New TEPCO video- November 30, 2011

Now available at the APR YouTube Channel is the opening of the third series of "Explanatory Videos" produced by Tokyo Electric Pow...

TEPCO reporting on vessel failure

NHK has carried the distilled result of information it has obtained from TEPCO regarding the possible amount of fuel damage, and melt, and v...

Details of nitrogen injection at Fukushima Daiichi

I have made several posts on Twitter and on the FB page for APRA as developments on the nitrogen purge have become, but it's time for a ...

Erroneous readings at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2

TEPCO has reported some spikes in gas temperature readings and air conditioner (primary containment) temperature readings at Fukushima Daiic...

Carnival 80 online now

The rotating Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers is up (very early this Sunday morning) over at Brian Wang's site "Next Big Future." ...

PRA and Public Knowledge: WASH-740/1250/1400

All of us with any interest in nuclear energy have spent the better part of this year locked in a struggle with the realities of the Fukushi...

Hydrogen gas / Fukushima Daiichi

TEPCO has detected a higher than previously recorded level of hydrogen gas at its Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 plant. This hydrogen, according to...

Carnival No. 79

Having been on vacation, I omitted to post the link to the 79th Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers. As I've said before, if you want to get yo...

Radioactive water at Fukushima Daiichi - new video

TEPCO has released the fourth, and final, video in its series covering the handling of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi. This series...

Xenon at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 - Gone!

TEPCO has released its latest analysis of gases sampled from the primary containment of the Unit 2 plant... and Xenon (all isotopes tested f...

Carnival 78!

After some hiccups in the schedule, the Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers is back in action over at NEXT BIG FUTURE. Episode 78 is on line right...

New and interesting TEPCO video from November 2 through 11, 2011

TEPCO has released another in its "Reports from Fukushima Daiichi" series and this one gives perhaps the best real perspective of ...

Desalination of water at Fukushima Daiichi

Seventh in the series of TEPCO explanatory videos, the newest installment covers desalination of plant water at the Fukushima Daiichi site. ...

Fukushima Daiichi - Radioactively contaminated water treatment video

After the flurry of activity earlier this week surrounding the discovery of xenon at No. 2 reactor plant, Fukushima Daiichi site, and the re...

Xenon at Fukushima Daiichi No 2: Case closed?

NISA and TEPCO have released fairly voluminous documents to support the theory that spontaneous fissions of isotopes such as Curium 242 and ...

Xenon / Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 - Thursday afternoon update

The information at present from TEPCO echoes that printed here this morning. Here is the latest TEPCO analysis: -We found a possibility to d...

Xenon detection - Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 - Thursday morning update

TEPCO's latest press release includes the following statement: -We found a possibility to detect short-half-life radionuclide such as Xe...

Xenon detected at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 again

DEVELOPING STORY A second sample run at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2, a day after the first, has detected Xenon-135 but failed to detect any Xeno...

Xenon detected at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 - UPDATE

DEVELOPING STORY -At this point NHK news is leading its broadcasts with the observation that the Fukushima Daiichi station is on what it cal...

BREAKING: Xenon detected at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2

DEVELOPING NEWS... -TEPCO has injected borated water (boric acid suspension) into No. 2 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi after detecting Xenon-1...

Reactor restart at Genkai (Japan)

NHK is carrying the news that Kyushu Electric Power Company has restarted Genkai No. 4 reactor, Kyushu, Japan. This is the first return to ...