fuel assemblies have been placed in their storage rack, meaning that...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...
