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Otherwise, we will have to conclude that there is a different agenda at play, divorced from the need for nuclear energy. TEPCO instead described the reactors' condition as less serious "core damage" for two months after the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, wrecked the plant, even though utility officials knew and computer simulations suggested meltdowns had occurred. / /->/ If Fukushima gives a pause in this rush for costly and and untested imported light water reactors, at least we can say that this Government has an open mind.

Japanese woman breaks silence on Fukushima-related cancer.

Reactors 1-3 came into commercial operation 1971-75. "I would say it was a cover-up," Hirose told a news conference. The Fukushima Daiichi reactors are GE boiling water reactors (BWR) of an early (1960s) design supplied by GE, Toshiba and Hitachi, with what is known as a Mark I containment. President Naomi Hirose's apology followed the revelation last week that an investigation had found Hirose's predecessor instructed officials during the 2011 disaster to avoid using the word "meltdown." TOKYO - The utility that ran the Fukushima nuclear plant acknowledged Tuesday its delayed disclosure of the meltdowns at three reactorswas tantamount to a cover-up and apologized for it. Registration: There is no fee for the seminar, however donations to offset speakers’ travel and other expenses are greatly appreciated, payable to the Samuel Lawrence Foundation:.

Three days after the panel, the plant was closed permanently.

in more than 30 years.Įarlier this year on June 4, 2013, Jaczko, Bradford and Gundersen were joined by Japan’s former Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, where they spoke at the San Diego County Administrative Center about their concerns regarding the safety of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. In 2012, Jaczko cast the lone dissenting vote on plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.S. He was confronted by three reactor meltdowns and a nuclear crisis that persists to this day. Jaczko was the Chairman of the NRC during the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the catastrophe at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Arnie Gundersen, a nuclear engineer and analyst for Fairewinds Associates and Peter Bradford, former Commissioner of the U.S. Speakers include Ralph Nader, political activist, author, lecturer and attorney Naoto Kan, the former Japanese Prime Minister Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of the U.S. Some 20 million Americans live within 50 miles of Indian Point. Indian Point sits about 35 miles from Midtown Manhattan, and Riverkeeper has been a leading advocate for its closure, based on ongoing environmental impacts to fish and radioactive leaks, vulnerability to corrosion and terrorism, inadequate fire and safety protections, an unworkable evacuation plan, and more. Hudson Riverkeeper Paul Gallay will moderate an important discussion with a distinguished panel about the lessons for Indian Point we should learn from the 2011 meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. When: October 8, 2013: 8:30AM to 1:00PM Where:ĩ2nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY map To Attend: Register