As I blogged before, there are about half a milllon gas wells in the US. To be more precise, in 2009 there were 493,000 active natural-gas wells, around 90 percent of which have used fracking […]
There’s a very long, but good article explaining what has happened at Fukushima Daiichi. You can find it on several sites, but here’s one. Its most important conclusions are that “The plant is safe now […]
According to Nikkei, there may be problems with the water-level gauges in Units 1 and 3, according to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). Sea water is continuing to be pumped into Unit 1, […]
The IAEA has been informed that venting of the containment of reactor Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started at 9:20 AM local Japan time of 13 March through a controlled release […]
The IAEA has reported that they have been informed by Japanese authorities that the lowest state of emergency (Article 10*) at the Onagawa nuclear power plant has been reported by Tohoku Electric Power Company, but […]
Yesterday TEPCO reported Unit 2(Shut down)– Reactor has been shut down and Reactor Core Isolation Cooling System has been injecting water to the reactor. Current reactor water level is lower than normal level, […]
The cooling problems at Unit 3 are serious enough that, according to the BBC, they are trying to pump sea water through it, as they did with Unit 1. Apparently both plutonium and uranium (MOX) […]
TEPCO reports Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as of 9am March 13th (07:00:00 p.m. Saturday March 12 Eastern Time) Unit 1(Shut down)– We have been injecting sea water and boric acid which […]