Plutonium from spent nuclear fuel rods pouring into the sky
plutonium scattered into the atmosphere is even more dangerous that the combustion products of rods without plutonium,
Alert, Fushima coverup: forty years of spent nuclear fuel rods blown sky high, PrisonPlanet TV, Paul Joseph Watson and Kurt Nimmo March 15, 2011 Infowars analysis: In addition to under reporting the fires at Fukushima, the Japanese government has not told the people about the ominous fact that the nuclear plant site is a hellish repository where a staggering number of spent fuel rods have accumulated for 40 years. Continue reading
Japan has misled public on the radiation exposure from Fukushima
News on Japanese nuclear disaster
Japanese jittery as nuclear crisis grows
The rare TV appearance by Emperor Akihito has emphasised the gravity of the crisis gripping Japan after the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/japanese-jittery-as-nuclear-crisis-grows-20110317-1bxik.html
Australian rescuers exposed to radiation
Australian search-and-rescue workers in Japan have been exposed to low-level radiation after their helicopter was forced to land near the damaged nuclear power plant at Fukushima.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/australian-rescuers-exposed-to-radiation-20110316-1bxf9.html
Frantic bid to douse reactors
Military helicopters have been deployed to dump water on Japan’s crippled Fukushima No. 1 power station, as the remaining workers at the plant face an increasingly dangerous and difficult battle to prevent a catastrophic meltdown.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/frantic-bid-to-douse-reactors-20110316-1bxfb.html
Chalpat Sonti: Is this the end for nuclear power?
There’s nothing like a meltdown to concentrate the mind.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/is-this-the-end-for-nuclear-power-20110315-1bvqj.html
Chernobyl effect on the economy
A FULL-BLOWN nuclear disaster in Japan, though unlikely, could lead to a new global economic crisis, according to Europe’s top trade official.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/chernobyl-effect-on-the-economy-20110316-1bxe4.html
Radiation crisis worsens
JAPAN’S nuclear crisis has intensified, as military helicopters unsuccessfully attempted to waterbomb a fire that had spread to a fourth nuclear reactor. The government revealed two of the reactor cores may now be damaged, one was thought to be leaking radiation, and last night it called in police water canon trucks to help frantic firefighting efforts.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/radiation-crisis-worsens-20110316-1bxen.html
Power company had poor safety record
The operators of the Fukushima reactors have been the subject of scandals over site inspections, writes environment editor Ben Cubby.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/power-company-had-poor-safety-record-20110316-1bxez.html
Engineer quit over reactor design
A General Electric Co engineer said he resigned 35 years ago over concern about the safety of a nuclear reactor design used in the now crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.
http://www.smh.comau/environment/energy-smart/engineer-quit-over-reactor-design-20110316-1bwet.html
Japan promised to step up plant safety after watchdog’s warning
Japan warned more than two years ago by the international nuclear watchdog that its nuclear power plants could not withstand powerful earthquakes, leaked diplomatic cables disclose.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/japan-promised-to-step-up-plant-safety-after-watchdogs-warning-20110316-1bxdd.html
Foreigners flee nuclear crisis
FOREIGN governments and companies were last night urging their people to leave Tokyo as the nuclear crisis was rated the worst since Chernobyl.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/tens-of-thousands-dead-as-japan-scrambles-to-avert-nuclear-catastrophe/story-fn84naht-1226022831151
Radiation very high at Japan reactor
THERE is no water left in the spent fuel pool of reactor 4 at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, resulting in “extremely high” radiation levels, the chair of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission warned today.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/radiation-very-high-at-japans-fukushima-reactor-warns-us-nuclear-regulatory-commission/story-e6frf7jx-1226022949641
China orders inspections of nuclear plants
CHINA orders safety inspections of the country’s nuclear plants and suspends approval of new projects in light of Japan’s atomic crisis.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/china-orders-inspections-of-nuclear-plants/story-e6frf7jx-1226022889489
Editorial: Nation waits in suspense
WHILE the enormity of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is still to be realised, a potential disaster has gripped the nation.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/editorials/japanese-nation-waits-in-suspense/story-e6frfhqo-1226022829852
Meltdown hysteria (interesting choice of word) will make West wary: expert
The Fukushima power plant crisis is likely to kill off any nuclear renaissance in western countries that had been reconsidering the energy option in the face of global warming concerns, according to a Melbourne nuclear power expert
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/meltdown-hysteria-will-make-west-wary-expert/2104407.aspx
Japan’s nuclear farce
A plume of radioactive particles extending into the stratosphere from the Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex makes a mockery of claims that Japan’s nuclear crisis isn’t comparable to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/japans-nuclear-farce-has-chernobyl-written-all-over-it/
Japan’s nuclear crisis: the technical facts
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/03/16/japans-nuclear-crisis-the-technical-facts/
Fukushima wrecks the already problematic finances of nuclear power
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/fukushima-wrecks-the-already-problematic-finances-of-nuclear-power/
What’s radiation poisoning like? And other Japan questions
As Japan rushes to stop nuclear meltdown and limit the exposure of radioactive material to its citizens, how do evacuees know if they’ve been exposed? Also, what will the government do with all the debris from buildings? Slate explains.
