Reactor Restarts Come Down To Money
The local assembly of Oi town has voted to approve the restart of the Oi reactors. The assembly cited economic
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GAO Slams US Nuclear Decommissioning Fund & NRC
The US Government Accountability Office has slammed the NRC and the reactor decommissioning fund claiming the fund is inadequate as
Read moreTsruga Impossible To Restart, Issues At Kashiwazaki Raise Concerns
Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission stated it would be impossible to restart the units at Tsruga nuclear plant. Multiple fault lines
Read more84% Of Japan Businesses Do Not Support Reactor Restarts
84% of Japan businesses do not want reactors restarted or only want restarts only after sufficient safety changes are made.
Read moreJapan’s Political Sideshow
We have been following the recent political games surrounding the restart of the Oi reactors. The government disconnect with reality
Read moreJapan’s Politicians & Advisors Behind The Reactor Restarts
While there has been an almost hyper-focus on METI minister Yukio Edano related to the issue of reactor restarts and
Read moreJapan’s Perplexing Reactor Restarts; Where Are We Going And Why Are We In This Handbasket?
As the Japanese government has been rushing to restart nuclear reactors everyone is asking the same question. Why? It really
Read moreJapan Central Government May Restart Reactors Next Week
The central government appears poised to restart the nuclear reactors at Oi as early as next week. This article by
Read moreEarly Reactor Data Archive
METI released a series of documents TEPCO had faxed to them during the early days of the disaster. These came
Read moreReactor Restart Push Heats Up In Japan
Edano may have an evil twin. One day he is stating that he is against the reactor restarts, the next
Read moreKansai To Spend 2.5 Billion Dollars To Upgrade Reactor Safety
Kansai has said they will spend more than 200 billion yen ($2.5 billion) to upgrade safety at their 11 reactors. The
Read moreEdano; End Nuclear Power. KEPCO Overstating Power Shortage Risk
Trade minister Edano made the statements Friday, after the new rushed safety guidelines were announced, he said that Japan should
Read moreJapan Government Releases New Last Minute Safety Measures
The new safety measures introduced at the last minute intended to sway local governors to allow the Oi reactor to
Read moreJapan Government’s Nuclear Kabuki
The Japanese government failed to put in place the needed changes to launch the planned new nuclear agency. This new
Read moreFire At French Nuclear Reactor
The Penly nuclear reactor in northwestern France caught fire earlier today. The fire began due to an oil leak in
Read moreReactor Water Levels & Automatic Actions If Water Levels Drop
This reference image shows at what point or place the water level within the reactor would cause automatic or operator
Read moreTEPCO Again Releases No Reactor Data, Some Press Updates
TEPCO released none of their new reactor reporting documents, the scaled down ones with even less data, on March 22.
Read moreTEPCO Cuts Off All Public Reactor Data Reporting
On March 15th, with no announcement TEPCO quietly shut down all forms of public reactor data monitoring. Since soon after
Read moreTEPCO Sending Workers Into Units 2 & 3 Basements In A Few Hours
TEPCO intends to send workers into the sub basement of units 2 and 3 on March 14th (a few hours
Read moreTWO: Takahama Unit 3 To Shut Down Tuesday
Kansai Electric announced Friday that Takahama Unit 3 will shut down for maintenance this Tuesday. This leaves Kashiwasaki-Kariwa unit 6
Read moreJapan To Limit Nuclear Reactors to 40 Year Operation, Sort Of
Japan is proposing legislation that would prevent a reactor from operating past 40 years unless the get an exception from
Read moreFirst Camera Inspection Inside Reactor Containment In Two Weeks
TEPCO is estimating they will begin the process in about two weeks to bore a small hole and insert an
Read moreAP Investigative Report Finds Dangerous Problems With NRC’s Slipping Oversight
You need to read the entire report by AP. You need to read the entire report by AP. The findings
Read moreTEPCO Maintenance, Repairs With Duct Tape, Bailing Wire And More Orphaned Shoes
This TEPCO photograph of the pedestal area of unit 5 at Fukushima Daiichii. Unit 5 is the same design as
Read moreTEPCO Progresses On Unit 1 Cover
TEPCO has a considerable portion of the work done towards installing a cover over the unit 1 reactor at Fukushima
Read moreIdled Nuclear Reactors, Safety And Japan Politics.
Reuters has published a Japan nuclear plant status table showing what plants are shut down for planned or unplanned outages.
Read moreNorth Anna Nuclear Plant Has Another Unusual Event
On September 1st the North Anna Nuclear Plant had another unusual event due to an aftershock that registered at the
Read moreCracks Found In North Anna Nuclear Plant Containment
Cracks were found in the containment building of the North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia. Dominion Energy is attempting to
Read moreJapan Nuclear Disaster Models From 2002
A Japan Atomic Energy Institute paper from 2002 recently surfaced online. This paper was the technical estimations of what would
Read moreTEPCO Wants To Restart Units 5 & 6 At Fukushima Daiichi
This is no joke but it sure sounds like one. TEPCO has been quietly planning to restart units 5 &
Read moreAnomalies at Fukushima Daiichi Tied To Recent Quakes, Concerns About Fuel and Buildings
A series of significant anomalies were noticed in the TEPCO reactor data in recent weeks. When these anomalies were cross referenced
Read moreWhy “Cold Shutdown” Is A Myth And Going Home Unlikely
The Japanese government has been touting this “cold shutdown” myth extensively over the last week. As Ex-SKF put it, the
Read moreRemoval Of Spent Fuel In Units 3 & 4 Made A Priority
No additional details are given such as how the fuel will be removed or how quickly. TEPCO has announced that
Read moreLarge Ground Fissure Found Near Unit 1 Fukushima Daiichi
fukuleaks.org/web researcher Elaine Kirk found this image that was posted on the TEPCO website on June 14th of Unit #1
Read moreTEPCO To Enshroud Reactor Unit 1
The Telegraph, in the UK, reports that TEPCO will begin work within two weeks on a steel-framed shroud to enclose
Read moreFt. Calhoun Flood Level Data
This seems to be the question of the week. How high are the waters at Ft. Calhoun supposed to go?
Read moreJapan raises spectre of Fukushima ‘melt-through’
An official report, which Japan will submit to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, says nuclear fuel in three reactors at Fukushima
Read moreThe Mystery of Daiichi Unit 4
@all Having spread ourselves out over so much material, perhaps between us we can dig up the information that would
Read moreGE Whistleblower Nuclear Physicist Jack Shannon
This interview offers a revealing look inside the nuclear industry from an ex-industry insider. Jack Shannon was employed by General
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