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Friday, August 10, 2012

Fukushima Update 8/10

Here's today's Fukushima update topic summaries. Click the link for the full reports...

Former PM Naoto Kan is feverishly trying to protect his image by lambasting Tepco for their recent release of video footage taken during the F. Daiichi accident. Tepco’s video apparently makes Kan look worse than he would like, so he’s criticizing the fact that two-thirds of the footage has no audio, implying that Tepco is being non-transparent and essentially out to get him... A new report on the video footage shows that spent fuel pool issues confronted Tepco’s emergency team early-on; but not the much-maligned unit #4 SFP... Another new report on the video says some Tepco-Tokyo officials were against using seawater for RPV cooling, but plant manager Yoshida told them he had no other choice... The IAEA team studying Onagawa NPS says it was “remarkably undamaged” by the 3/11/11 earthquake... The entry ban on another Fukushima no-go zone town has been lifted, at least in part... The mayor of Nagasaki believes fear of radiation is sufficient reason to abolish nukes.
 

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