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Areva to sell first bond since Fukushima disaster – Shares have fallen 38% this year | Areva’s BBB+ rating outlook was cut to negative in August

Areva SA, the world’s largest builder of nuclear plants, is selling its first bonds since the Fukushima disaster in Japan made some nations rethink their reliance on atomic energy. The utility is offering six-year bonds in eu...

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April 4th, 2011 – The accident at Fukushima Daiichi is a matter of concern for all IAEA Member States, not just for the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety

From: Hopkins, Jon Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 8:54 AM To: Cullingford, Michael; Astwood, Heather Subject: DG Amano’s opening statement at CNS http://www.iaea.orfq/newscenter/statements/201 1/amsp2011 n009.html “Th...

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Privately-Funded Solar Energy Companies Thrive as Solar Industry Booms – Solar is cheaper than new nuclear or coal power plants

Dan Shugar has built the largest solar plants in the world and is now CEO of Solaria Corporation. “Over the last 20 years, solar has grown from 30 megawatts of shipments to 17,000 megawatts of shipments,” he said. &...

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April 2nd, 2011 – Reactor 1 uncontrolled depressurization/leak – Dose rate of 27 R/hr found – Radiation Level at Reactor 2 measured over 100 R/hr

From: Franovich, Mike Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:28 PM To: Ostendorff, William Cc: Nieh, Ho; Kock, Andrea; Zorn, Jason Subject: UPDATE from 08:30 Telecon on Fukushima Daiichi Events Attachments: image001 .jpg; Major dose...

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March 30, 2011 – Reactor 2 Core Melted Through Containment Vessel – Workers “Lost the race” to save one of the reactors

From: Weber, Michael Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:56 PM To: LIA06 Hoc; LIA08 Hoc; Brenner, Eliot; Hayden, Elizabeth; Zimmerman, Roy; McDermott, Brian; Wiggins, Jim; Sheron, Brian Cc: RST01 Hoc; Leeds, Eric; Borchardt, Bill...

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March 20th, 2011 – The public inquiry desk is still being hit pretty hard since things aren’t quickly improving overseas

From: Bonaccorso, Amy To: Donaldson, Leslie Sent: Sun Mar 20 11:30:45 2011 Subject: Sunday Update – Next Wk in OPA Leslie: I just met with Holly and they need me for the week (I’ll update the PMDA Calendar). The pub...

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Unknown Reactor Trip at Robinson Nuclear Power Plant – Unit in Hot Standby

Power Reactor Event Number: 47293 Facility: ROBINSON Region: 2 State: SC Unit: [2] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [2] W-3-LP NRC Notified By: RICHARD ROGALSKI HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE Notification Date: 09/26/2011 Notification Time: 14:...

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Palisades Nuclear Plant Venting Radioactive Steam After Leaks Discovered in Cooling System

Power Reactor Event Number: 47290 Facility: PALISADES Region: 3 State: MI Unit: [1] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [1] CE NRC Notified By: BRUCE BAUER HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE Notification Date: 09/25/2011 Notification Time: 18:21 [ET] ...

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March 17th, 2011 – RadNet isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. We should be careful

From:Harrington, Holly To:Bonaccorso. Amy Cc:Tobin. Jennifer; Ridge. Christianne; Deavers. Ron Subject:RE: FYI – concerns about Radnet not being public friendly Date:Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:58:59 PM I know. Radnet, qui...

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March 17th ,2011 – We have tribes in the Aleutian Islands worried about radiation fall-out and effects from Fukushima

From:OPA Resource To:Deavers. Ron; Bonaccorso. Amy Subject:FW: NRC Doc 11-050 ; dtd 16 Mar 2011 Date:Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:21:58 PM Importance:High From: Mahon, John (IHS/HQ) [mailto:John.Mahon@ihs.gov] Sent: Thursday, Mar...

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March 17th, 2011 – This is a marathon, not a sprint – Take time to go outside and enjoy the spring

From: Brenner, Eliot Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:02 PM To: Hayden, Elizabeth; Burnell, Scott; Harrington, Holly; McIntyre, David; Couret, Ivonne; Shannon, Valerie; Janbergs, Holly; Akstulewicz, Brenda; Wittick, Susan; Roy...

