Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water. New report from PIRG/Environment America.
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Meanwhile, Tepco says it has achieved “stable cooling” of all of the reactors at the site. This might sound like good news until it is realized that Tepco does not mean the reactors are at cold shutdown. In fact, all 3 reactors with fuel in them remain above the boiling point of 100 degrees Centigrade, meaning that water continues to boil off and radiation continues to be released. Cold shutdown—bringing the temperatures below 100 degrees—is still not expected before What Tepco really means is that it has more or less successfully set up a system for water to be recirculated through the reactors, so that constant water from outside is no longer needed. However, the recirculation system has been plagued with problems from the beginning and continues to not work at desired capacity.
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New paper from Marc Cooper of Vermont Law School predicts major impacts for U.S. nuclear industry from Fukushima during 2012: nuclear costs will rise and there will be significant regulatory delays.
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Rep. Markey blasts NRC vote to approve AP1000 reactor design and notes NRC overruled Chairman Jaczko on accelerating reactor construction: "Today, the NRC has presented its holiday gifts to the nuclear industry."
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New study published by National Bureau of Economic Research concludes that construction costs for new reactors make nuclear power too expensive to be competitive.
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) releases important new report that charges the four NRC Commissioners currently attacking Chair Greg Jaczko with conspiracy to undermine needed post-Fukushima safety regulations.
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UPDATE, On November 30, Tepco released a document that acknowledged, for the first time, that fuel in Unit 1 of Fukushima Daiichi had likely melted through the reactor vessel onto the concrete basemat below.
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Southeast Regional Precautionary Conference Mega-dumps, Nukes & Sludge November 16-18, 2007 http://www.chej.org/seconference/index.htmLink
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Presentation from radiation researcher Marco Kaltofen to American Public Health Association on new radiation findings from Fukushima and U.S. Video explanation from Fairewinds Associates available here.
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