A former safety engineer with the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is blowing the whistle on a “potentially catastrophic problem” at the currently offline Southern California Edison plan.
Read MoreUnsurprisingly, in the wake of this incident, the nuclear operations of other countries have come under considerable scrutiny.
Read MoreNew reports indicate the contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is much worse than the government first let on. Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has more than doubled its estimate for the amount of radiation that leaked and there are estimates that an area of 600 square kilometers is now uninhabitable
Read MoreKnown containment leaks exist at US nuclear power plants across the country. Seismic engineering failed at Fukushima reactor #1 and at the reactor #4 fuel pool. Battery backup power is inadequate against an extended blackout lasting more than eight hours.
Read MoreThe NY Times has revealed information from the French firm AREVA and industry insiders make a blunt assessment. “Clearly we are witnessing one of the greatest disasters of modern time”.
Read MoreIn 1985 the NRC acknowledged that a severe core melt down could occur in the United States. They’ve known all along here in this country that disaster could come and with 23 plants similar in design to the Fukushima GE Mark 1 reactors a similar loss of containment is highly possible.
Read MoreChilling reports from experts in the field indicate that official statements about the amount of radiation leaked are probably severely understated. “The Japanese industry assured the Japanese public that these reactors could withstand exactly these kinds of events. This is not a surprise, what’s happened at Fukushima. This was predicted.
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