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Fukushima – Of course they found plutonium!

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The headlines have been screaming for the last day or two that plutonium was found on the ground outside the facility. Well duh! Plutonium is everywhere, compliments of ours and Russia’s atmospheric bomb testing. I can go into the woods behind my cabin where the earth hasn’t been disturbed for probably 100 years and find […]

Posted by neonjohn on April 1st, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | Comment now »

Fukushima Update 03/27/11

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Enough things have happened at the plant that I thought it time for an update. The good news is that power has been restored to Units 1,2 and 3. Work on 4 is still underway. Since 4 was defueled at the time of the shake, there is no particular rush to get that one powered […]

Posted by neonjohn on March 27th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 1 Comment »

Post Fukushima – What next?

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With the emergency at Fukushima being essentially over, I think that it’s time to think about the future of nuclear power, especially in the US. My perception is that the reaction of the citizen on the street is much different this time than it was for TMI. For one thing, in the 30 years since […]

Posted by neonjohn on March 22nd, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 4 Comments »

Fukushima Update 03/19/11

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Progress is Normal Progress in restoring normal cooling to units 1, 2, and 3 are progressing normally. Meanwhile the portable seawater pumps are doing their jobs and cooling the three reactor. The combination of fire trucks and a robot have been applying water to the #4 spent fuel pit in adequate quantities. Electric power should […]

Posted by neonjohn on March 19th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 2 Comments »
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