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Posted by SilverKnight on April 12, 2011
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April 12, 2011 | 10:19 am
The operators of the San Onofre nuclear power plant are starting a drill Tuesday to test the ability of the facility and local, state and federal agencies to respond to a radiological emergency.
The three-day exercise by Southern California Edison will simulate a radioactive release from the plant into surrounding communities, said Tina Walker, a spokeswoman for the California Emergency Management Agency.
Nuclear emergency sirens will sound during the drill, which will be overseen and evaluated by state and federal disaster officials, she said.
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Posted in U.S. News | Tagged: California, California Emergency Management Agency, Energy, Japan, nuclear, Nuclear power, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Southern California Edison | Leave a Comment »
Posted by SilverKnight on April 9, 2011
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updated at 8:15 UTC, Apr. 09
The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has stepped up its effort to remove highly radioactive water that is hampering restoration of reactor cooling systems.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says contaminated water in a concrete tunnel of the Number 2 reactor has risen 10 centimeters since leakage of the water into the ocean stopped on Wednesday.
The company says the gap between the surface of the waste water and the top of the tunnel was 94 centimeters as of 7 AM on Saturday. It denies any possibility that the water could overflow from the tunnel.
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Posted in Japan News | Tagged: Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, nuclear, Nuclear power, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tokyo, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Water, Water pollution | Leave a Comment »
Posted by SilverKnight on April 8, 2011
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March 28, 2011
Simon Fraser University researchers are attributing increased levels of the radioisotope iodine-131 in B.C. seaweed and rainwater samples to the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear reactor situation in Japan.
Japanese officials have been working to prevent a nuclear meltdown after cooling systems failed following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake earlier this month that was accompanied by a tsunami. Medical and pharmaceutical industries use iodine-131; it’s also present in nuclear fission products.
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Posted in World News | Tagged: Canada, Iodine-131, Japan, nuclear, Nuclear meltdown, Nuclear power, Nuclear reactor technology, Simon Fraser University | Leave a Comment »
Posted by SilverKnight on April 7, 2011
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By MATTHEW L. WALD and ANDREW POLLACK
Published: April 6, 2011
WASHINGTON — The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that some of the core of a stricken Japanese reactor had probably leaked from its steel pressure vessel into the bottom of the containment structure, implying that the damage was even worse than previously thought.
The statement came as the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, started to inject nitrogen into the reactor containment vessel of unit No. 1 to prevent a possible explosion.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s statement regarded unit No. 2, and the agency underscored that its interpretation was speculative and based on high radiation readings that Tokyo Electric had found in the lower part of unit No. 2’s primary containment structure, called the drywell. The statement said that the commission “does not believe that the reactor vessel has given way, and we do believe practically all of the core remains in the vessel.”
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To read the complete article, click here -> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/world/asia/07japan.html?_r=1&ref=asia
Posted in Japan News | Tagged: Containment building, Japan, nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Pressure vessel, Reactor vessel, Tokyo Electric Power Company, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Leave a Comment »
Posted by SilverKnight on March 17, 2011
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TOKYO, March 18, Kyodo
The government has instructed local governments to conduct tests for radioactivity levels in domestically produced foods using a provisional standard set up by the government for the first time ever, as a result of the evolving nuclear crisis at a Fukushima power plant crippled by last Friday’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake, ministry officials said Thursday.
”Although all the local authorities are required to conduct the tests, they will mainly be enforced on the fresh foods produced in municipalities related to the (nuclear power plant) accident,” said Kohei Otsuka, vice minister for health, labor and welfare.
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Posted in Japan News | Tagged: Environment, fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Local government, nuclear, Nuclear power, Power station | Leave a Comment »
Posted by SilverKnight on March 17, 2011
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Last Updated: 1:00 PM, March 17, 2011
Posted: 8:14 AM, March 17, 2011
The Japanese military pumped jets of water from special fire trucks into a damaged reactor at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant Thursday in a desperate bid to bring down temperatures, as high radiation levels were reported outside the evacuation zone.
High radiation levels have been detected 18.6 miles (30 kilometers) from the plant, beyond the 12.4-mile (20-kilometer) zone designated by authorities, broadcaster NHK reported.
The situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant remains “very serious,” the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, adding there had been no major deterioration since Wednesday.
Japan‘s science ministry said exposure to the levels detected for a period of six hours would be the equivalent of the maximum safe level a person could absorb in a year.
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Posted by SilverKnight on March 17, 2011
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By Jeff Mason and Tom Doggett Jeff Mason And Tom Doggett –
Thu Mar 17, 12:24 am ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States showed increasing alarm about Japan’s nuclear crisis on Wednesday and urged its citizens to stay clear of an earthquake-crippled power plant, going further in its warnings than Japan itself.
The State Department said the United States has chartered aircraft to help Americans leave Japan and had authorized the voluntary departure of family members of diplomatic staff in Tokyo, Nagoya and Yokohama — about 600 people.
“The State Department strongly urges U.S. citizens to defer travel to Japan at this time and those in Japan should consider departing,” it said.
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