Russian Delta IV class submarine fire

A significant fire has occurred involving a Delta IV class ballistic missile submarine, the 'Yekatarinburg,' while in a large floati...

Fukushima / TEPCO update for December 28, 2011

Looking at yesterday's APR update, as well as the APR tweets it's clear that there is a lot going on regarding the nuclear plant sit...

Fukushima Daiichi - brief update

Two interesting stories are being carried at this moment by NHK News, Japan. I have seen no repetition of them elsewhere as of now. Briefly....

The 84th Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers

Once again Atomic Power Review is proud to host the rotating Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers - this, the 84th edition. This feature travels aro...

Westinghouse AP1000 certified

Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactor design. This is a significant miles...

National Nuclear Science Week - this time, next month!

Readers of this site have surely noticed the icon on the right side carrying the emblem of National Nuclear Science Week, which is a link to...

60th anniversary of EBR-I power generation

Yesterday and today mark an important event in nuclear energy history; these two days are the span during which the EBR-1 reactor plant, whi...

Radiation deaths in US due to Fukushima Daiichi: Nope.

The major scaremonger behind the Radiation and Public Health Project, a dedicated anti-nuclear activist non-profit 501(c)3 corporation which...

"Cold Shutdown" controversy at Fukushima Daiichi

There has been a lot of bad press about the announcement by the Japanese Government that the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi have achieved a s...

Carnival 83 up at ANS Nuclear Cafe

The 83rd Carnival is now up at one of my favorite sites, the ANS Nuclear Cafe. This rotating feature not only is useful in giving a reader ...

APR - December 17, 2011

Beginning with this post, Atomic Power Review will have a new post format intended to give readers a clear update of events accumulated over...

House Oversight Committee / NRC hearing, Dec. 14

Today's hearings by the House Oversight Committee in regards to the complaints registered against NRC Chairman Jaczko by the other four ...

Update to core cooling information at Fukushima Daiichi

I have finally (thanks to A. David Rossin and some other new friends) finally seen an illustration from TEPCO indicating the cooling flow pa...

Fukushima Daiichi update - December 13, 2011

There is little significant news coming out of Fukushima Daiichi, at least in terms of the number of reports. Two of the few reports are, ho...

Radioactive Emissions Measurement at Fukushima Daiichi - new TEPCO video

TEPCO has released the second video of the third series in its coverage of the recovery effort at Fukushima Daiichi. This third series cover...

AP1000 SBO information

The nuclear term SBO has begun to get into the usage of some of the general public as a result both of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and as...

The situation at the NRC

There are so many posts on line and articles extant at the moment about the previously hidden, but now well exposed management situation at ...

Carnival 82 online now... and it's a special one!

It is my belief that the Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers which is presently online might just be the very first of these ever carried at a site...

Will's winter reading list

With the winter practically upon us (we're expecting our first significant snow here in Northern Ohio tonight) it's time to finally ...

Process water leakage at Fukushima Daiichi, and power lunch!

I've been following this story since it first broke, waiting for some concrete details to emerge. Now that there are some, I will report...

Carnival 81 on line now

Dan Yurman has posted the 81st Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers over at his fine blog, "Idaho Samizdat." APR's post on the Decembe...

December 2, 2011 - An anniversary piece.

Last week, faithful reader and commenter (on this and many other nuclear blogs) James Greenidge made the note to me that December 2 was an i...