Greetings from the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference aka Nukestock. We had an oddly bloodless discussion this morning of the unfolding events at Fukushima. One thing that struck me about the panel, with perhaps Mark Hibbs excepted, was the gap in perception between nuclear industry and the public at large. The panel seemed to view …
TEPCO Info Update 3/25
by | 2011-03-25 | 31 Comments
TEPCO ponders the source of the Iodine-131 and concludes it is probably from reactor 3. Apropos of our discussions earlier today and yesterday. Full-text after the jump.
Happy Hour On Tuesday
by | 2011-03-25 | 7 Comments
Hey everyone in Washington for the Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference, I mean the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. How about I just f’ing call it Nuke-stock, like everyone else? Jill and I are going to meet folks for Happy Hour on Tuesday after end of the conference (starting at 5 pm) at the ground-floor bar of …
FEPC Info Sheet 3/25
by | 2011-03-25 | 19 Comments
Yesterday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu pointed to Unit 2 as the most likely vessel to be breached. I note that the TEPCO spent some time injecting freshwater into Unit 2. which suggests they may be worried about salt accumulation, which we discussed yesterday. Good times. Full text after the jump.
