“Unfortunately, the report also shows that Tepco series of catastrophic errors made ??one and given false information has. For example, is only now clear that the reactor fuel rods 1 are likely to be in the dry – according to Tepco figures they were at least half covered with water cooling. Also, the question arises whether one much earlier instead of fresh sea water for cooling would not pick up – after all, is not just the northern Japanese nuclear power plant in the desert. Generally nervous right now makes the discovered fact that Tepco today without boric acid used!) In a reactor cooling water to avoid a re-criticality would be an essential standard procedure“
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From RT: Tokyo’s utility company said on Wednesday that black smoke has been seen emerging from Unit 3 of the crippled nuclear plant in northeastern Japan, prompting a new evacuation of the complex. Officials with Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on Wednesday that workers from the entire Fukushima Dai-ichi plant have been temporarily evacuated. Operators of the power station have been desperately trying to cool the reactors and spent fuel pools at the plant after it was damaged by this month’s tsunami, which knocked out power to the cooling systems. Continue reading Fresh close-up video of Fukushima destroyed reactor, firefighters at plant
1. Who introduced you to Areva? A1: When I became Secretary of Energy Areva was already a contractor of the Department and working on the MOX program at Savannah River. As with all of our major contractors I met with Areva during my tenure as Secretary. In a move that has been long awaited by public health advocates, the EPA announced today that it will set a standard to regulate perchlorate, an insidious component in solid rocket fuel that has contaminated millions of Americans exposed to the chemical in drinking water supplies. The Natural Resources News Service first brought the threat of perchlorate to the public’s attention in a series of stories by former Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Waldman, assisted by NRNS reporter David Rosenfeld. The series prompted an ongoing, years-long battle over regulation of military toxins. NRNS discovered that the Navy was well aware of the danger to public health from perchlorate exposure but proceeded to use the chemical in Polaris sea launched ballistic missiles. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said that setting the standard will protect public health and spark new technologies to clean up drinking water. Based on monitoring conducted from 2001 to 2005, 153 drinking water sources in 26 states contain perchlorate. The standard could take up to two years to develop, the EPA said. Read more at |
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Secretary Abraham’s responses to questions from Célia Sampol, DCBureau.org
