Fire at California’s San Onofre Nuke Plant
…Was extinguished before it started. That’s how good these guys are: The fire ignited in an electrical panel in the “non-radiological side” of one of the plant’s two units, said Edison, which operates...
View ArticleDebris map of reactor 4 spent fuel pool
Dug out of a report and translated by EX-SKF: http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2012/04/debris-map-inside-reactor-4-spent-fuel.html click to enlarge Sand-like sediments?
View ArticleHiroaki Koide: Promoters of nuclear power should eat contaminated food
Why should little kids have to eat it? An interesting moral dilemma. クリーンな食べ物はない。 There is no clean food. 残念ながら福島の事故は起きてしまい、全地球に汚染を広げてしまっている。そのため、クリーンとか安全という食べ物というものはありません。 Sadly, the Fukushima...
View Article50-mile radius around Palisades nuke plant
…which is leaking, perhaps exploding, etc. The 41-year-old plant’s license was due to expire, but in 2007 the NRC granted a 20-year extension. click to enlarge Via the Palisade license-renewal...
View ArticleLeak found at Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant last week
While we’re on the subject of super old and leaky nuke plants. This plant’s near Toledo, and is also up for a controversial license renewal. During the performance of MODE 3 engineering walkdown...
View ArticleHeavy Water at Point Lepreau
“Heavy water…” Doesn’t sound so dangerous does it? About 300 litres of tritiated heavy water spilled on May 21 when a valve opened too soon during pressure testing at the plant. NB Power crews were...
View ArticleMelted blob
Not unlike my soul. The EPA says 423 of the samples contained man-made radioactive contaminants exceeding background levels. Most of the contaminants were cesium-137 and strontium-90, both powerful...
View ArticleAmerican babies and Fukushima
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=28599 Mangano and Sherman, “Elevated airborne beta levels in Pacific/West Coast US States and trends in hypothyroidism among newborns after...
View ArticleTanks for the Memories
Seems pretty clear at this point. In the future all of our time, energy and material resources will go toward making tanks to store an ever-increasing amount of radioactive wastewater that we have...
View ArticleTyphoon Wipha
via ex-skf: http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/10/large-and-strong-typhoon-no26.html click to enlarge Sorry about the ad below if there is one and sorry about the fact that the spent fuel pool might blow...
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