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In a New Yorker article on Hurricane Sandy's effect on nuclear plants in its wake, Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen is cited regarding the Oyster Creek plant, which lost its connection to grid power during the storm, forcing operators to resort to backup generators:
Read MoreFairewinds gets a mention in this article on TEPCO's plans to remove fuel rods at a marathon pace from the notoriuous Reactor 4 in Fukushima:
Read MoreRadioactivity levels in a well near a storage tank at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan have risen immensely on Thursday, the plant’s operator has reported.
Officials of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on Friday they detected 400,000 becquerels per liter of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances - including strontium - at the site, a level 6,500 times higher than readings taken on Wednesday, NHK World reported.
Read MoreThe crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility again grabbed headlines in recent weeks after reports of radioactive water leaks into the Pacific Ocean and repeated exposure of plant workers to dangerous levels of radiation once more focused attention on the disaster and its aftermath. A massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami in March 2011 damaged the Japanese plant's reactor containment and cooling systems, triggering explosions and three core meltdowns. After a string of troubling revelations surrounding Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, the Japanese government has finally expressed a more open attitude toward international help to deal with the crisis.
Read MoreRadiation levels in seawater outside one of the crippled Fukushima reactors has spiked to the highest level in two years. That’s according to TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. It said that radiation levels on Wednesday, the day six workers were exposed to highly radioactive water, jumped 13 times the previous day's reading. A TEPCO spokesman said that the sudden spike in radiation was caused by construction work near the No. 2 building.
Read MoreBy Karl Grossman, Huffington Post It started this June in California. Speaking about the problems at the troubled San Onofre nuclear plants through the perspective of the Fukushima nuclear complex catastrophe was a panel of Naoto Kan, prime minister of Japan when the disaster began; Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the time; Peter Bradford, an NRC member when the Three Mile Island accident happened; and nuclear engineer and former nuclear industry executive Arne Gundersen.
Read MoreArnie Gundersen was interviewed on WBAI's Morning with Michael radio program to discuss the ongoing crisis at Fukushima Daiichi.
Read MoreBy Alex Roslin, Straight.com
Are fish from the Pacific Ocean safe to eat? It’s a question that’s back in the news after revelations of highly radioactive water leaking into the ocean from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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