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Page commenced March 14, 2011

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Fukushima

"A 45-foot hole in the side of nuclear reactor #4 at the site of the Fukushima power plant in earthquake-ravaged Japan has exposed overheating nuclear fuel rods to the elements. Radiation particles spewing from the spent uranium rods are making their way across the Pacific. These particles have already been detected on passengers arriving into the United States from Japan." -- Bill Heid (March 19, 2011; Off Grid News; http://solutionsfromscience.com)
  • High quality analysis of nuclear breakdown - The Union of Concerned Scientists is providing good information with frequent updates. Analysis of how the meltdown is (or is not) happening, with a clear understanding, and diagrams of how the Mark 1 reactors are built. This is good quality information, and it is not clouded nor does it mention the UCS position on nuclear power.


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    Japan eyes clean energy revolution after Fukushima - New rules oblige utilities to buy all electricity produced from renewable sources, including solar, wind and geothermal power, at above-market rates for the next two decades, in a bid to stoke “green” power investment. (JapanToday; July 10, 2012)
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    Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion - In a Nov. 17 interview, the architect of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3, Uehara Haruo, admitted that it is inevitable that melted fuel went out of the container vessel and sank underground, which is called China syndrome. And as fuel reaches an underground water vein, it will cause contamination and could cause a massive hydrovolcanic explosion. (Fukushima-Diary; November 19, 2011)
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    Fukushima Meltdown Might Have Come With Earthquake, Not Tsunami - As the data from the Fukushima reactor is being reviewed, it looks like the meltdown happened much earlier: 'The fuel rods in the No. 1 reactor were completely exposed to the air and rapidly heating five hours after the quake.' Apparently, the earthquake had caused a crack in the containment vessel. Which means, that even without the generators failing, the meltdown might still have happened. (Reuters; May 16, 2011) 
  • Nuclear > Drawbacks > Meltdown > Fukushima >
    Fukushima Falling Apart - This article details new disclosures from Japan's traditionally closed society on Fukushima. Cracks have formed in reactors #1-3 per the latest NISA report. New admissions of isotopes are hinted at. A number of sources are given showing that the Japanese people are waking up. (PESN; April 13, 2011)
  • Some progress at Fukushima, but no coolant at reactors 3 and 4 - A new explosion rocked the Fukushima No. 2 reactor today, says Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). That explosion caused new damage to the containment vessel, resulting in a rise in radiation being leaked into the environment (NaturalNews; March 20, 2011)


U.S. Midwest Floods, 2011

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    Midwest Floods: Both Nebraska Nuclear Power Stations Threatened - Nuclear engineer explains that cooling pumps must operate continuously, even years after a plant is shut down. The Ft. Calhoun plant, which stores its fuel rods at ground level, is already partly submerged. "There are a lot of nuclear plants on both the Missouri and Mississippi and they can all go to hell fast.” (Global Research; June 16, 2011)

Averted

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    TVA Does a Great Job Averting Nuclear Emergency - Paul Noel congratulates the way the TVA responded to the Brownsferry nuclear plant that had all 6 major 500kV lines to it cut by the recent tornadoes, quickly getting one line back up to run the emergency cooling system (which were running on diesel generators) to keep the large nuclear reactors from melting down. (PESN; May 9, 2011)
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    Alabama Tornadoes Spur Nuclear Emergency - The Brownsferry nuclear plant has had all 6 major 500kV lines to it cut by the recent tornadoes, requiring the emergency cooling system to run on several thousand gallons of diesel fuel per hour to keep three large nuclear reactors, each 2X the Daiichi size, from melting down. (PES and BeforeItsNews; April 29, 2011)

Radiation Detection

Radiation Dose Comparisons

See also

NUCLEAR FOOTER

TYPES OF REACTORS

NUCLEAR WASTE

SPECIFIC PROJECTS

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