Gundersen Discusses the Environment and Radiation Levels Faced By the Fukushima Rescue Workers
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Gundersen expresses his belief that authorities should have acknowledged sooner the severity of the accident and revealed more information to the public. He calls the accident one hundred times worse than the worst case scenario imagined a year ago.
Read MoreUpdate from Fukushima Daiichi
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Arnie Gundersen analyzes a satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. Gundersen notes that the service water pumps are gone and therefore the safety system would have failed anyway.
Read MoreArnie Gundersen: Comparisons of Fukushima Daiichi and Vermont Yankee
/Fairewinds Chief Engineer, Arnie Gundersen and Entergy Senior Vice President for Engineering, Tim Mitchell, sit down with Vermont Edition to discuss the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi plant and how it compares to Vermont Yankee. The failed Daiichi reactors are virtually identical to Vermont Yankee. Problems with the Mark 1 containment and resulting containment leakage have been a focus of Gundersen's concerns for years.
Read MoreUpdates on Fukushima
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Fairewinds Associates Chief Engineer, Arnie Gundersen discusses the current state of the Fukushima reactors in Japan as of March 17, 2011.
Read MoreGundersen on John King Discussing How Water Might Be Delivered To Cool Spent Fuel Rods
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Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer of Fairewinds Associates, praises the Japanese for scrapping a plan to drop water on to the overheating fuel pools from helicopters. Gundersen explains that it's a risky move. If the the falling water causes the spacing of the gaps between spent fuel rods to shrink, Gundersen says, a new reaction (or criticality) might develop.
Read MoreGundersen: Current Status of Fukushima, Exposure to On-site Workers, and the Spent Fuel Pool
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Gundersen talks to BBC World News Service about the current status of the Japanese Fukushima power plant. Gundersen tells the BBC that the on-site workers are being exposed to high levels of gamma rays from the fuel pool. He also discusses the possible dangers of an exposed spent fuel pool.
Read More“This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids”: Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s Growing Nuclear Crisis
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In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, Arnie Gundersen is interviewed by Sharif Abdel Kouddous at Democracy Now.
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