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they simply may lack the money meanwhile.by Edano 12/9/2011 5:50:58 PM- it is hard to believe that they will risk another tsunami during the decommissioning decades. imagine.by Edano 12/9/2011 5:55:10 PM
by Vicky 12/9/2011 5:59:42 PM- Radiation Safety: FDA New and Updated Information. December 07.2011. www.fda.govby MaryW 12/9/2011 6:00:08 PM
- Entergy (which I fervently believe to be a dark beacon of corporate evil) wants to spin off nukes into a separate company to limit their liability risks. They don't want to have to sell off other assets in case of accident.by M.I.A. 12/9/2011 6:21:05 PM
- can anybody verify this French stress test that concludes the pipes are too old to survive even a wimpy earthquake and 1.5m of concrete isn't enough to keep a meltdown from eating into the ground ....A few weeks ago the results of the French stress test were published.
The last catastrophical earthquake in the area of the two Fessenheim reactors was only 450 years ago and it was at estimated 6.2 magnitude. Back in the 1970s, the Fessenheim reactors were thus designed to withstand a 6.7 magnitude quake.
However, the official stress test published by the reputable IRSN and the ASN admitted that the tubing in this 35-year-old reactors would no longer withstand such an earthquake because of aging and wear, possibly leading to a loss of cooling accident as well as compromising the containment.
Furthermore, concern was expressed that the 1.5 meters of concrete insulation between the reactors and the ground soil might be insufficient reserve in case of meltdown.
The Fessenheim NPP is located at the Rhine, bordering to Germany. The main wind direction is towards Germany, the Rhine leaves French territory a few kilometers downwards.
Isn't this convenient?
In case of accident, France would get only negligible damage. Most of the pollution would hit Germany and the Netherlands (which depend to a major part on the Rhine for their drinking water supply).
Let's look towards, what will happen?
Will the Fessenheim reactors be decommissioned or will they get the desired lifetime extension?
(I sadly suppose the responsible people will not learn from Fukushima.) ex-skf.blogspot.comby artnuke edited by Edano 12/9/2011 6:28:21 PM - fessenheim is a big concern here in germany. i think it's the oldest nuke in france and the rhine valley is full of (inactive) vulcanos.by Edano 12/9/2011 6:30:45 PM
- @artnuke Nuclear stress tests - an interactive map - Google Maps maps.google.comby Edano 12/9/2011 6:32:41 PM
- Nuclear stress test map reveals alarming gaps in results www.greenpeace.orgby Edano 12/9/2011 6:33:32 PM
- Fessenheim nuclear power station
Updated Oct 26
2 operating reactors
Oldest operating reactor - 1977
Threats
- Reactor more than 30 years old
- Flood risk from Rhine – Grand Canal d'Alsace
- Medium seismic risk
- Near Mulhouse (111,000) 23km and Colmar (66,000) 25km
- Population of 16,500 within 10 km; 930,000 within 30km; 4.19M within 75km
Stress Tests
- No review of external risk from explosions, airplane crash or terrorist attack;
- No outside experts involved in testingby Edano 12/9/2011 6:36:01 PM - AKW Fessenheim wird nachgebessert
Der französische Stromversorger Electricité de France muss das Atomkraftwerk in Fessenheim in den nächsten Jahren sicherheitstechnisch nachrüsten. Freiwillig geschieht das nicht.
Die Pläne zum Sicherheits-Update wurden am Freitagnachmittag in der Sitzung der Überwachungskommission in Colmar bekanntgegeben. Freiwillig geschieht das nicht: Allein die französische Atomaufsicht ASN hat ihre angekündigte Laufzeitverlängerung für Block eins im Sommer an 40 Auflagen geknüpft, darunter die Verstärkung der Sockelplatte. Dafür fänden bereits Bohrungen statt, sagte der Direktor des AKW, Thierry Rosso.
