By Matt Smith, CNN22 April 2011 Tokyo (CNN) — The worst may have passed in the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but cleaning up when it’s finally over is likely to take decades and cost Japan an untold fortune. A six- to nine-month horizon for winding down the crisis, laid out by plant owner Tokyo […]
FUKUSHIMA, Japan, April 22 (Kyodo) – Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato said Friday he will never allow Tokyo Electric Power Co. to resume operations at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ”A resumption of plant operations must be impossible,” Sato told Masataka Shimizu, president of Tokyo Electric, known […]
TOKYO, April 21 (Kyodo) — Highly radioactive water that leaked into the Pacific Ocean from the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in early April contained an estimated 5,000 terabecquerels of radioactive substances, 20,000 times the annual allowable limit for the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday, adding that the leak amounted to 520 tons. […]
21 April 2011 (NECN/CNN) – Japan has made it illegal to enter the exclusion zone near the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, but authorities say some people have moved back in, and others have been collecting possessions from their homes. The flashing red lights, the warning signs, faces covered with masks, we are entering a no-go zone. […]
April 20 (Asahi Shimbun) – High levels of radiation discovered at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant could disrupt Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s timeline for a cold shutdown of the crippled facility, TEPCO officials acknowledged. On April 18 unexpectedly high levels of radiation were detected in water in the storage pool containing spent fuel […]
20 April 2011 (Yomiuri Shimbun) – The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has reported to a Cabinet Office safety panel that nuclear fuel pellets in the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima power station are believed to have partially melted. The report was the first time the agency, an organ of the […]
By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press 20 Apr 2011 FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) – Workers battling the crisis at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant suffer from insomnia, show signs of dehydration and high blood pressure and are at risk of developing depression or heart trouble, a doctor who met with them said Wednesday. The crews have been fighting […]
Fairewinds Associates Inc.http://www.fairewinds.com Hi, I’m Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates, and it’s Wednesday, April 6th. In my previous update I talked about the possibility of an inadvertent criticality occurring at Fukushima [Unit] 1. That was based on four things. It was based on a neutron beam being detected thirteen times; it was based on the […]
By Jim Bai and Tom Miles; Editing by Michael Urquhart18 April 2011 BEIJING (Reuters) – Central China’s Hubei province has joined a growing list of regions facing coal shortages, with a warning on Monday that it is very likely to start rationing power this month if coal supplies remain tight and low water stocks continue […]
By Quirin Schiermeier 12 April 2011 As radioisotopes pour into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, one reassuring message has been heard over and over again: the Pacific Ocean is a big place. That the isotopes will be vastly diluted is not in question. Nevertheless, scientists are calling for a marine survey […]
