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Radiation probes indicate NO melt through at Fukushima Unit 1

ByRod Adams

…not provide any realistic prediction of what will actually happen in the real world of carbon steel pressure vessels, latent heat of fusion, water, and measurably limited heat from radioactive decay. Hat tip to Leslie Corrice who has been providing Fukushima Updates about three times per week for more than 18 months. The specific issue that provided this information is October 12, 2012. If you want facts and data about Fukushima events and post ac…

Shaken, flooded, stressed by power outages, Fukushima Daiichi moves into second place

ByRod Adams

…building the types of boiling water reactors whose limits were exceeded at Fukushima Daiichi in many decades. Today’s Generation III and beyond reactors include numerous design features that would have provided substantial margins against the specific challenges faced at Fukushima, but that is no cause for complacency. There is always something more to learn and improve. Additional Reading The Independent (March 26, 2011) Fear and devastation on t…

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Stephanie Cooke thinks NRC’s post Fukushima proposals should be implemented NOW

ByRod Adams

…and Nagasaki. Atomic Insights has published at least a dozen stories about Fukushima, many with corroborating reports from experts with significant professional experience. The maximum doses received at Fukushima were below the levels at which any significant negative health effects were measured in the many decade long follow up studies for the Life Span Survivor Studies from the atomic bombings and from the UNSCEAR led studies after Chernobyl. I…

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Jacobson misuses LNT to purposefully exaggerate effects of Fukushima radiation

ByRod Adams

…lear accident following the Great East-Japan earthquake and tsunami’ BBC – Fukushima’s disease risk: A major fallout? Nature – Fukushima’s uncertainty problem (Geoff Brumfiel’s column demonstrates how Jacobson’s low boundary on his estimate that is a number substantially greater than zero is being widely accepted by non-specialist observers. Within the range of uncertainty of the health effects of very low doses of radiation the HPS says there is…

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More accurate headline would be “Fukushima Containment Worked”

ByRod Adams

…earlier that operators could have vented early and AVOIDED fuel damage at Fukushima. I do not fear for anybody’s family in light of Fukushima. 2) MELCOR models from the 90s established the consequences of sustained SBO. US BWROG EOPs and SAGs used this prediction to establish our strategies – Containment Venting of Decay Heat is not a new invention. Pages 27 – 29 this document http://www.ornl.gov/info/reports/1993/3445603777241.pdf Feeding the re…

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Fukushima Accident Updates – Go To Hiroshima Syndrome

ByRod Adams

…Of Fire ain’t such a smart idea, eh? Leslie Corrice RViner…please see my Fukushima Update on this… http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html and scroll down to January 13, 2014. Also keep scrolling to January 6, 2014. Leslie Corrice Matthew… please read my Commentary at http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-commentary.html and scroll down to December 31, 2013. Plus, see http://deepseanews.com/2014/01/is-the-sea-fl…

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Least informed piece on Fukushima yet

ByRod Adams

…been a number of articles from the usual suspects that seek use the word “Fukushima” as a hypnotic code word that is supposed to result in fear and trembling. Individuals like Karl Grossman, Helen Caldicott and Arnie Gundersen have released documents or given talks implying that Fukushima should turn people away from the beneficial use of nuclear energy. Professional antinuclear organizations like Greenpeace have released lengthy reports aimed at…

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Update on Fukushima water leaks – unrepresentative sample used to support fear mongering

ByRod Adams

…evenue for doing tasks using 2-100 times as many hours as needed.) Additional Reading Fukushima contaminated water, some calculation New Radiation Leak in Japan No Threat to U.S. Radioactive Ocean Plume From Fukushima Will Reach USA In 3 Years (But when it gets here, it will be exceedingly diffuse.) What Does the Fukushima Leak Mean for America? (Nothing. It poses no danger to anyone, anywhere.)…

FEPC Information Sheet for Fukushima Daiichi on March 16 2011

ByRod Adams

…ed and thus it was concluded that the fire extinguished on its own accord. Fukushima Daiichi Unit 5 reactor At 4:00AM on March 16, the temperature of the spent fuel pool was measured at 141 degrees Fahrenheit. Fukushima Daiichi Unit 6 reactor At 4:00AM on March 16, the temperature of the spent fuel pool was measured at 137 degrees Fahrenheit. Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and Accompanying Facilities As of 12:00PM on March 15, power generation of all…

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The Godzilla Movie and the Parallel with Fukushima

ByGuest Author

…movie intentionally appealed to the public perception of what happened at Fukushima in March, 2011. However, there was another more-subtle (and real) parallel with Japan’s reaction and response to the Fukushima accident. The nuke accident in Japan was successfully used by the government to deflect the world’s attention away from the real disaster – the earthquake and tsunami of 3/11/11. The earthquake destroyed or damaged more than a million buil…

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Atomic Show #212 – What Can We Learn From Fukushima?

ByRod Adams

…small group of nuclear professionals gathered to talk about the events at Fukushima on March 11, 2011 and the continuing situation during the subsequent three years. The conversation included: Cal Abel – PhD candidate in Nuclear Engineering at Ga Tech who also blogs at Statistical Economics Meredith Angwin, who publishes Yes Vermont Yankee Les Corrice who publishes the Hiroshima Syndrome and its terrific, twice weekly Fukushima Accident Updates W…

Critical Analysis of Mousseau Fukushima Presentation
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Critical Analysis of Mousseau Fukushima Presentation

ByGuest Author

…he Helen Caldicott Symposium on the Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima was held March 11 and 12, 2013 on the second anniversary of the incident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant facility in Japan. It was also the second anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which killed 15,883 people and caused USD $235 to $300 billion in damage. The reactor incident killed no one but has occupied most of the media attenti…

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