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March 17th 2011- All the Troublesome Reactor Venting and How to Prevent It

From: ,t-armer, Mitchell T. [farmer@anl.gov] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:15 AM To: Tinkler, Charles; Basu, Sudhamay; Lee, Richard; Gavrilas, Mirela Cc: ‘corradin@cae.wisc.edu’ Subject: RE: Assessement of coolin...

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March 16th, 2011 – In Which the NRC Puts The ‘OPA Folks’ on the MSNBC GI-199 ‘Piece of Junk’

From: McIntyre, David Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:33 PM To: McNamara, Nancy; LIA04 Hoc; Deavers, Ron; Bonaccorso, Amy Cc: OST05 Hoc; Screnci, Diane; Burnell, Scott Subject: RE: News Article Thanks. OPA folks have been wor...

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Hydrogen accumulates in pipes at Fukushima’s No. 1 reactor – Possibility hydrogen also accumulated in Number 2 and Number 3 Reactors

Hydrogen has accumulated to a level higher than previously thought in pipes connected to the No. 1 reactor containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant‘s operator said Sept. TEPCO said it is in...

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Soil decontamination experiment in Kawamata

Japanese Rice’s Radiation Levels Stump Scientists – Fukushima tests show rice contamination over thought transfer coefficient

Government officials ordered more tests after detecting elevated levels of radiation in rice crops near the crippled nuclear power plant at Fukushima. Radioactive substances have already been discovered in beef, milk, spinach a...

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March 16th, 2011- ABC News Wants confirmation that things are definitely taking a turn for the worse – Per Holly – ignoring media calls

From: Bonaccorso, Amy Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:41 AM To: Deavers, Ron Subject: RE: Media Question From: Deavers, Ron Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:37 AM To: Deavers, Ron Cc: Bonaccorso, Amy Subject: FW: Me...

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March 15th, 2011 – Responding to inaccurate information in the news media – HELP CORRECT INACCURATE AND/OR MISLEADING NEWS REPORTS

From: ANS Broadcasts [broadcasts@ans.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:38 PM To: Ramsey, Kevin Subject: ANS Public Information: Japan Nuclear Reactors Attachments: Fact React 1 .pdf; Responding to inaccurate information in ...

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March 14th, 2011 – I’m a little concerned about the spent fuel storage pools for Units 1 and 3

From: i-armer, Mitl•elW. [farfner@apl.gov] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:52 AM To: Tinkler, Charles Cc: Basu, Sudhamay; Gavrilas, Mirela; Lee, Richard Subject: RE: Fukushima Hi Charlie, I just wanted to send you a note and l...

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March 13th, 2011 – Talking Points on Implications of Fukushima Accident to U.S. Nuclear Plants

From: Joe Colvin [mailto:presidentaans.orcq] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:11 AM To: Lee, Richard Subject: Talking Points on Implications of Fukushima Accident to U.S. Nuclear Plants Dear ANS Members: Over the last two days, t...

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March 12th, 2011 – ANSB Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami; Problems with Nuclear Reactors

American Nuclear Society Backgrounder: Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami; Problems with Nuclear Reactors 3/12/2011 5:22 PM EST To begin, a sense of perspective is needed… right now, the Japanese earthquake/tsunami is clearly a ...

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Fire at Tohoku Elec Onagawa nuclear plant

March 11th 2011 – Fire at Tohuku Electric Onagawa Plant

From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 5:31 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan: media reports government has decided to declare a nuclear power emergency situation Fire at Tohoku Elec Onagawa nuclear plant...

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Reactor vessel in place at Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in China

Construction of the Sanmen nuclear power plant has reached a milestone with the installation of the pressure vessel for the first reactor. The huge component was made in South Korea by Doosan Heavy Industries using some forging...

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March 15th 2011 – Unit 2 Containment Probably Breached – Loud Explosion – Containment Pressure Drop – Radiation Spike – Spent Fuel Fire

Keefe, Molly From: Forsyth, Daniel Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:28 PM To: Keefe, Molly Subject: RE: latest Unit 2 has probably breached containment. There was a loud bang/explosion and the containment pressure dropped from ...