http://www.slate.com/id/2288228/
How a nuclear reactor works
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/the-explosion-at-the-japanese-reactor.html?ref=asia
Japan wind change to blow radiation over Pacific
(Reuters) – Winds are set to blow low-level radiation from Japan’s quake-crippled nuclear power plant out over the Pacific Ocean in coming hours, easing health worries after drifting toward Tokyo early on Tuesday, experts said.
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/42470
Nuclear crisis: ‘Chain reaction could restart’
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has admitted that the spent fuel rods at the Fukushima plant could go critical and a nuclear chain reaction could restart
http://www.newscientistcom/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/03/nuclear-crisis-radioactive-fue.html
Fukushima throws spotlight on quake zone nuclear power
The unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan should force a rethink on the building of nuclear power plants in seismically active areas
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928043.100-fukushima-throws-spotlight-on-quake-zone-nuclear-power.html
EU Mulls Nuclear-Free Future, Extra Tests On Reactors
Europe’s energy chief Tuesday raised the prospect of a nuclear-free future and said the 27-nation bloc is considering “stress testing” its nuclear power stations to check they can cope with crises.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/61507
Radiation Plume Could Reach Tokyo: U.S. Scientists
If the containment at the nuclear power plant damaged by Japan’s devastating earthquake fails, a potential radiation plume from a full core meltdown could reach Tokyo, a U.S. scientists’ organization said on Tuesday.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/61506
Germany To Shut Down Pre-1980 Nuclear Plants
Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operating before 1980 at least till June, the government said on Tuesday, leaving open whether they will ever start up again after Japan’s crisis.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/61505
Navy Repositions Warships Over Radiation Risks
The Navy said on Tuesday some arriving warships will take position on the west coast of Honshu instead of heading to the east coast as planned because of “radiological and navigation hazards.”
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/61504
Nuclear Sector Takes Beating But U.S. Offers Support
The nuclear power industry took a beating as governments addressed its safety and investors bailed out of stocks because of the crisis enveloping a Japanese nuclear power plant. But the United States government offered some support.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/61493
What about the state of Japan’s existing nuclear wastes?
still no one is speaking about the state of the nuclear waste already in Japan
No Nukes Now? A Lesson From Japan and Questions About the Security of Japan’s Nuclear Waste THE HUFFINGTON POST,Michael Vazquez, 16 March 11, Three weeks ago, I highlighted the risks Japan faces, as a nuclear energy-dependent nation on an earthquake fault line, in my review of Into Eternity, a documentary about a nuclear waste repository deep underground in Finland. I also noted how Australia — which was the first choice of scientists in Finland for storage of nuclear waste — had just been hit by a 200-year flood. Continue reading
Dangerous radioactivity released from damaged plant, says IAEA
Japanese authorities also today informed the IAEA at 04:50 CET that the spent fuel storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is on fire and radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere.
Japanese Earthquake Update, International Atomic Energy Agency, 15 March 2011 Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that there has been an explosion at the Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Continue reading
Scramble to prevent nuclear meltdowns in 3 Japanese reactors
Authorities are now scrambling to prevent meltdowns in three of the plant’s four nuclear reactors…..
Third blast at Japanese nuclear plant, ABC Radio, The World Today with Eleanor Hall, Hayden Cooper, 15 March 11-– This morning, there’s been another explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was badly damaged in last Friday’s powerful earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
Dangerous radiation levels from TEPCO’s no 2 nuclear reactor
With radiation levels around the facility up, TEPCO suspects the core of the No.2 reactor has partially melted, a critical nuclear safety situation..
Stay indoors: Japanese PM’s order to residents beyond nuclear reactor evacuation zone after blast, Sydney Morning Herald, Glenda Kwek, March 15, 2011
Radiation levels near a quake-stricken nuclear plant are now harmful to human health, Japan’s government says after explosions and a fire at the facility. Continue reading
Japan’s history of nuclear power troubles
Japan’s history of civilian nuclear power generation is also littered with problems, … Since 1999 there have been several accidents that have marred what was perceived as a safe industry.
