Avatar photoFEPC Info Sheet 4/8

Well, it looks like TEPCO may have turned a corner at Fukushima.  Ralph Vartabedian, who is one of the better  reporters on technical issues, writes in the Los Angeles Times that Administration officials on background have said that radiation levels and heat loads are dropping and suggesting reports that Unit 2 melted through appear premature.  …

Avatar photoMongolian SNF Depot

During the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, a senior State Department official revealed discussions between the United States and Mongolia on a 123 Agreement for nuclear cooperation. It was a thing of beauty to behold — a well-aimed indiscretion by a cunning bureaucrat who framed US-Mongolian discussions in terms of turning Mongolia into a nuclear …

Avatar photoFEPC Info Sheet 4/7

Do other people find these information sheets useful?  I am debating about whether to keep posting them. My fascination with the events unfolding at Fukushima is slowly giving way to the fact that I still have a day job that deals with other topics.  

Avatar photoFEPC Info Sheet 4/6

Ben Quinn in the Guardian reports that TEPCO has stopped the leak of radioactive seawater. Today’s FEPC info sheet indicates that TEPCO is installing some sort of silt barrier to contain the leakage of radioactive water.  Cryptome has some really amazing high-resolution pictures (1|2), including the one atop this post. Full text of your daily …