The Unsatisfactory Status Of The NRC Region IV Augmented Inspection Team
Report Which Contains TEN Unresolved
Items, Requires Additional NRR Investigation
And Resolution.
The DAB Safety Team has transmitted the following to
the Chair…
Category Archives: Energy
NRC AIT review of SCE 10CFR 50.59: The NRC AIT stated in its report, “Based on the updated final safety analysis report description of the original steam generators, the team determined that the steam generators major design changes were r…
Continue readingNRC AIT review of SCE 10CFR 50.59: The NRC AIT stated in its report, “Based on the updated final safety analysis report description of the original steam generators, the team determined that the steam generators major design changes were r…
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The Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingJune, a Buddhist nun recently returned from Fukushima, graphically documents how children are the most tragic victims of nuclear contamination.
Decommission San Onofre – Fukushima USA
Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Haza…
Continue readingSCE Cannot Develop A New Tube-To-Tube (TTW) Operational Assessment ACCEPTABLE To The NRR, After Wasting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation asked in a letter dated December 26, 2012 to Edison the following questi…
Continue readingPress Release + 13-01-02 Supplemental
To Our Press Release + 12-12-31
Condensed Version
NRC AIT Team review of SCE 10CFR
50.59: The NRC AIT Team stated in its report, “Based on the
updated final safety analysis report description of the origi…
Press Release + 13-01-02 Supplemental
To Our Press Release + 12-12-31
Condensed Version
NRC AIT Team review of SCE 10CFR
50.59: The NRC AIT Team stated in its report, “Based on the
updated final safety analysis report description of the origi…
NRR RAI Answers Will Prevent Any SCE Restart At San Onofre
The NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has requested from Edison in a
letter dated December 26, 2012, the following additional information (RAI
#32): “Please …
NRR RAI Answers Will Prevent Any SCE Restart At San Onofre
The NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has requested from Edison in a
letter dated December 26, 2012, the following additional information (RAI
#32): “Please …
The Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingby Justin McCurry / via The Guardian / December 27, 2012 / Lingering fears of radiation have turned children from Fukushima into the most obese in Japan, according to a government study, as parents and schools continue to restrict the amount of time th…
Continue readingvia The Japan Times / December 26, 2012 / The catastrophe at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant not only affected people directly in Fukushima Prefecture but also harmed the local economy. Sales of products from the prefectu…
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / December 25, 2012 / What an in-your-face insult to citizens of Japan, particularly for people in Kanto and Tohoku contaminated by radioactive materials from the nuclear accident, and even more so for the workers at Fukushima I Nuclear Powe…
Continue readingvia UT San Diego / December 28, 2012 / Eight sailors who were aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan during the Fukushima nuclear disaster have sued the Japanese company that owns the power plant, claiming they were damaged by the plant’s radiation. The Tok…
Continue readingby Mario Aguilar / via Gizmodo / December 27, 2012 / Authorities expect more debris from the March 2011 Japanese Tsunami to wash up on the Pacific Coast this winter. Seasonal changes in ocean currents and North Pacific winds will push the 1.5 million t…
Continue readingThe 30 Un-Resolved Alarms Recorded by SONGS Vibration Monitoring System During 11 Months of Operation, Requires An Immediate NRR Safety Investigation
Three Questions affecting US reactor safety need to be answered ASAP, by the NRR:…
Continue readingThe 30 Un-Resolved Alarms Recorded by SONGS Vibration Monitoring System During 11 Months of Operation, Requires An Immediate NRR Safety Investigation
Three Questions affecting US reactor safety need to be answered ASAP, by the NRR:…
Continue readingThe DAB Safety Team and Other Experts wish to be invited to a Confidential NRR Meeting about SONGS’ severely damaged Replacement Steam
Generators and other safety related problems, before any SONGS Unit 2 restart
is granted by the NRC.
…
Continue readingThe DAB Safety Team and Other Experts wish to be invited to a Confidential NRR Meeting about SONGS’ severely damaged Replacement Steam
Generators and other safety related problems, before any SONGS Unit 2 restart
is granted by the NRC.
…
Continue readingYou are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.
In this week’s Fairewinds podcast Arnie Gundersen discusses rece…
Continue readingYou are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.
