Topic: nuclear power - on December 5, 2013 at 3:54:00 PM CET
Diebe hinterlassen radioaktives Material auf offenem Feld
Die Polizei hat den gestohlenen Lastwagen gefunden, der radioaktives Material transportiert hat. Die Diebe waren möglicherweise lebensbedrohlicher Strahlung ausgesetzt.
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Topic: nuclear power - on December 1, 2013 at 1:48:00 PM CET
For Nearly Two Decades the Nuclear Launch Code at all Minuteman Silos in the United States Was 00000000
Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an attack on American soil, that to minimize any foreseeable delay in launching a nuclear missile, for nearly two decades they intentionally set the launch codes at every silo in the US to 8 zeroes.
We guess the first thing we need to address is how this even came to be in the first place. Well, in 1962 JFK signed the National Security Action Memorandum 160, which was supposed to ensure that every nuclear weapon the US had be fitted with a Permissive Action Link (PAL), basically a small device that ensured that the missile could only be launched with the right code and with the right authority.
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Topic: nuclear power - on September 17, 2013 at 3:56:00 PM CEST
AKW Fukushima: Tepco leitet 1130 Tonnen kontaminiertes Wasser ins Meer
Nach einem Unwetter hat der Betreiber des AKW Fukushima mehr als tausend Tonnen kontaminiertes Wasser ins Meer geleitet. Das Regenwasser sei nur schwach radioaktiv belastet.
Tokio - Der Kraftwerksbetreiber Tepco bekommt die Probleme in Fukushima nicht in den Griff. Nachdem der Taifun "Man-yi" am Montag auch Teile der Atomanlage unter Wasser gesetzt hatte, sei das Wasser in den Reservoirs "rapide" angestiegen, sagte ein Verantwortlicher des Unternehmens am Dienstag bei einer Pressekonferenz. Es gebe aber nur ein begrenzte Speicherkapazität für das radioaktiv belastete Wasser.
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Topic: nuclear power - on September 13, 2013 at 2:59:00 PM CEST
Tritium levels spike at stricken Fukushima nuclear plant
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said levels of tritium - considered one of the least harmful radioactive elements - spiked more than 15 times in groundwater near a leaked tank at the facility over three days this week.
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Topic: nuclear power - on September 1, 2013 at 1:57:00 PM CEST
Fukushima radiation levels 18 times higher than previously thought
Radiation levels 18 times higher than previously reported have been found near a water storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant , prompting fresh concern over safety at the wrecked facility.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said radiation near the bottom of the tank measured 1,800 millisieverts an hour – high enough to kill an exposed person in four hours.
Tepco said water levels inside the tank had not changed, indicating there had not been a leak. But the firm said it had yet to discover the cause of the radiation spike.
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Topic: nuclear power - on August 21, 2013 at 2:21:00 PM CEST
New Radioactive Water Leak At Fukushima: 300 Tons and Growing
Radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank into the ground at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said the leak of at least 300 tonnes of the highly radioactive water was discovered on Monday.
The plant, crippled by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, has seen a series of water leaks and power failures.
The tsunami knocked out cooling systems to the reactors, three of which melted down.
bbc.co.uk Fukushima warning: danger level at nuclear plant jumps to 'serious'
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Topic: nuclear power - on July 17, 2013 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
2 years after nuclear disaster, Japan spawns freaky fruits and veggies
It might be wise to steer clear of vegetables from Japan's Fukushima area for, oh, say a few hundred years. A Korean website assembled this image collection of produce from towns and villages surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Topic: nuclear power - on June 13, 2012 at 9:53:00 AM CEST
Energieriesen fordern 15 Milliarden Schadensersatz
Der Atomausstieg zieht einen gewaltigen Rechtsstreit nach sich: Deutschlands Energiekonzerne fühlen sich enteignet - und fordern eine Entschädigung von der Bundesregierung. Laut einem Zeitungsbericht geht es um 15 Milliarden Euro. Info
Auf die Bundesregierung kommt ein gewaltiger Rechtsstreit zu: Die Energiekonzerne wollen nach Angaben der "Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung" ("FAZ") rund 15 Milliarden Euro Schadensersatz für den Atomausstieg einklagen.
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Topic: nuclear power - on May 21, 2012 at 12:33:00 PM CEST
5 Nuclear Sites That Could Launch War With Iran
This week, the U.S. and its allies will sit down with some of their arch-nemeses: the Iranians. The meeting in Baghdad is the definition of high stakes, as 2012 has been characterized by frequent speculation that Israel would bomb Teheran to prevent it from going nuclear, launching a war that would inevitably draw the U.S. in. That's something the U.S. doesn't want – the Air Force chief of staff has publicly questioned the wisdom of a bombing campaign – but big, unresolved questions persist about Iran's nuclear program, which Iran swears exists just to produce peaceful nuclear energy.
In particular, those questions primarily concern five installations that trouble the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world's nuclear watchdog. And unless you're a nuclear wonk, you probably don't understand them.
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Topic: nuclear power - on February 23, 2012 at 11:59:00 AM CET
Vor Fukushima wird der Meeresgrund zubetoniert
Vor dem Atomkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi soll der Meeresboden mit dicken Betonschicht abgedichtet werden, um eine weitere radioaktive Kontaminierung des Ozeans zu verhindern.
Vor dem Atomkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi soll der Meeresgrund mit einer 60 Zentimeter dicken Betonschicht abgedichtet werden. Wie die Betreibergesellschaft der nach dem Erdbeben vom 11. März im vergangenen Jahr schwer beschädigten japanischen Atomreaktoren, die Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), am Mittwoch in Tokio mitteilte, soll die Betondecke mehr als 73.000 Quadratmeter groß sein. Das entspricht der Größe von zehn Fußballfeldern.
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Topic: nuclear power - on February 23, 2012 at 11:57:00 AM CET
Nuclear Regulatory Commission releases audio of Fukushima disaster
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today released transcripts and audio recordings made at the NRC Operations Center during last year’s meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. The release of these audio recordings comes at the request of the public radio program "BURN: An Energy Journal," and its host Alex Chadwick.
The recordings show the inside workings of the U.S. government’s highest level efforts to understand and deal with the unfolding nuclear crisis as the reactors meltdown. In the course of a week, the NRC is repeatedly alarmed that the situation may turn even more catastrophic.
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Topic: nuclear power - on February 22, 2012 at 2:50:00 PM CET
Iran defiant as UN nuclear talks fail
The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
In a defiant response, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran's nuclear policies would not change despite mounting international pressure against what the West says are Iran's plans to obtain nuclear bombs.
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