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March 15th, 2011 UPDATE: 2000 EDT Telecon on Fukushima Daiichi – Unit 4 New Fire Broken Out – Doses in Area around 30R/hr

Kock, Andrea From: Franovich, Mike Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:51 PM To: Ostendorff, William Cc: Nieh, Ho; Warnick, Greg; Kock, Andrea; Zorn, Jason Subject: UPDATE: 2000 EDT Telecon on Fukushima Daiichi Grobe led the discus...

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SSE pulls out of nuclear proposal at Sellafield ‘To focus on renewable green energy’

Scottish and Southern Energy announces it is pulling out of a deal to develop a new nuclear power station at Sellafield. NuGen was considering building a new nuclear power facility near Sellafield, in West Cumbria. SSE, which h...

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26,000 Gallons of Untreated Waste Water Spilled and Discharging Into The Ocean at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

Power Reactor Event Number: 47289 Facility: SAN ONOFRE Region: 4 State: CA Unit: [ ] [2] [3] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE NRC Notified By: DOUGLAS FOOTE HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN Notification Date: 09/23/2011 Notifica...

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Unit 1 containment, detection of more than 10,000ppm of hydrogen

Over 1% of hydrogen was found in 2 parts of the pipe in reactor 1. In order to take off the radioactive gas from container vessel,Tepco was planning to cut off the pipes connected to the container vessel. In the process,near th...

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Areva to sell first bond since Fukushima disaster – Shares have fallen 38% this year | Areva’s BBB+ rating outlook was cut to negative in August

April 4th, 2011 – The accident at Fukushima Daiichi is a matter of concern for all IAEA Member States, not just for the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety

Privately-Funded Solar Energy Companies Thrive as Solar Industry Booms – Solar is cheaper than new nuclear or coal power plants

April 2nd, 2011 – Reactor 1 uncontrolled depressurization/leak – Dose rate of 27 R/hr found – Radiation Level at Reactor 2 measured over 100 R/hr

March 30, 2011 – Reactor 2 Core Melted Through Containment Vessel – Workers “Lost the race” to save one of the reactors

March 20th, 2011 – The public inquiry desk is still being hit pretty hard since things aren’t quickly improving overseas

Unknown Reactor Trip at Robinson Nuclear Power Plant – Unit in Hot Standby

Palisades Nuclear Plant Venting Radioactive Steam After Leaks Discovered in Cooling System

March 17th, 2011 – RadNet isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. We should be careful

March 17th ,2011 – We have tribes in the Aleutian Islands worried about radiation fall-out and effects from Fukushima

March 17th, 2011 – This is a marathon, not a sprint – Take time to go outside and enjoy the spring

March 17th 2011- All the Troublesome Reactor Venting and How to Prevent It

March 16th, 2011 – In Which the NRC Puts The ‘OPA Folks’ on the MSNBC GI-199 ‘Piece of Junk’

Hydrogen accumulates in pipes at Fukushima’s No. 1 reactor – Possibility hydrogen also accumulated in Number 2 and Number 3 Reactors

Japanese Rice’s Radiation Levels Stump Scientists – Fukushima tests show rice contamination over thought transfer coefficient

March 16th, 2011- ABC News Wants confirmation that things are definitely taking a turn for the worse – Per Holly – ignoring media calls

March 15th, 2011 – Responding to inaccurate information in the news media – HELP CORRECT INACCURATE AND/OR MISLEADING NEWS REPORTS

March 14th, 2011 – I’m a little concerned about the spent fuel storage pools for Units 1 and 3

March 13th, 2011 – Talking Points on Implications of Fukushima Accident to U.S. Nuclear Plants

March 12th, 2011 – ANSB Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami; Problems with Nuclear Reactors

March 11th 2011 – Fire at Tohuku Electric Onagawa Plant

Reactor vessel in place at Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in China

March 15th 2011 – Unit 2 Containment Probably Breached – Loud Explosion – Containment Pressure Drop – Radiation Spike – Spent Fuel Fire

March 15th, 2011 UPDATE: 2000 EDT Telecon on Fukushima Daiichi – Unit 4 New Fire Broken Out – Doses in Area around 30R/hr

SSE pulls out of nuclear proposal at Sellafield ‘To focus on renewable green energy’

26,000 Gallons of Untreated Waste Water Spilled and Discharging Into The Ocean at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

Unit 1 containment, detection of more than 10,000ppm of hydrogen

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