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Active Faults May Doom Japan’s Nuclear Reactors
[Translate] NISA has ordered owners of the Oi and Shika nuclear plants to inspect faults that run under their reactors in Japan. Experts have been pressing for almost a month that certain fault lines may be active and that Oi should be stopped. Now NISA has caved to public pressure to do something. Based on current media reports it appears the power companies will be left to inspect the faults themselves rather than in cooperation with experts in the field or NISA officials. Even with warnings there is likely an active fault under Oi, METI/NISA officials see no potential risk and are allowing Oi to restart unit 4 at the same time they are requesting fault testing. “We do not recognize a risk that would force us to stop the reactivation (of the … Read entire article »
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Fukushima Station Black Out & Delusion
[Translate] This featured post authored by SimplyInfo member Peter Melzer originally appeared on his blog Peter Reviews Products & Procedures (copyright P. Melzer) Fukushima: Station Black Out & Delusion According to a Japan Times editorial with the title “Nuclear power plant collusion” published online Jun. 23, 2012, industry and government experts appointed by the Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission in 1991 to revise safety standards for station blackouts (SBO) concluded in 1993 “that even if an SBO occurs, it would not lead to a severe accident.” Last year’s nuclear reactor disaster at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) in the wake of the great Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake and Tsunami can be considered a station blackout that developed into a severe nuclear accident. According to Cook and others (1981), “a station blackout is defined as the complete loss of all AC (alternating current, ed.) electrical power … Read entire article »
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Tsruga Impossible To Restart, Issues At Kashiwazaki Raise Concerns
[Translate] Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission stated it would be impossible to restart the units at Tsruga nuclear plant. Multiple fault lines run under or near the plant with evidence they have acted together in the past. This raised the earthquake risks at the plant beyond the safety margins allowed to operate. It is very unlikely the reactors at Tsruga will ever be restarted. This week NISA raised the ground motion projections for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant. These new ground motion projections use multiple faults acting at once where TEPCO’s previous assumptions only used one fault line. TEPCO says they will add reinforcement as needed to the plant and intend to restart the reactors. There has been no word yet if NISA considered the risk at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa to be as severe as Tsruga or … Read entire article »
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Japan’s Perplexing Reactor Restarts; Where Are We Going And Why Are We In This Handbasket?
[Translate] As the Japanese government has been rushing to restart nuclear reactors everyone is asking the same question. Why? It really doesn’t make sense. In a country still reeling from a massive nuclear disaster why would the government be so intent on ignoring the obvious risks to charge ahead with restarts? The central government excuses have been that there is going to be a dire electricity shortage in Kansai this summer and that reactors have been declared safe. A number of sources have looked closely into the power capacity in the region and the demand during previous heat waves. They found that the region could supply enough power to meet those previous high demands without the addition of nuclear power. The government has yet to provide any hard evidence for their power shortage … Read entire article »
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Japan Reactor Stress Tests Mired In Confusion
[Translate] A variety of parties are involved in the review of stress tests on idled reactors intended to prove safety leading to the restart of reactors in Japan. Stress tests are to be done in two phases with the second phase being much more in depth. So far no reactors have done second phase tests. NISA has approved first phase stress tests on two reactors at the OI nuclear plant. NISA’s abrupt approval sparked public outrage as did NISA’s response of throwing the public out of public meetings on the issue. The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan is questioning the abilityto determine safety based on first phase stress tests alone. The NSC has also said they would leave the decision to the government about restarting reactors: “Madarame said, “Whether to reactivate (reactors) is the government’s decision and we, … Read entire article »
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NISA Split, Public Outraged At Japan Reactor Restart Meeting
[Translate] A public NISA meeting to discuss restarting the Oi nuclear reactor turned to chaos. The meeting was public to discuss the Oi nuclear reactor possible restart. As the meeting progressed it became clear that the public attending the meeting were not going to sit quietly and allow the reactor restart to be rubber stamped. NISA officials then decided to kick the public out of the public meeting and make them move to a nearby meeting room and watch the meeting on TV. When the attendees refused to leave the police were called. As NISA officials tried to then move the public meeting behind closed doors two members of NISA’s board refused to participate in the tactic. One NISA member that walked out in protest called the attempt to shut out the … Read entire article »
