“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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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 The same week a construction worker was electrocuted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given the green light to the safety of a controversial plant under construction at the Savannah River Site. The the Department of Energy the plant claims will fabricate nuclear fuel from weapons grade plutonium now accumulating at the Savannah River Site. The $5 billion dollar Mox plant is being built by the French government supported company Areva in partnership with a New Orleans based company Shaw. The construction effort has been marred by serious accidents, charges of racial discrimination and use of sub-standard steel and cement at the facility which is supposed to begin production 2016. But the biggest setback for the would be plant is that it has no utility customers willing to buy its fuel. Duke Power, once a partner in the project, dropped out when a fuel array tested in a company reactor failed. . Read more at http://www.hss.energy.gov/CSA/Analysis/ll/occur/080910-081310.pdf http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/08/26/1644704/nrc-allows-mox-construction-to.html Continue reading NRC Says Mox Plant Is Safe Same Day Worker Is Electrocuted |
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