Monthly Archives: December 2011

Fire on board Russian nuclear submarine extinguished after 20 hour battle

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

A fire broke out yesterday on the Russian nuclear submarine Yekaterinburg, which was in drydock at the time of the incident. MSNBC reported this morning: Russia said on Friday it had doused a raging blaze aboard a nuclear submarine after … Continue reading →

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Event Report: New Jersey nuke reports discharge to Delaware River

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

The Hope Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey reported to the NRC this morning that a motor operated valve in the station’s Service Water System had failed to close, resulting in the discharge of seventeen gallons of sodium hypoclorite … Continue reading →

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New report: U.S. ‘nuclear renaissance’ unlikely after Fukushima

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

(Is it just me, or is there something about this picture of one of the containment buildings at Fukushima that’s just a little reminiscent of Norman Bates’ mother’s house in Psycho?) The Los Angeles Times just reported: A new study … Continue reading →

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Prefecture calls for permanent closure of all ten Fukushima reactors

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

The Oman Daily Observer just reported: The Japanese prefecture of Fukushima wants a nuclear-free future, according to a reconstruction plan adopted yesterday, after suffering the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. Under the plan, the provincial government panel called … Continue reading →

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TEPCO stock falls to lowest level since 1974; Company claims right to raise rates to compensate for losses

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

Bloomberg Businessweek reported today: Tokyo Electric Power Co. shares fell to the lowest in at least 37 years after Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano said the company should consider being nationalized. The stock fell 12 percent to close at … Continue reading →

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Update: Pilgrim incident involved leak of radioactive steam

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

The Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts had to be closed down today due to a defective steam relief valve. Later news reports said that the incident involved a leak of radioactive steam. As the Boston Globe reported: The Pilgrim Nuclear … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Maintenance complications in Florida, a reactor scram in Louisiana, human error and a halon release in South Carolina and a faulty valve in Massachusetts

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

A number of items appeared on the NRC Event Reports today following the long holiday weekend: 1. On December 6, the Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Florida began work on modifications to the plant’s Technical Support System (TSC.) The system … Continue reading →

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Yakuza may have forced debtors to work on Fukushima cleanup

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

More details have emerged from the Japanese journalist who went undercover, working at the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex. Agence France-Presse reported: A Japanese journalist who worked at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant this summer claimed Thursday that Japan’s yakuza crime … Continue reading →

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New report says lack of preparation, bad communication made Fukushima nuclear crisis worse

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

Reuters reported today: A lack of preparation and poor communication at top levels after disaster struck were among the failures that turned a nuclear accident at Japan’s Fukushima plant into the worst atomic crisis in 25 years, a panel probing … Continue reading →

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Global actions against nuclear weapons, nuclear power planned for 2012‏

Posted on December 24, 2011 by

2012 is going to see a major series of actions to end nuclear weapons and nuclear power. As In Depth News reported today: A series of events are slated for the first half of 2012 in Asia, Europe and the … Continue reading →

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