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- Intelligence Chief: North Korea Restarts Plutonium Reactor
Intelligence chief: North Korea restarts plutonium reactor WASHINGTON — North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could start recovering spent fuel in weeks or months, the U.S. intelligence...
- Iran May Be Close To A Plutonium Bomb, German Defense Experts Warn
From David Goldman at PJM: Iran might be “on the verge of producing weapon-quality plutonium,” Germany’s daily Die Welt reported on Nov. 26. Hans Rühle, a former top official in the German defense ministry, and foreign editor Clemens...
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Bloomberg: Meltdown Possible at Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Tokyo Electric Official Says By Tsuyoshi Inajima, Yuji Okada and Shigeru Sato - Mar 14, 2011 12:25 AM ET Tokyo Electric Power Co. said a meltdown is possible at its Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 3 reactor...
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US experts fear 'Chernobyl-like' crisis for Japan WASHINGTON - US nuclear experts warned Saturday that pumping sea water to cool a quake-hit Japanese nuclear reactor was an "act of desperation" that may foreshadow a Chernobyl-like disaster....
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Newsmax: John Bolton: Russia's Loading of Nuke Fuel Into Iran Plant Means Aug. 21 Deadline for Israeli Attack Friday, 13 Aug 2010 By: David A. Patten News that Russia will load nuclear fuel rods into an Iranian reactor has touched off a countdown...
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Fukushima Reactor Restart?
Yep. The Fukushima reactor #4 may be in the process of an accidental restart.Click on the title above to read the whole thing at Power and Control.-- Reactor No. 4 - Under maintenance when quake struck, no fuel rods in reactor core, temperature in spent-fuel storage pool reached 84 C on Monday, fire Tuesday possibly caused by hydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods, fire observed Wednesday at building housing reactor, pool water level feared receding, renewed nuclear chain reaction feared, only frame remains of reactor building roof.You can read more about the status of the six reactors at the link.
The authorities, such as they are, claim to be getting things under control. I'm not seeing it. I see efforts. I do not see results. But of course that could change.
- Intelligence Chief: North Korea Restarts Plutonium Reactor
Intelligence chief: North Korea restarts plutonium reactor WASHINGTON — North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could start recovering spent fuel in weeks or months, the U.S. intelligence...
- Iran May Be Close To A Plutonium Bomb, German Defense Experts Warn
From David Goldman at PJM: Iran might be “on the verge of producing weapon-quality plutonium,” Germany’s daily Die Welt reported on Nov. 26. Hans Rühle, a former top official in the German defense ministry, and foreign editor Clemens...
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Bloomberg: Meltdown Possible at Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Tokyo Electric Official Says By Tsuyoshi Inajima, Yuji Okada and Shigeru Sato - Mar 14, 2011 12:25 AM ET Tokyo Electric Power Co. said a meltdown is possible at its Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 3 reactor...
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US experts fear 'Chernobyl-like' crisis for Japan WASHINGTON - US nuclear experts warned Saturday that pumping sea water to cool a quake-hit Japanese nuclear reactor was an "act of desperation" that may foreshadow a Chernobyl-like disaster....
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Newsmax: John Bolton: Russia's Loading of Nuke Fuel Into Iran Plant Means Aug. 21 Deadline for Israeli Attack Friday, 13 Aug 2010 By: David A. Patten News that Russia will load nuclear fuel rods into an Iranian reactor has touched off a countdown...