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Time for our daily FEPC statement. There are some indications that, as TEPCO is restoring power, they are stabilizing the situation. An emerging argument is that either TEPCO or the Government of Japan has not been sufficiently forthcoming. Let me…
Below, please find the most recent FEPC statement. In the comments, reader “oldHP” notes that the wikipedia entry for Timeline of Fukushima Nuclear Accidents is quite good and easy to read. Full text after the jump.
Taking a break from Japan for a bit, DNI Clapper, in his prepared statement, provided an unclassified summary of the most recent NIE on Iran’s nuclear programs during the March 10 World Wide Threat hearing before the Senate Armed Services…
FEPC has released another update. This statements includes an announcement that Japan has increased the level of seriousness of the accident at Units 1,2 and 3 to 5 on the INES scale. A lot of folks thought a 6 was…
I am not sure I understand why, but this made me smile. Maybe it was the earnestness. But, amidst the worst nuclear catastrophe in decades, a smile is definitely worth something.
FEPC has released another statement. Other regular sources of information are the IAEA and the Japan Atomic Industrial Form. This time there is no entry for Unit 4, which is the main source of debate between TEPCO and NRC Chairman…
FEPC has released another update. Not great news. The cores are all at least partially exposed. The water temperature in the spent fuel pond is 183 degrees Fahrenheit — close to boiling. The fact sheet contains a small amount of…
No one knows where Japan’s ongoing nuclear disaster will end. The current signs are ominous. We can only hope that the spent-fuel ponds can be prevented from boiling off. In the meantime, we can try to draw out some of…
A bibliography regarding zirconium cladding fires or, a discourse on the folly of man in the face of the wrath of nature. After the jump.
Update | 4:32 pm It looks like there is some confusion about the source of the fire, which the IAEA reported was “at the spent fuel storage pond.” Keith Bradsher and Hiroko Tabuchi in the New York Times quote an…
