Fukushima: Leak Likely from Reactor #3, Restart Takahama NPP Update 12/17/15
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2015-12-18

TEPCO: Leak Likely From No.3 Reactor http://tinyurl.com/hmhrchl
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says radioactive fallout that polluted the environment in mid-March of 2011 was likely caused by a leak directly from a containment vessel of the facility's No.3 reactor.
Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, on Thursday reported their latest findings on what happened at the plant in northeast Japan during the 2011 crisis.
Workers at the plant repeatedly vented the vessel after the March 11th accident to release water vapor and reduce pressure in the container.
But TEPCO officials said data showed only a moderate drop in pressure after a third venting at 9 PM on March 13th, indicating that operations failed after that.
They concluded that radioactive contamination of the environment between the night of March 14th and the 16th was likely caused not by the vent operations but failure of the vessel.
They said the vessel likely lost airtightness due to heat from nuclear fuel, leading to the direct release of radioactive substances into the environment.
Studies to locate the exact cause of the pollution are still underway as some experts disagree with the TEPCO report.
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Panel: Japan Needs To Reduce Thermal Power Plants http://tinyurl.com/h2sdxct
An expert panel of Japan's environment ministry has compiled the outline of a proposal calling for fewer coal-fired and other thermal power plants to meet pledges in the new global climate framework agreed in Paris.
The Paris accord obligates countries to submit emissions-cut goals every 5 years. It also seeks to cut net global greenhouse gas emissions to zero in the second half of this century by reducing emissions to levels that forests, oceans, and other matter can fully absorb.
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Why Nuclear Power is Not a Solution to Global Warming https://youtu.be/yxlbPGRu2sQ
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Fukui Prefecture Approves Restart of 2 Reactors http://tinyurl.com/qymn77f 
The Fukui Prefectural Assembly has approved the restart of two reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast.
The No. 3 and No. 4 reactors obtained safety clearance in February from Japan's nuclear watchdog, under stricter regulations introduced after the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima.
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Nuclear Plant To Tighten Anti-Terror Measures http://tinyurl.com/hrk5bh4
The operator of the Sendai nuclear power plant has applied for construction of a standby control room that would go into operation in the event of a terror attack. The Sendai plant, in southwestern Japan, is the only nuclear power station online in the country.
Kyushu Electric Power Company submitted the application to the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Thursday.
One of the new regulations for nuclear plants set in 2013 requires an operator to set up a second control room at least 100 meters away from the reactor. This would allow employees to retain control of the plant even if the main room is destroyed by terrorists.
It also requires construction of an additional reactor cooling facility, also away from the reactor, for an emergency.
Kyushu Electric Power says it plans to set the second control room inside the cooling facility and that the control room will handle both the No.1 and No.2 reactors in the event of an emergency.
The regulator is requesting the operator to complete the facility by March 2020 for the No.1 reactor, and by May in the same year for the No.2 reactor at the latest.

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