Die jetzige Bodenplatte unter dem Atomkraftwerk ist nach Einschätzung von Experten zu dünn, um einem Erdbeben standzuhalten. Dieses Problem könnte technisch gelöst werden, indem unter der vorhandenen Platte von Block I Beton gegossen würde, um sie so zu verstärken. Doch das ist nicht der einzige Punkt in dem umfassenden Nachbesserungsprogramm, das die EdF gestern der Kommission bekanntgab. Auslöser sind die Auflagen der ASN, aber auch die EU-Stresstests, die bis Jahresende in den französischen Atomkraftwerken laufen. Partikelfilter und elektrische Anlagen sollen nun besser geschützt, Isolierklappen und Erdbebenschutz verstärkt werden. Außerdem prüft die EdF Möglichkeiten für eine alternative Notkühlung des Reaktors, und sie will die Folgen eines Dammbruchs zum hier hochliegenden Grand Canal d’Alsace hin, zum Beispiel nach einem Erdbeben, noch einmal prüfen.
www.badische-zeitung.de
The plans for security update was announced on Friday afternoon at the meeting of the Monitoring Commission in Colmar. Volunteering does not happen: Only the French Nuclear ASN announced their lifetime extension for one block in the summer, subject to 40 conditions, including the strengthening of the base plate. Would find it already held drilling, said the director of the NPP, Thierry Rosso.
The current base beneath the nuclear power plant, according to experts, too thin to withstand an earthquake. This problem could be solved technically by the existing board would be poured from concrete block I, in order to reinforce Sun But this is not the only point in the comprehensive improvement program that EdF announced yesterday by the Commission. Trigger the requirements of the ASN, but also the EU stress tests, which run until the end of the French nuclear power plants. Particulate filter and electrical systems are now better protected, and earthquake protection Isolierklappen be strengthened. Furthermore the EdF examines possibilities for an alternative emergency cooling of the reactor, and they want the consequences of dam failure for this high-lying Grand Canal d'Alsace to, for example after an earthquake, check again.by Edano 12/9/2011 6:56:12 PM - the french left opposition announced to shut it down in 2012 after the elections.by Edano 12/9/2011 6:58:21 PM
- at the mnoment fessenheim is in cold shutdown due to a cooling pipe rupture. lots of incidents and good info: de.wikipedia.orgby Edano 12/9/2011 7:03:05 PM
Long and tough road ahead for work to decommission Fukushima nuclear reactors: A single fuel rod contains about 170 kilograms of uranium, and a simple calculation suggests that about 254 tons of uranium in the reactors alone must be recovered. The distance between the upper lid and the bottom of a containment vessel is up to 35 meters. From that far away, the work has to be done to chop off and recover melted and crumbled fuel by using remote controlled cranes. Furthermore, the melted fuel is mixed with metal from fuel pellets and reactor parts. mdn.mainichi.jpby Majj 12/9/2011 7:03:26 PM
upload.wikimedia.org
number of fessenheim incidents cat. ines 0 and ines 1by Edano via Upload.wikimedia.org 12/9/2011 7:05:10 PM- this is a hell lot !by Edano 12/9/2011 7:05:48 PM
- Walmart selling real Japanese food in the United States. www.japantoday.comby MaryW 12/9/2011 7:12:08 PM
Did anyone figure out what the nuke alert in France was?by lillymunster 12/9/2011 8:18:00 PM- The Japanese food company working with walmart will be selling typical American-Asian stuff like orange chicken. :-( It sounds like it will at least be manufactured over in the US. BTW, I did some looking at a company called Asian Foods, they are the largest commercial food supplier for Asian restaurant in the US. It appears that large amounts of what they source is out of the US. Some more unique things it is still hard to say. But a good amount of what is supplied to Japanese restaurants in the US isn't direct import. I am still reluctant on fish unless I know exactly where it is from.by lillymunster 12/9/2011 8:27:48 PM