In this week’s Fairewinds podcast Arnie Gundersen discusses rece…
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingvia NuclearStreet.com / December 21, 2012 / The successful removal of a beam dropped into a spent fuel pool, the first Tokyo Electric Power Co. settlement related to the death of an evacuee and a higher seawall at the Hamaoka nuclear plant highlighted …
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / December 23, 2012 / I saw several tweets (like these) today that has links to articles, posts about detection of strontium and plutonium in the fly ashes before and during the test burning of the disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture in Sa…
Continue readingvia TheEnergyCollective / December 22, 2012 / On December 21, 2012, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) blog posted a letter from Chairman Macfarlane titled A Visit to Japan: Reflections from the Chairman. She has recently returned from a trip t…
Continue readingvia The Asahi Shimbun / December 14, 2012 /
Continue readingDecember 18, 2012 Nuclear Regulatory Commission remote “public” meeting convened 2700 miles from the communities in the most immediate danger should something go terribly wrong at Southern California Edison’s damaged, defective nuclear reactors. Fri…
Continue readingDecember 18, 2012 Nuclear Regulatory Commission remote “public” meeting convened 2700 miles from the communities in the most immediate danger should something go terribly wrong at Southern California Edison’s damaged, defective nuclear reactors. Fri…
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / December 19, 2012 / Japan is trying its best to pretend that the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident has been a minor inconvenience that no amount of newly printed money cannot overcome. After all, this is the country that has perfect…
Continue readingvia ENEnews.com / December 19, 2012 / Follow-up to: Tepco to try and remove steel debris on top of fuel racks in No. 3 pool — Concern about liner? (PHOTOS) Tepco’s December 19, 2012 Handout (Japanese Only): http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-n…
Continue readingThe 14 most important questions that the DAB Safety Team feels must be answered before the NRC, Atomic Safety Licensing Board, NRC Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulations and Nuclear Regulatory Research can complete their investigation …
Continue readingThe 14 most important questions that the DAB Safety Team feels must be answered before the NRC, Atomic Safety Licensing Board, NRC Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulations and Nuclear Regulatory Research can complete their investigation …
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingNRC No Restart at San Onofre
Steam
generator tubes and their support structures need to be extremely carefully
designed and manufactured within the allowed design tolerances. These tubes preform a very important safety
function b…
NRC No Restart at San Onofre
Steam
generator tubes and their support structures need to be extremely carefully
designed and manufactured within the allowed design tolerances. These tubes preform a very important safety
function b…
via The Guardian / December 14, 2012 / The operator of a Japanese nuclear power plant that blew up after a tsunami last year has admitted its lack of a safety culture and bad habits were behind the world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 years, its …
Continue readingvia AFP / December 13, 2012 / An international conference will be held in Japan’s Fukushima region over the weekend to discuss nuclear safety following last year’s atomic crisis, Tokyo said Thursday. High-level officials, including governme…
Continue readingvia The Asahi Shimbun / December 12, 2012 / The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is grappling to locate the source of a leak of highly radioactive water in the crippled No. 2 reactor, and will continue trying to pinpoint the cause ne…
Continue readingBy Mari Saito / via Reuters / December 13, 2012 / Nearly two years after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan is failing to keep a pledge to tap global expertise to decommission its crippled reactors, …
Continue readingvia Fairewinds / December 9, 2012 / In today’s Fairewinds’ podcast with Arnie Gundersen, we examine the effect of the recent earthquakes on both the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini sites, as well as potential damage from other quakes still to c…
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.
Continue readingThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.
The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.
Continue readingvia The New Zealand Herald / December 7, 2012 / Influential Japanese scientists who help set national radiation exposure limits have for years had trips paid for by the country’s nuclear plant operators to attend overseas meetings of the world…
Continue readingby Roger Pulvers / The Japan Times / December 9, 2012 / excerpt: As someone who has been studying Russian affairs for 50 years, having made my first trip there in 1964, I strongly believe that the aftereffects — ecological, economic, political and ps…
Continue readingBy Takashi Kida / via The Asahi Shimbun / December 7, 2012 / The International Atomic Energy Agency said it will set up a joint program on decontamination next year with the Fukushima prefectural government as efforts continue at the crippled Fukushima…
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