Category Archives: Radiation leak

New report on March 2011 Fukushima disaster says much of water pumped into system never reached reactor cores

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Robert Singleton

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun reported today: Fire engines were used in a desperate, and ultimately futile, attempt to pump water to cool overheating reactors during the early phase of the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster, Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading →

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Fukushima residents may never be able to go home, new report says

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Robert Singleton

  I think that a lot of us have suspected this for a while, but a new report should officially begin the debate. As The Guardian reported today: Japanese officials have admitted for the first time that thousands of people … Continue reading →

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Extremely high levels of radiation found in trench near Fukushima reactor: Levels “millions of times higher” than acceptable levels prior to accident

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Robert Singleton

The Wall Street Journal reported today: Extremely high concentrations of radiation have been detected in water from near one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday. The levels recorded haven’t been seen … Continue reading →

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Tritium levels in seawater suggest that Fukushima is still leaking

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Robert Singleton

According to a Kyodo News International report appearing on today’s GlobalPost website: Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday it has seen a rise in the level of radioactive tritium in seawater within the port at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear … Continue reading →

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Plant leaking radioactive water into Lake Michigan

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Robert Singleton

The Palisades nuclear power plant has been closed since Sunday with a radioactive water leak. The South Bend Tribune reported yesterday: The entry into Lake Michigan of 79 gallons of what officials at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant and the … Continue reading →

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New problem at Fukushima: Groundwater leaking into contaminated plant and how to dispose of it

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Robert Singleton

 The New York Times reported April 29: Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world’s second worst nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive wastewater … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Leaking sealed source reported in Arizona

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Robert Singleton

I’ve been attending meetings of the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC, possibly the least useful acronym ever devised) over the last couple of years. This is the Commission that has oversight for applications for shipments of … Continue reading →

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Forty Indian nuclear workers exposed to radiation

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Robert Singleton

The South African publication Times Live reported yesterday: More than 40 workers at a nuclear power station in northern India have bee exposted to tritium radiation in two separate leaks. The first accident occurred on June 23 when 38 people … Continue reading →

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Houston fire department issues, then lifts, Shelter in Place alert after radiation detected at Houston hotel

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Robert Singleton

I don’t know quite what happened in Houston this afternoon, but it seems that “city radiation monitors” were set off at a Houston hotel, resulting in guests being instructed to remain in their rooms. It now looks as if the … Continue reading →

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Canadian nuke reports coolant leak, worker exposure to radiation

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Hydro Quebec reported that Unit 2 at the Gentilly nuclear power plant leaked heavy water coolant into the facility’s reactor building last week. Two workers were exposed to low levels of radiation in the incident. Details are still thin about … Continue reading →

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