December 21, 2011
The prestigious American National Academy of Science has posted a research paper that promises to shatter all existing concepts of radiation risk. A research team out of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories has discovered that low dose radiation exposure results in an...December 19, 2011
Friday’s announcement by Prime Minister Noda that Fukushima Daiichi had achieved a state of cold shutdown has been blasted by the Japanese Press and news media around the world. Here are a few examples… Japan Times – “Skeptics believe the declaration...December 16, 2011
Prime Minister Noda’s declared the three damaged reactors at Fukushima have achieved cold shutdown. All Japanese Press outlets have articles on the declaration. Noda cites two specific criteria behind the announcement. They are all three RPVs having sustained...December 14, 2011
On December 6, TEPCO announced they have begun removal of radioactive materials from the water in the Spent Fuel Pool (SPF) of unit #2. The decontamination system is contained in two trucks, one for pumping and the other holding a Cesium absorption device. The...December 12, 2011
Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) says that TEPCO has met all the preconditions for declaring Fukushima Daiichi to be in a state of cold shutdown. This is not a final, official declaration, but merely a preliminary one. It is expected the formal, official...December 9, 2011
Radiophobia has struck 500 kilometers from Fukushima. 50 angry residents have loudly protested Osaka Prefecture’s decision to accept and dispose of tsunami rubble and debris from the Tohoku region. Why? Because it might have radiation from the Fukushima accident, of...December 7, 2011
At least half of members of the government panel investigating the accident at Fukushima Daiichi are skeptical of TEPCO’s week-old interim report. While most informed sources feel TEPCO’s conclusion of the tsunami as the cause of the accident is correct, the panel’s...December 5, 2011
TEPCO’s recent release of its interim report on Fukushima has literally turned into a bad soap opera. Most of the Japanese news media are lambasting TEPCO for stating the obvious. For example, there is no doubt that regulatory overconfidence in tsunami protection for...December 2, 2011
Wednesday’s reports out of Japan on TEPCO’s estimates of unit #1 RPV’s complete melt-through to the primary containment floor, is literally full of more holes than the RPV itself. As more detail on the data TEPCO fed into the computer simulation...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...
