TEPCO has released another information update. Three workers were exposed to a doses exceeding 170 mSv. From a wonky perspective, the SDF is releasing “thermographs” of the reactors — infrared images that show the heat from the reactor vessels and the spent fuel ponds. The SDF website has a full set of images from March …
FEPC Info Sheet 3/24
by | 2011-03-24 | 15 Comments
TEPCO turned on the lights in the control room at Unit 1. I imagine this is a little like turning on the lights Saturday morning after a very large party that turned ugly. It has to be the same sinking feeling as the scale and consequences of the preceding events slowly dawn on you. Except …
Deterrence During Disarmament
by | 2011-03-23 | 9 Comments
James Acton, our good friend and erstwhile colleague here on the blog, has published a new Adelphi Paper (aka a book), Deterrence During Disarmament. James received two awfully fine blurbs: “Ronald Reagan’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons remains a valid and ever more urgent goal. James Acton has analysed and rebutted the arguments …
FEPC Statement 2/23
by | 2011-03-23 | 24 Comments
Your daily update on Fukushima, with the full-text below the jump. I have been collecting, thanks to an eagle eyed reader, some of the images of the spent fuel ponds. I will try to get to it later today. I am also including a picture of the type of concrete-pumping truck, manufactured by Putzmeister. (The …
