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Radioactive bananas

Posted on Wednesday 27 November 2013 by Rob Godfrey

This month, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) have started removing fuel rods from Fukushima reactor No.4 fuel pool. I’m not going to go into this too much, but I’ll just say that the No.4 fuel pool contains about 1500 … Continue reading →

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Fukushima – on a wing and a prayer

Posted on Saturday 6 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Two weeks ago there was a power failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (here). The spent fuel pools of reactors 1, 2, 3 and 4 lost their cooling systems for more than 24 hours (apparently a radioactive rat … Continue reading →

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Fukushima spent fuel pool No.4

Posted on Wednesday 12 December 2012 by Rob Godfrey

The magnitude 7.3 earthquake that occured off the coast of Japan last Friday was widely reported. What wasn’t reported at all was the effect that this earthquake might have had on the already badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. I’m … Continue reading →

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