Posts Tagged ‘spent’

Fukushima USA: We Tried To Warn You (3/30/11)

Uploaded by AceHoffman on Mar 30, 2011 www.youtube.com Just hit the remix button! Dear Sleepy Public, We tried to warn you. We really did! We tried soooo hard to warn you about something like Fukushima Daiichi! But you didnt listen. Well — unless you live in Northern Japan — YOU get a second chance! Please [...]

Fukushima Disaster BBC Report on Children and the Protection of Power Plants 24 Oct. 11

BBC report on Fukushima, Health check ups on Children, and the future for Japanese defences of nuclear power plants.

Fukushima Disaster TEPCO Report on Installation of Cover Reactor Unit 128 Oct. 11

A short documentary on the creation of the cover for reactor unit 1. Operation KIMONO is expected to start on the 27 June 2011. The 3 raw videos and multiple images supplied by TEPCO were badly corrupted so I have cut, re-edited and re-structured where possible. Information was gained from TEPCO reports and information sheets. [...]

Nuclear Fuel Rod Meltdown 101- Arnie Gundersen explains Fukushima

Zircaloy is one of the major reasons why the Fukushima crisis is scary. Fairewinds Associates chief nuclear engineer explains the dynamics of the damage in a nuclear reactor meltdown. Rods are made of zircaloy. He demonstrates how Fukushimas zircaloy fuel rods melted and shattered. *Zircaloy is a problem* Fuel rods in many types of nuclear [...]

Fukushima Disaster TEPCO Report Journey Around Daiichi Plant (English Subs) 27 Oct. 11

A journey around the Fukushima Daiichi plant in October 2011 – English Subtitles. TEPCO Report

Fukushima Disaster BBC Report Decommissioning Reactors, Radioactive Waste and Accidents

This BBC report was created for non-technical adults and children. BBC report (part 2 of a documentary) explains Decommissioning nuclear plants, the handling of nuclear waste and problems with clean up when radionuclides are released into the environment. Broadcast 03 October 2011

Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors. Problems;BEIR7 Report;Long-Term Effects of Japanese Radiation

David Lochbaum and Arnie Gundersen discuss the LMFBR advantages and drawbacks as a nuclear technology. Mr. Gundersen discusses the worldwide distribution of radioactive emissions from the Fukushima accidents, the BEIR-7 Report conclusions, and the fact that there is "no place to hide" following the radiation distribution, but that additional releases will likely be lessened. He [...]

Arnie Gundersen Discusses The Reasons Why The Fukushima Reactor Accidents Occurred

Arnie lists three reasons why the accidents at Fukushima occurred: 1. Loss of onsite power 2. Overcrowded spent fuel storage pools 3. Diesel generator service water pump failures He states that there is more Cesium 137 in the spent fuel pools at the Pilgrim nuclear plant (Plymouth, MA) than in all the radiation released by [...]

Contributing Factors To Fukushima Accidents And Bad Or Missing NRC Procedures To Handle Accidents

David Lochbaum (UCS) Lists The primary cause of the accidents as loss of power. He explains why the diesel generators and the service water pumps failed, and the battery backups ran out of power at about 6 hours into the accident. David also explains that a contributing cause was the lack of any procedures the [...]

Fukushima Disaster T Hawk Drone Crashes into Reactor Unit 2 24 June 2011

T-Hawk drone crashes into reactor unit 2 whilst sampling airborne nuclides. Object on video confirmed as t-hawk drone although mistaken for UFO by many! thawkcrash.wmv