- @all, have you found the full access Kyodo news article posts useful? The temporary access trial is ending soon. I emailed to find out what a bare bones subscription to get the national news would be?by lillymunster 12/9/2011 8:33:38 PM
- In Fukushima’s wake, Attorney General Coakley asks regulators to take second look at risks at Pilgrim nuclear plant www.bostonglobe.comby lillymunster 12/9/2011 8:37:11 PM
- UN’s Atomic Regulator Funds Terror Fight While Fukushima Response Starved www.bloomberg.comby lillymunster 12/9/2011 8:37:52 PM
- @lillymunster we can renew trial access with different names.by Edano 12/9/2011 8:51:43 PM
- @Edano yes. I think they require a domain based email though. IE: can't use gmail accounts etc.by lillymunster 12/9/2011 8:58:26 PM
- @Edano Did you find more on the RPV heat location from the other day? That seemed interesting and relevant. I got distracted off doings something. Should I keep digging for research articles on it?by lillymunster 12/9/2011 9:00:07 PM
- @lillymunster yes, it is interesting. but i did not find anything more.by Edano 12/9/2011 9:02:08 PM
- i don't know if kyodo is happy with the cut© of their articles. i am sure this is violating some rules.by Edano 12/9/2011 9:04:12 PM
- cut & copy without space = cut© !by Edano 12/9/2011 9:04:50 PM
- &euroby Edano 12/9/2011 9:06:32 PM
- & euro without space = &euro !by Edano 12/9/2011 9:07:03 PM
- @Edano since we are not publishing them on the website it is a bit of a grey area. We put them here for discussion :-)by lillymunster 12/9/2011 9:08:56 PM
- & micro without space = µ !by Edano 12/9/2011 9:17:59 PM
- & alpha without space &alphaby Edano 12/9/2011 9:19:21 PM
- &alpha &beta &gammaby Edano 12/9/2011 9:19:49 PM
- by Edano 12/9/2011 9:20:17 PM
- NISA admits 7 tons per hour leak at unit 1 - blames the quake not tsunami ex-skf.blogspot.comby lillymunster 12/9/2011 9:20:44 PM
- It sounds like the coolant leak the workers pointed out as happening during the quake may be the big problem.by lillymunster 12/9/2011 9:21:13 PM
- @Edano lol. was wondering what you were posting..by lillymunster 12/9/2011 9:21:56 PM
- ¥by Edano 12/9/2011 9:26:30 PM
- vimeo.com Kaltofen presentation before the American Public Health Associationby Ian 12/9/2011 11:39:08 PM
I don't know if this has been seen but very good that Philippe has tweeted it
Philippe Nadouce @PhilippeNadouce 2 hrs Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
#Fukushima 450 microSv/m is known to cause severe damage to unborn babies INTERESTING BLOG fukushima-diary.comby elainekirk 12/10/2011 12:02:40 AM- by MaryW 12/10/2011 12:07:45 AM
- @elainekirk 450 µ Sv/m ??by Edano 12/10/2011 12:07:49 AM
- "PM says Japan plans to declare tsunami-hit nuclear plant stable by end of year as planned"
Any opinions if this PM is any better or worse than Kan? I'm thinking of working on a book, and I actually like Kan's statement "what the hell is going on", he's a tech graduate with some leftist leanings, but I don't think he did such a bad job despite what looks like the nation pinning the blame on him to fall on his sword and resign.by artnuke 12/10/2011 12:09:55 AM - New Video of Scientist Kaltofen Presenting to American Public Health Association A professional video of Marco Kaltofen's presentation to the American Public Health Association was recently made available to Fairewinds. Kaltofen states that hot particles are contaminating portions of northern Japan. He also states that auto air filters from Fukushima, that he tested in his Massachusetts laboratory, are so radioactive that they have to be disposed of in a buried radioactive waste disposal site in the US. Additionally, he expresses concerns for the mechanics who work on cars in Fukushima Prefecture. fairewinds.comby Majj 12/10/2011 12:16:59 AM
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