Atomic Power Review - February 24, 2012

It's time for another roundup of widely published and not so widely published nuclear energy news... but first, a note about a new APR f...

Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 temperature update

This writer's assumption of February 7 seems now confirmed by TEPCO, who are now saying that the high-reading instrument near the bottom...

Fukushima Daiichi update - February 7, 2012

It is time to make a brief update on two items of interest which have been brought up by certain media and which are now gaining traction in...

Boroscope at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 inconclusive

TEPCO has completed the first examination inside any of the primary containment vessels at Fukushima Daiichi, using a boroscope inserted int...

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....

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...