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Japan To Limit Nuclear Reactors to 40 Year Operation, Sort Of
[Translate] Japan is proposing legislation that would prevent a reactor from operating past 40 years unless the get an exception from the government. What isn’t clear is what those exceptions will entail. “It will be quite hard to operate nuclear reactors beyond 40 years and we will implement stringent measures on nuclear reactor operations as safety is the first priority.” Hosono and others in the national government have had a habit of saying something somewhat vague that sounds good on the surface but does little in reality to change anything. How this will actually impact safety and the operation of old reactors remains to be seen. The proposed law will also make preparing for an emergency mandatory, it wasn’t before. While this is a change from the old policy of allowing power companies to do … Read entire article »
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NISA Calculated “China Syndrome” While TEPCO Claimed Disaster Was Minor
[Translate] In late March and early April NISA had JNES secretly do calculations on a full melt through scenario at Fukushima. While JNES was running scenariios of different full meltdowns, TEPCO was telling the public of slight fuel damage. It is unknown if this information was conveyed to the national government cabinet and no reasoning was given for taking half a year to release this data to the public. Read more at Daily Yomiuri This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to … Read entire article »
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Investigation Finds 7 Cases Of NISA & Power Companies Faked Nuclear Support
[Translate] An independent investigation of power companies and the regulatory agency NISA found a total of 7 situations where nuclear support was faked by power company employees. All of the power companies named either have MOX plutonium mix fuel running in a reactor at the area in question or were attempting to do so. There were also influence attempts related to restarts. The companies were accused of influencing public opinion back in July, the investigation agreed that this was the case. NISA colluded with the power companies to have employees pose as average people in support of the nuclear power companies plans. One power company employee went so far as to pretend to be a farmer in a meeting. The employees did not disclose their relationship with the power companies and it … Read entire article »
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TEPCO Only Wants 10% Of Serious Accident Manual Released To Public
[Translate] TEPCO has finally submitted in full their emergency manuals to the Lower House committee investigating the accident. After months of obstruction and releasing manuals with most of the content blacked out, the government exercised a legal rule to compel the documents. After NISA compelled the manuals they asked TEPCO how much of it should not be disclosed to the public. TEPCO asked for 50% of the total manuals submitted not be made public and only 10% of the serious accident manual be released to the public. TEPCO cited intellectual property and that releasing the manuals would make similar facilities terrorism targets. There is much speculation that the refusal to disclose information in these manuals is a legal maneuver to avoid having the information used in lawsuits against the company. This article would not … Read entire article »
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TEPCO Continues To Thumb Nose At Japanese Government
[Translate] The House of Representatives special science committee and NISA have requested four times that TEPCO submit copies of their emergency manuals, one for accidents, another for severe accidents. TEPCO had previously submitted procedural manuals that had been blacked out to the point they were unreadable. Then on Monday they submitted 3 pages of a requested manual consisting of a cover sheet and an index page of the manual with all but 2 lines blacked out. TEPCO they took back the copies at the end of the meeting. TEPCO’s ongoing claim is that the manuals contain “intellectual property”. METI/NISA has the legal authority to order TEPCO to submit the manuals in full, the committee has asked METI to do such. The pure arrogance of TEPCO in the face of such an epic disaster … Read entire article »
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Japan Nuclear Reactor Stress Tests Status
[Translate] Reuters has a detailed list of nuclear reactors and their stress test status. So far only a few are planning on having phase 1 tests completed in upcoming months. The remainder have no timetable or have not started the process. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort and time that goes into our research and analysis. Referring to something or a quote is great, copying it all or in substantial parts is not so … Read entire article »
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NISA Colluded With Seven Power Companies To Influence Public
[Translate] The official count so far has risen to seven power companies that NISA colluded with to fake public support for dangerous MOX plutonium fuel programs. This collusion used these power company’s employees as shills, posing as regular citizens expressing support for approval of the otherwise unpopular MOX programs. This practice becomes even more criminal considering that Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 at is proving to be a significantly greater threat to public safety due to the MOX fuel installed in it. Kyodo News story on the issue. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of … Read entire article »
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