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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Atomic Power Review: Fukushima Daiichi Accident Reports as of 2/21

Fukushima Daiichi Accident Reports 

http://atomicpowerreview.blogspot.com/p/fukushima-daiichi-accident-reports.html 

There are a number of reports on the Fukushima Daiichi accident which have been prepared by either industrial or regulatory bodies. This page will collect links to these reports as they become available, in no particular order.

Report of Japanese Government to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety: Click Here

Japan Nuclear Technical Institute report: Click Here

Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry comprehensive report on the accident and its implications: Click here

Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry second report to IAEA: Click here

Tokyo Electric Power Company - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Analysis Report (Interim): Click here

Tokyo Electric Power Company - Supplementary Interim Report (additional to above link.) Click here

Tokyo Electric Power Company - Fukushima Daiichi: A One Year Review. Multiple links on this page covering accident, accident response, mid-term and long-term plans. Most thorough TEPCO presentation yet. Click here.

NEW APRIL 2012:  Sandia National Labs "Fukushima Daiichi Accident Study (As of April, 2012)"  MELCOR analysis and comparison to known actual accident data.  Click here.

NEW AUGUST 2012: TEPCO Fukushima Nuclear Accident Analysis Report / June 20, 2012 / Executive Summary of the report including new analysis and response. Click here.

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Near Term Task Force report on Fukushima Daiichi: Click here

Office for Nuclear Regulation (UK) Fukushima Report: Click here

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations / Fukushima Daiichi Accident Timeline (hosted at, published by Nuclear Energy Institute): Click here to access page with PDF file link. Click here for the August 2012 INPO addendum (.pdf file link) via NEI's website

American Nuclear Society. ANS Special Committee on Fukushima Report - special ANS web page with links to the full Committee report, with appendices, Committee member bios, videos, and more. Click here to access.

International Atomic Energy Agency - Initial Fact Finding Mission Summary: Click here

World Nuclear Association - Fukushima Accident summary paper: Click here

FORATOM (Europe) Fukushima Accident papers (multiple): Click here

Nuclear Safety and Quality Assurance Meeting (Japan) / Committee Opinion on TEPCO Midterm Fukushima Report: Click here APR Note: This is a brief, pointed, and very level assessment of some of the key issues faced during the accident and TEPCO's explanations thereof. This is an important early "lessons learned" document from November 2011.

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Response to Fukushima Daiichi in the United States.

Nuclear Energy Institute has an excellent page linking many NEI resources that completely describe the US nuclear industry's responses to the accident in Japan, as well as how the industry has coped with natural disasters here. This is a major clearinghouse of Fukushima-responsive information. Click here to access NEI Fukuahima response page.

NEI White Paper on the GE Mk I containment in the United States. Click here

GE REPORTS: Mk I containment history. Click here.

GE REPORTS: Containment vents. Click here.

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World Health Organization, May 2012:

Preliminary Dose Estimation from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Click here.

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FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI UNIT 4 - SPENT FUEL POOL RESOURCES

METI / TEPCO report on Unit 4 reactor building, May 2012

TEPCO reaffirms seismic safety of unit 1F4, June 29, 2012

TEPCO affirms structure of 1F4 will not easily leak, May 30, 2012

TEPCO assures 1F4 will not collapse in further quakes, April 26, 2012

TEPCO - Reactor Buildings will not collapse even in major quake, April 5, 2012

TEPCO - Fourth Soundness Inspection of Unit 4, February 13, 2013

Compilations - These include data and multiple supporting / background links.

Spent Fuel at Fukushima Daiichi Safer Than Asserted - ANS Nuclear Cafe

Setting the Record Straight on the Spent Fuel Pool at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 - NEI Nuclear Notes

Spent Fuel Removal / Enclosure

Installation of first beams for enclosure structure, Unit 4 - January 8, 2013

Spent Fuel removal enclosure design, Unit 4 - January 7, 2013

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CNSC Fukushima Daiichi site visit report by Ramzi Jammal (thanks to Jaro Franta) NEW FEB '13  This report includes, first, a great deal of information about Fukushima prefecture decontamination and then many details of a Fukushima Daiichi site visit.  Especially interesting are facts about Unit 4 reactor building's safety and the spent fuel pool contained therein.






New large scale reports and analyses are added to this page as they are released and announced.

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