
UNANALYZED CONDITION POTENTIALLY COULD AFFECT THE COMMON CONTROL ROOM
CALVERT CLIFFS"At 1755 on 12/8/11, it was determined that an unanalyzed condition existed for the common Control Room for both Units.
A high energy line break (HELB) barrier issue was discovered while performing a fire barrier surveillance and the condition is believed to have existed from initial plant construction. A HELB barrier was found to have a significant breach in it that could allow steam from a HELB in the Unit 2 Steam Generator Blowdown system to potentially impact equipment in the Control Room. The Control Room is not analyzed for a steam environment. The degree of the impact could not be readily determined, but could likely affect the safety related equipment in the Control Room. At 1803 on 12/8/11, Unit 2 Steam Generator Blowdown was secured to eliminate the potential for a HELB in the affected area which eliminated the potential unanalyzed condition.
www.nrc.govby elainekirk 2/7/2012 11:28:53 PM

I cannot find the emails
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In the confusion following the earthquake and tsunami that damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex last March, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was standing by to help.
But a trove of e-mails posted on the NRC’s Web site shows an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and how to deal with the American public while cutting through what one official called “the fog of information” coming out of Japan.
www.washingtonpost.comby elainekirk 2/7/2012 11:32:33 PM

@UKVal strange
by elainekirk 2/7/2012 11:39:12 PM

back
by dean 2/7/2012 11:43:21 PM

@lilly and elaine.. the video I was talking about was posted by UKVal at 3:04 pm
by dean 2/7/2012 11:44:36 PM

found few more bits nothing much
by elainekirk 2/7/2012 11:44:38 PM

it's right at the end where it shows the flow meters...
by dean 2/7/2012 11:44:49 PM

@dean think lilly doing it when she stocked up
by elainekirk 2/7/2012 11:48:24 PM

interesting statistics..
by dean 2/7/2012 11:57:36 PM

10 to the 11th power fissions to produce 1 watt of power. so if a reactor is running at 1000 mega watts.. you can calculate the number of fissions to produce 1 mega watt of power... it gets huge
by dean 2/7/2012 11:59:11 PM

about one gram of fuel is consumed per day per megawatt of electrical energy produced. This means that one gram of waste products is produced per megawatt per day, which includes 0.5 grams of 239Pu. These waste products must be either reprocessed to generate more fuel or stored for the tens of thousands of years it takes for the level of radiation to reach a safe limit.
by dean 2/7/2012 11:59:52 PM

time for a brain rest.. whewwww..
by dean 2/8/2012 12:00:27 AM

@dean that is pretty damning
by elainekirk 2/8/2012 12:09:03 AM

back. working on the vid
by lillymunster 2/8/2012 12:14:54 AM

flowmeter pics done. Please make sure Dean sees this if he stops back and I am not around. Left one is at about "6" The max on the gauge is 20 of what is visible Right side at about "3" with the same increments as the left gauge
by lillymunster 2/8/2012 12:30:01 AM


right flowmeter
by lillymunster 2/8/2012 12:30:33 AM


left flowmeter
by lillymunster 2/8/2012 12:31:14 AM

@UKVal night val x
by elainekirk 2/8/2012 12:37:38 AM

The original mention of iodine distribution. I don't think it is in relation to unit 2. There was talk before about distributing it to people before any emergency so it is on hand should a disaster happen. They learned that distribution in the middle of a disaster doesn't work well.
◆ agent iodine, recommendations committee of the Nuclear Safety to distribute prior to home
newspaper Tokyo 56 minutes when the 19th February 07, 2012
Subcommittee of the Nuclear Safety Commission received a nuclear accident first Fukushima TEPCO, proceed with a review of the anti-exposure 7 Sun, summarizes the recommendations and should be distributed in advance to home around the primary agents of stable iodine to prevent thyroid cancer. Centered on the nuclear power plant within 5 km radius from there is a risk of serious damage, and subjected to pre-deliver some areas of up to 30 kilometers, and there is room for up to 50 km study area was also slightly apart.
In the aim to reflect the new guidelines, such as disaster prevention Nuclear Regulatory Agency to develop, incorporate the proposed review are summarized in the safety committee until March.
In a nuclear accident in Fukushima, did not reflect on the delay of the instruction is utilized in most of the country taking agents such as iodine, Fukushima Prefecture had prepared.
(Kyodo)
blog.goo.ne.jpby lillymunster 2/8/2012 12:50:24 AM

@Peter LOL. Have they ever taken a guess at the leak rate of the reactor buildings?
by lillymunster 2/8/2012 1:12:21 AM

Stronium 90 found in groundwater outside Vermont Yankee.
Stronium 90 found in fish near Vermont Yankee.
Stronium 90 found in fish 150 miles away....naw that must be Chernobyl or bomb tests from the 1950's.
www.reuters.comby lillymunster 2/8/2012 1:40:27 AM

@lillymunster oh f&&&
by elainekirk 2/8/2012 1:50:48 AM

@Peter my thoughts exactly
by elainekirk 2/8/2012 1:51:11 AM

@elainekirk the power companies are their own worst enemy. The make statements like that without anything to back up their claim and wonder why nobody trusts them and wants to run them out of town.
by lillymunster 2/8/2012 1:52:32 AM

@lillymunster it is absolutely stunning how they imagine that polluting one stretch of water will not lead to pollution of other areas
by elainekirk 2/8/2012 2:04:21 AM

The put a very unconvincing case. Since it is known the plant is leaking stronium 90 they have an obligation to prove their claim that is isn't from the plant. One would think some testing down the river would show a pattern or not. Also doesn't say what kind of fish or if it is a fish that travels distances.
by lillymunster 2/8/2012 2:12:49 AM

@lillymunster no they havent named the fish which is very telling
by elainekirk 2/8/2012 2:15:22 AM

low amount of cesium still being found in California milk
www.nuc.berkeley.eduby lillymunster 2/8/2012 2:30:23 AM

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by dean 2/8/2012 2:31:53 AM