National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements http://www.ncrponline.org/Docs_in_Review/NCRPM1302.pdf [New York Times] …A federally chartered research group will close its comment period on Monday on a draft report that it has prepared for the Department of Homeland Security and that lays out long-term cleanup standards… Authors of the two documents [also referencing this -- Chris] emphasize they are … Continue reading »
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PAG Manual: Protective Action Guides And Planning Guidance For Radiological Incidents [Draft for Interim Use and Public Comment]
US EPA http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/er/pag-manual-interim-public-comment-4-2-2013.pdf [New York Times] …On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency expects to publish in the Federal Register a draft document that would change its long-standing advice to state and local governments about how to limit long-term exposure to radiation after a reactor accident or a “dirty bomb” attack. By reducing the projections for how much … Continue reading »
Ageing Management of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
Nuclear Energy Agency http://www.oecd-nea.org/nsd/docs/2012/6990-top-15.pdf [From Executive Summary] The goal of ageing management is to address in a systematic way all the timedependent parameters that can jeopardise the FCF safety during its life. This is a proactive process implemented from the facility design until its dismantling to ensure that the appropriate measures are taken to address the wear-out mechanisms … Continue reading »
Beyond Nuclear: The Triple Challenge Facing Japanese Utilities
Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/nuclear/2013/BeyondNuclear.pdf [Executive Summary] After decades of market dominance, high profitability and the creation of strong shareholder value, Japan’s nuclear utilities saw their fortunes turn in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. They suffered large declines in returns and share prices, and have experienced only limited recovery, with 48 out of 50 nuclear reactors … Continue reading »
Health Risk Assessment from the Nuclear Accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Based on a Preliminary Dose Estimation
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/fukushima_report/en/index.html The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011 led to releases of radioactive material into the environment from the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A major release of radioactivity to the environment is always of concern, owing to potential acute and long-term health effects. Evidence … Continue reading »
Building New Nuclear: The Challenges Ahead
UK Parliament, Committee on Energy and Climate Change http://bit.ly/WEjBrk Failure to build a new fleet of nuclear power stations in the UK could make it much more expensive to meet our climate change targets and Ministers must stop ‘crossing their fingers’ and urgently develop a back-up energy strategy, a report by the Energy and Climate Change Committee argues… … Continue reading »
Japan’s Compensation System for Nuclear Damage as Related to the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
OECD | Nuclear Energy Agency http://www.oecd-nea.org/law/fukushima/7089-fukushima-compensation-system-pp.pdf
Managing Spent Nuclear Fuel Strategy Alternatives and Policy Implications
Rand Corp. / by Tom LaTourrette, Thomas Light, Debra Knopman, James T. Bartis http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG970.html Increasing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has renewed interest in nuclear power generation. At the same time, the longstanding logjam over how to manage spent nuclear fuel continues to hamper the expansion of nuclear power. If nuclear … Continue reading »
Hanford Waste Treatment Plant: DOE Needs to Take Action to Resolve Technical and Management Challenges
US Government Accountability Office http://gao.gov/products/GAO-13-38 The Department of Energy (DOE) faces significant technical challenges in successfully constructing and operating the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) project that is to treat millions of gallons of highly radioactive liquid waste resulting from the production of nuclear weapons. DOE and Bechtel National, Inc. identified hundreds of technical … Continue reading »
Energy-Water Nexus: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Manage Energy and Water Tradeoffs
US Government Accountability Office http://gao.gov/products/GAO-12-880 [PEN-e posting] [w] ater and energy are inextricably linked and mutually dependent, with each affecting the other’s availability. Since 2009, GAO has issued five reports on the interdependencies between energy and water. These reports have shown that a considerable amount of water is used to cool thermoelectric power plants, grow … Continue reading »
