NEI Nuclear Notes

In addition to the published INPO timeline , NEI CNO Tony Pietrangelo also recorded a video overview, one that includes a brief look at how American industry is applying the lessons learned from Fukushima to enhancing safety at U.S. plants:

Just a few minutes ago, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations published a detailed timeline of events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station following the March 11 earthquake and tsunammi (click here for the PDF of the report). The full text of the Nuclear Energy Institute news release announcing the publication follows below: INPO Compiles Timeline of Fukushima Events After Japan Earthquake, Tsunami 4-Day Chronology Provides Common Baseline of Facts To Inform Response Activities by U.S. Industry, Government WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 11, 2011 —The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations has compiled a detailed timeline of events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The detailed report, prepared as part of the integrated response to the Japan events, was delivered today to U.S. industry executives, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to members of Congress. “The U.S. nuclear energy industry is committed to learn...

From Duke Energy’s CEO Jim Rogers : "We do need to pause, we need to learn the lessons, we need to implement them," he said. "But I think at the end of the day our industry's prepared to do that. More importantly, we need to start building new nuclear in this country because we're going to start retiring our nuclear plants as early as 2019." He’s right. After all: "Do you think China is going to slow down on any of its 24 reactors (under construction), or India, or Abu Dhabi? No." That’s the spirit of competition! --- When an anti-nuclear advocate changes his mind in part due to Fukushima Daiichi, there’s just no stopping him : Over the last fortnight I've made a deeply troubling discovery. The anti-nuclear movement to which I once belonged has misled the world about the impacts of radiation on human health. The claims we have made are ungrounded in science, unsupportable when challenged, and wildly wrong. We have done...