More disturbing news out of Japan? I think not!

Feb 13, 2012 | Fukushima Commentary

The Press, fueled by the Japanese news media, has been focusing on the faulty temperature monitor inside the PCV (Primary Containment Vessel) of Fukushima Daiichi unit #2.  Early Sunday morning, the indication rose to ~82oC, which is above the national guideline of...

The true crime of March 11, 2011!

Feb 10, 2012 | Fukushima Commentary

11 months after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of the Tohoku region, the Tokyo government has finally established a Reconstruction Agency to deal with recovery. This comes after nearly a year of political dickering within the central government while...

What’s a Becquerel and is it dangerous?

Jan 23, 2012 | Fukushima Commentary

Before today’s updates, it might help many readers to further explain the Becquerel, with respect to some of the reports coming out of Japan. Please recall the Becquerel’s definition of one radioactive disintegration per second. One other way to look at it (in a very,...

Has Unit #2 had a “phantom melt-through”?

Jan 20, 2012 | Fukushima Commentary

TEPCO has made a brief endoscopic (visual) inspection inside the primary containment structure surrounding the unit two Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV). What seems surprising to TEPCO and the Japanese Press, is no indication of melted fuel outside the RPV. TEPCO...

How many full meltdowns were there at Fukushima?

Jan 6, 2012 | Fukushima Commentary

The latest JAIF posting of pressures and temperatures inside the three damaged RPVs at Fukushima continues to suggest that only unit #1 experienced a complete core-relocating meltdown. Units #2 and #3 RPV temperatures indicate severe melting of core materials, but not...

To be, or not to be? Cold shutdown is the question.

Dec 23, 2011 | Fukushima Commentary

To be, or not to be? Cold shutdown is the question. In one of the most horrendous editorials to yet come out of Japan, Mainichi Shimbun says the recent cold shutdown announcement is essentially a scripted government stunt. Their rationale stems from “road map”...
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