Tag Archives: spent fuel rods

Japan delays removal of fuel rods from Fukushima for 3 years via The Nuclear Power Daily

Posted on 2015/06/17 by norma field

The removal of spent uranium fuel rods from the Fukushima power plant will begin three years later compared to the originally planned date, the Japanese government said in a roadmap published on Friday. Initially, the removal was scheduled for the … Continue reading →

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Should Laguna worry about Onofre’s stored nuclear fuel rods? via The Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot

Posted on 2015/01/16 by norma field

First in a two-part series on the storage of used radioactive fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Concerns about the safety of spent fuel rods being stored at the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station have inspired action … Continue reading →

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Taiwan reveals new plans to send nuclear waste abroad via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/10/15 by norma field

OCT 15, 2014 TAIPEI – Taiwan on Tuesday unveiled plans to process nuclear waste abroad for the first time as its power plants approach capacity — but environment groups slammed the proposal as “too risky.” The government is under growing … Continue reading →

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(33 Years Ago Today) Diablo Canyon via This Week in History

Posted on 2014/09/15 by norma field

A blockade started at a nuclear power plant construction site in Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo, California. Nearly 10,000 people tried to prevent fuel rods from being loaded into the two reactor cores. Over two weeks, 1,901 are arrested … Continue reading →

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Senators oppose changes to nuclear plant emergency regulations via greenbaypressgazette.com

Posted on 2014/05/07 by norma field

CARLTON — Dominion Resources Inc., owner of Kewaunee Power Station, wants to reduce the level of emergency response at the closed nuclear plant, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved at other reactors being decommissioned. But five U.S. senators are … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: A Global Threat via Z Magazine

Posted on 2014/01/02 by norma field

By Kevin Zeese When we researched the realities of Fukushima in preparation for this article, words like apocalyptic, cataclysmic, and earth-threatening came to mind. But, when we say such things, people react as if we were the little red hen … Continue reading →

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The Crisis at Fukushima 4 Demands a Global Take-Over via Scoop Independent News

Posted on 2013/09/19 by norma field

By Harvey Wasserman We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster must be focussed on … Continue reading →

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Abe at Ground Zero: the consequences of inaction at Fukushima Daiichi via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/09/03 by norma field

Andrew DeWit and Christopher Hobson The Lid Comes Off Fukushima Daiichi Japan’s searing summer of 2013 saw the lid slide further off Fukushima Daiichi and its Pandora’s box of radioactive and political crises. The company in charge, Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading →

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Insight: After disaster, the deadliest part of Japan’s nuclear clean-up　via Reuters

Posted on 2013/08/14 by norma field

(Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous operation that has never been attempted before on this scale. Containing radiation … Continue reading →

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Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/04/09 by norma field

Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau Twenty nuclear accidents at the official International Nuclear Event Scale of 4 to 7 have occurred between 1952 and 2011 (Lelieveld et al. 2012). The risk of another major accident during the next … Continue reading →

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