Japan’s Nuclear Half-Century, New Matilda, 15 march 11, All eyes are on Fukushima but this is not an isolated crisis. Mark Pendleton looks at how nuclear accidents have shaped contemporary Japan Continue reading
Effects of Japan’s nuclear damage will be either serious or catastrophic
In the best case,……….the immense anxiety triggered by the incident and the toll of the subsequent evacuation on nearby residents.
The consequences of the most dire scenarios are much harder to estimate. They include the loss of the facility, an expensive local cleanup — a foregone conclusion — and a wide-scale disaster that renders the countryside around the plant uninhabitable for decades.
Ultimate impact of damage to Japan nuclear reactors still unknown, Washington Post, By Brian Vastag, March 13,
The detection of the highly radioactive elements cesium-137 and iodine-131 outside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant heralds the beginning of an ecological and human tragedy. The open question is whether it will be limited, serious or catastrophic Continue reading
Possible meltdown of fuel rods inside the Fukushima Daiichi complex’s No.2 reactor
Water level near empty at Japan nuclear reactor
Reuters 03/14/2011 Water levels inside a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear reactor were almost empty on Monday night, said the power plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. The Yomiuri newspaper was reporting that the cooling system at the reactor has stopped, and additional reports said fuel rods were exposed.
News agency Jiji said a meltdown of fuel rods inside the Fukushima Daiichi complex’s No.2 reactor could not be ruled out.
Nuclear crisis continues in Japan
there has been no word so far on the spent fuel at the site which would be kept in pools at the reactor. Any breakdown in the cooling system could cause the spent fuel to melt, with the risk of a significant release of radioactivity.
There is widespread uneasiness despite the reassuring noises coming from the authorities over the situation, in part because of the industry’s history of ignoring warnings and covering up safety problems.
Japan earthquake: the nuclear crisis is not over yet. guardian.co.uk, Julian Borger5, 13 March 11, Japan says disaster has been averted at the Fukushima nuclear plant but serious questions remain. Continue reading
Who will pay for the Japanese nuclear damage? Not Insurance!
Insurance policies often exclude certain factors from coverage….exclusions on earthquake damage in the property insurance for reactors and exclusions on nuclear damage for homeowners’ insurance policies…..What remains is likely to be an international liability pool, where reactor operators insure each other against claims in situations like this one. How deep that liability extends is unknown, however — Japan is not a party to major international conventions limiting the nuclear liability of operators.
Insurance industry likely spared Japan nuclear threat | Reuters, 13 March 11, “……….most experts agree the growing threat of disaster from damaged nuclear reactors is unlikely to have much effect on the mainstream insurance business because of the way insurance for the nuclear power industry is structured. Continue reading
Rating the Fukushima damage on a nuclear danger scale
On Saturday, before emergency measures were announced at a second reactor at that plant, Japanese nuclear safety experts rated the accident a four, putting it just behind the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 near Harrisburg, Pa. That accident, the worst in United States history, was designated a five……..The government issued evacuation orders for about 170,000 people in the surrounding area……..
Nuclear Emergency Is Worst in Decades, NYTimes.com, By ANAHAD O’CONNOR March 12, 2011 The earthquake and tsunami that battered northern Japan on Friday set in motion one of the worst nuclear accidents in over two decades. The International Atomic Energy Agency rates the severity of radiological events, with a scale starting at one, an “anomaly,” and rising to seven, a “major” accident. A six and seven designate full meltdown, where the nuclear fuel or core of a reactor overheats and melts. The scale of the ensuing uncontrolled release of radiation that follows differentiates the two. Partial meltdowns, in which the fuel is damaged, are rated a four or a five. Continue reading
Technical information on the Fukushima nuclear loss of coolant
Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Common Dreams, by Karl Grossman, 12 March 11, The explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is being described as caused by a “hydrogen build-up” The situation harks back to the “hydrogen bubble” that was feared would explode when the Three Mile Island plant in 1979 underwent a partial meltdown…… Continue reading
Japan could be the new Chernobyl, as nuclear radiation emergency continues
Given the large quantity of irradiated nuclear fuel in the pool, the radioactivity release could be worse than the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe of 25 years ago.”
Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Escalates in Japan – ‘Worse than Chernobyl’, Forbes, William Pentland -m Mar. 11 2011 The Institute for Public Accuracy issued the following statement by nuclear expert, Kevin Kamp, about the risk of nuclear disaster in post-Earthquake Japan:
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