NRC: THREE REACTORS EXPERIENCED SHUTDOWNS DURING STORM; OYSTER CREEK PLANT...
12-043.i.pdfOctober 30, 2012 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission continues to maintain its heightened watch over nuclear power plants in the Northeastern U.S. impacted by Sandy. Three reactors...
View ArticleGundersen on Democracy Now Discussing Hurricane Sandy
DemocracyNow103012.mp3 Gundersen speaks with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now the morning after Hurricane Sandy makes landfall. They discuss the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, which was close to the eye of...
View ArticleSpecial Edition Podcast: After Hurricane Sandy - Questions and Answers About...
10-30-2012-se-podcast.mp3 In this special edition question & answer podcast, Gundersen and Hurley discuss what effects Hurricane Sandy had on U.S. nuclear power plants, especially Oyster Creek....
View ArticlePodcast November 4th, 2012
podcast-11-4-2012_1.mp3 In this edition, we'll discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and what lessons must be learned including the breakdown in emergency preparedness. - Nuclear power plants are...
View ArticleNuclear-Power Industry Survives Sandy’s Readiness Test
Kasia Klimasinska, Brian Wingfield http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-30/nuclear-power-industry-passes-readiness-test A view of a flooded plaza along Water Street after Hurricane Sandy left most...
View ArticleUNIT 3 FUEL POOL REPAIRS SUPPORT 'DETONATION' AND MORE CONTAMINATION FOUND IN...
podcast-11-18-2012.mp3 Events in Japan begin the Fairewinds weekly podcast this week. Gundersen analyzes TEPCO's recently released plans to install a protective cover over Unit 3 and discovers more...
View ArticleHow Citizen Scientists can Sample Radiation
Marco Kaltofen, PE explains how citizens scientists can properly, collect, document, package and ship radiation samples. In this video, he also demonstrates how he analyzes radioactive samples in his...
View ArticlePODCAST: NOVEMBER 21, 2012; THANKSGIVING EDITION: FINANCIAL PRESSURES ARE...
arnie podcast 11-21-12.mp3 Arnie explains that Oyster Creek is the only nuclear plant in the US that lacks a modern High Pressure Safety Injection System. This means that the recently discovered pipe...
View ArticleWhat Are The Consequences Of Siting A Nuclear Plant In a Seismically Active...
arnie podcast 12-8-12-12.mp3_.mp3 In today's Fairewinds' podcast with Arnie Gundersen, we examine the effect of the recent earthquakes on both the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini sites, as well as...
View ArticleChernobyl Factored in the Fall of a Corrupt Regime — Fukushima May Too
Special to The Japan Times Roger Pulvers http://www.japantimes.co.jp Not a Japan Times Image December 9, 2012There are approximately 7,000 exhibits in Kiev's Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum. (The...
View ArticleDEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN!
Arnie podcast - 2012-12-14.mp3_.mp3 In this Sunday's podcast, Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen discusses two recent safety equipment failures at operating nuclear plants in the United States. Just this...
View ArticleMore Lessons From the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Containment Failures and...
In this Monday's video, Fairewinds investigates a recently released report from Tokyo Electric. Arnie Gundersen discusses TEPCO's latest analysis that, almost two years after the accident, fully...
View ArticleTEPCO Containment Leak Slideshow
TEPCO- Containment Leaked.pdfDecember 17, 2012More Lessons From the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Containment Failures and the Loss of the Ultimate Heat Sink
View ArticleNRC Fails to Enforce its own Regulation
12-22-12 podcast.mp3_.mp3 In this week's Fairewinds podcast Arnie Gundersen discusses recent problems at two nuclear reactors and how the NRC is failing to enforce its own laws governing those...
View ArticleCan the Humans Find a Way to Store Nuclear Waste?
NukeFree_F_12132012.broadband.mp3 Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen and CCTV's Margaret Harrington discuss long term storage of nuclear waste in the US and throughout the world. There simply is no sure...
View ArticleThank you for helping us reach our goal
Special thanks to all the Fairewinds Energy Education supporters who donated and helped us reach our goal! During 2012, you helped us to expand our methods of broadcasting, enabling us to reach more...
View ArticlePodcast: January 6, 2013 - Happy New Year 2013
podcast - jan 6, 2013.mp3 Thanks to our listeners and viewers, Fairewinds' fundraiser was a success. Thank you to all our donors who helped us to reach our goal. It's a new year, and 2013 has already...
View ArticleUtilities nationwide could share the financial pain of the idled Crystal...
Ivan Penn http://www.tampabay.com/publication/ The troubles at the Progress Energy Crystal River nuclear plant, variously pictured above and right, aren’t just a problem for it and new parent Duke...
View ArticlePODCAST: NOVEMBER 21, 2012; THANKSGIVING EDITION: FINANCIAL PRESSURES ARE...
arnie podcast 11-21-12.mp3 Arnie explains that Oyster Creek is the only nuclear plant in the US that lacks a modern High Pressure Safety Injection System. This means that the recently discovered pipe...
View ArticleRepairs at Four Nuclear Reactors Are So Expensive That They Should Not Be...
podcast_-_january_13_2013.mp3 Fairewinds examines continuing problems at four US nuclear reactors, each of which have been shutdown for more than two years. Upstream dam failures continue to plague...
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