tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post8843864935835940350..comments2023-05-27T00:08:34.330+09:00Comments on Japan - after the BIG earthquake: October 2012Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-72470046419842550452012-10-30T15:55:45.231+09:002012-10-30T15:55:45.231+09:00U.S. nuclear plant declares "alert" afte...U.S. nuclear plant declares "alert" after Sandy storm surge: NRC<br /><br /> Exelon Corp declared an "alert" at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday, warning that a further rise in water levels could force operators to use emergency water supplies from a fire hose to cool spent uranium fuel rods.<br />The alert -- the second lowest of four NRC action levels -- came after water levels at the plant rose by more than 6.5 feet, potentially affecting the pumps that circulate water through the plant, an NRC spokesman said.<br /><br />Those pumps are not essential since the plant is shut for planned refueling at the moment. However a further rise to 7 feet could submerge the service water pump motor that is used to cool the water in the spent fuel pool.<br />...<br />The concerns over the status of the spent fuel pool at Oyster Creek were reminiscent of the fears that followed the Fukushima disaster in Japan last year, when helicopters and fire hoses were enlisted to ensure the pools remained filled with fresh, cool water.<br /><br />The nuclear industry has said that the spent fuel rods at Fukushima were never exposed to the air.<br /><br />http://jp.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBRE89T08F20121030<br /><br />anonymous newshttp://jp.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBRE89T08F20121030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-25623200858674744102012-10-05T14:24:10.380+09:002012-10-05T14:24:10.380+09:00Nuclear Radiation:
Washington Forces the Re-Start...Nuclear Radiation: <br />Washington Forces the Re-Start of Japan’s Nuclear Reactors<br /><br />Americans Are Largely Responsible for Japan’s Ongoing Nuclear Policy<br /><br />Archaic nuclear reactor designs such as those used at Fukushima – built by American company General Electric – were chosen because they were good for making nuclear bombs. The U.S. secretly helped Japan develop its nuclear weapons program starting in the the 1980s. Therefore, the U.S. played a large role in Japan’s development of nuclear energy. (See this).<br /><br />After the Fukushima disaster – in an effort to protect the American nuclear industry – the U.S. has joined Japan in raising “acceptable” radiation levels. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also signed a pact with her counterpart in Japan agreeing that the U.S. will continue buying seafood from Japan, despite the fact that the FDA is refusing to test seafood for radiation in any meaningful fashion. So U.S. actions are helping to protect a pro-nuclear policy in Japan.<br /><br />Indeed, mainstream Japanese newspaper Nikkei reports that it was President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton who have pressured the Japanese to re-start that country’s nuclear program after the Japanese government vowed to end all nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.<br /><br />http://www.globalresearch.ca/nuclear-radiation-washington-forces-the-re-start-of-japans-nuclear-reactors/<br /><br />anonymous newshttp://www.globalresearch.ca/nuclear-radiation-washington-forces-the-re-start-of-japans-nuclear-reactors/noreply@blogger.com