CSI: Fukushima

CSI: Fukushima

TEPCO is behaving as though it is the victim of the largest industrial accident in the history of time rather than the perpetrator. Fairewinds Energy Education's Arnie Gundersen analyzes new leaks at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 and discusses TEPCO's negligence in not applying engineering rigor to its analysis of the leaks. 

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Nuclear Containment Failures: Ramifications for the AP1000 Containment Design

Nuclear Containment Failures: Ramifications for the AP1000 Containment Design

This report combines the oral testimony of Arnie Gundersen to the NRC ACRS with previous Fairewinds reports on AP 1000 containment, adds new evidence and consequences of that evidence, addresses erroneous information provided to ACRS by the NRC staff in October 2010, and addresses additional misconceptions.

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Post Accident AP1000 Containment Leakage

Post Accident AP1000 Containment Leakage

Both Westinghouse and the NRC assume that ASME XI inspections and protective coatings applied to the outside of the AP1000 containment will reduce the risk of a pinhole leak to ZERO.

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