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by Mr Robert Hayman @ 05/05/2011
Steel columns and a concrete wall are to be installed in a room beneath the fuel pond of unit 4 to help support the weight of water in the damaged building. A space behind these will be filled with grout to form a solid mass in support of the pond.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 04/04/2011
A crack in a system of concrete trenches and tunnels has been identified as a possible route through which water has been leaking to the sea from Fukushima Daiichi unit 2. Work is under way to seal the crack.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 04/04/2011
On Monday, 4 April 2011, the IAEA provided the following information on the current status of nuclear safety in Japan.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 29/03/2011
There are no environmental reasons why two new reactors should not be built at the existing Vogtle nuclear power plant site in Georgia, according to the US nuclear safety regulators.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 29/03/2011
In response to the ongoing recovery operations at the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan, the UK Government has made clear its willingness to offer assistance wherever possible.
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by Mr Robert Hayman @ 29/03/2011
After taking soil samples at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese authorities today confirmed finding traces of plutonium that most likely resulted from the nuclear accident there.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 24/03/2011
Tokyo Electric Power Company has revised its estimated size of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 24/03/2011
On Wednesday, 23 March 2011, Graham Andrew, Special Adviser to the IAEA Director General on Scientific and Technical Affairs, briefed both Member States and the media on the current status of nuclear safety in Japan.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 22/03/2011
Japanese authorities have reported that they will measure radioactivity in the marine environment around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 21/03/2011
Summary of Conditions at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 21/03/2011
Bernard Bonin, Chairman of the ENS High Scientific Council,
Vladimir Slugen, ENS President
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 18/03/2011
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne today set out further detail on the UK Chief Nuclear Inspectors report into the implications of events at Japanese nuclear reactors on existing and new plants in the UK.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 17/03/2011
The Agency’s radiation protection experts are keeping the situation in Japan under close review and are advising UK government accordingly.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 17/03/2011
Mike Weightman, Chief Nuclear Inspector and Head (Director) of the Health and Safety Executive’s Nuclear Directorate, the UK’s independent nuclear safety and security regulator comments on events in Japan.
by Mr Robert Hayman @ 16/03/2011
Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that a fire in the reactor building of Unit 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was visually observed at 20:45 UTC of 15 March.
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