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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Concerns grow over stability of Japan nuclear plant

Concerns grow over stability of Japan nuclear plant
Stars and Stripes
That, in my view, must be sped up because if another earthquake or tsunami hits, it could be very, very damaging and possibly more radiation than earlier.” In letters to Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Secretary of ...

Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 4 Spent-Fuel Pool: Safe or Not?

Wall Street Journal (blog) -
By Phred Dvorak Questions have been bubbling recently over how safe Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant—in particular the pool atop Unit 4, where some 1535 fuel rods are stored—would be if another big earthquake hit.

Fukushima Reactor 4 poses massive global risk

CTV.ca -
I've been watching this story slowly building steam for several months now. It's definitely something the nuclear industry would rather not talk about because spent fuel storage all over the world is vulnerable too. Other sites haven't been weakened by ...

Concerns focus on Fukushima unit stability

United Press International, Asia -
TOKYO, May 23 (UPI) -- Whether a pool where spent fuel is stored at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could withstand another strong earthquake has become a source of growing concern. The concerns among activists, experts and politicians focus on Unit 4, ...

Probability of contamination from severe nuclear reactor accidents is higher ...

PreventionWeb (press release) -
Catastrophic nuclear accidents such as the core meltdowns in Chernobyl and Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed. Based on the operating hours of all civil nuclear reactors and the number of nuclear meltdowns that have occurred, ...

Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power

Sustainablog (blog) -
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. By J. Matthew Roney On May 5, 2012, Japan shut down its Tomari 3 nuclear reactor on the northern island of Hokkaido for inspection, ...

Water inside Fukushima No. 1 reactor may be only 40 cm deep

Mainichi Daily News -
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An analysis by the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization has shown that the level of the water filling the crippled No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may be far lower than estimated by plant operator Tokyo ...

Fukushima UFOs: One Earthquake away from global Armageddon?

Canadian National Newspaper -
Canada's CTV reports in “Fukushima Reactor 4 poses massive global risk” that our planet Earth is essentially one Earthquake away from becoming a nuclear wasteland. “The troubled Reactor 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is at the centre of this ...

Media Deep Sixing Fukushima

Pacific Free Press - ‎May 22, 2012‎
by Damien Gillis l The Canadian.org "It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on No. 4 reactor." It's the most important story nobody's talking about: the continued dire situation at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi ...

Chances of nuclear accident put higher

UPI.com - ‎May 22, 2012‎
MAINZ, Germany, May 22 (UPI) -- Catastrophic nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed, German researchers say. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz have calculated that ...

Nuclear energy poses risk, potentially serious consequences

durhamregion.com - ‎May 22, 2012‎
How can the OPG be "ready for the unthinkable" as you suggest? A good piece of my work as an environmental journalist involves covering the aftermath of "unthinkable" events in different parts of the world where experts end up saying: 'well, ...

JAPAN'S BATTERED FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANTS A global catastrophe waiting to happen?

Sky Valley Chronicle - ‎May 20, 2012‎
Japanese emergency workers spray water to try to cool reactor units at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011. CLICK TO ENLARGE (INTERNATIONAL) -- Akio Matsumura is a former UN diplomat who is very worried about the damaged Fukushima-Daiichi ...

Large Crack on South Wall of Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Number Four? (Photo)

DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts - ‎May 19, 2012‎
By LBG1 [Photo-Image: Large crack on the south side of damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor unit Number Four building? Photo source, PHNetwork.blogspot.com] “We could have a disaster much worse, many times worse than Chernobyl.

The Worst Is Yet To Come At Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

CounterCurrents.org - ‎May 19, 2012‎
By Vincent L. Guarisco It's been over a year since the most powerful 9.0 earthquake in Japan's history struck and a monstrous tsunami reached an astonishing height of 133 feet, severely damaging the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Fukushima Still Grapples With Nuclear Stress

Jakarta Globe - ‎May 19, 2012‎
'Even the resilient, ca-do-spirited Japanese cannot deal with the insidious and agonizing uncertainty surrounding the nuclear station.' The Hideyo Noguchi Memorial, a small brick building nestled by the limpid waters of Inawashiro Lake in central ...
 
 

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