9/28/2011 Reactor temperatures said near cold shutdown

Source: The Japan Times
Date: 9/29/2011 JST
By KAZUAKI NAGATA

Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported Wednesday that the bottom of all three crippled reactors' pressure vessels at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were now below 100 degrees — a collective first since the crisis erupted after the March 11 temblor-tsunami catastrophe.
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Editor's Note: I did confirm as below that the trend of the lower reactor (shown as "B" in the charts) temperature is trending down for the last 100 days.

Reactor 1 Snapshot (9/28/2011 3:40 PM CST)

Graph of the temperature of the reactor / Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the past 100 days

Location:	Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
Date:	March 11, 2011 (Friday) - 01 January 1970 (Thu)
Latest value:	A: 76 ° C. , B: 78.1 ° C.

Date A B 9 / 28 76 78.1 9 / 27 76.3 78.4 9 / 26 76.2 78.3 9 / 25 76.3 78.3 9 / 24 76.2 78.2 9 / 23 76.4 78.4 9 / 22 76.4 78.4 9 / 21 78.1 80.3 9 / 20 84.2 83 9 / 19 88.6 83.8 9 / 18 89.3 84.4 9 / 17 89.7 84.7 9 / 16 90.5 85.5 9 / 15 90.4 85.5 9 / 14 90.1 85.2 9 / 13 90.2 85.3 9 / 12 90.2 85.3 9 / 11 90.6 85.8 9 / 10 90.9 86 9 / 09 90.7 85.9 9 / 08 90.7 85.9 9 / 07 91.3 86.4 9 / 06 91.1 86.3 9 / 05 90.5 85.8 9 / 04 90.4 85.7 9 / 03 91.4 86.6 9 / 02 92.5 87.7 9 / 01 92.8 88 8 / 31 92.6 87.9 8 / 30 92.6 88 8 / 29 92.5 87.9 8 / 28 92.3 87.9 8 / 27 92.2 87.9 8 / 26 92.3 88.1 8 / 25 92.5 88.2 8 / 24 91.5 87.7 8 / 23 91 87.7 8 / 22 93.2 88.6 8 / 21 97.6 90.4 8 / 20 98.2 91 8 / 19 101.8 92.5 8 / 18 102.4 93 8 / 17 102.5 93.1 8 / 16 102.6 93.2 8 / 15 102.5 93.3 8 / 14 103.1 93.8 8 / 13 103.7 94.2 8 / 12 103.6 94.2 8 / 11 104.5 94.1 8 / 10 105 94.5 8 / 09 104.9 94.4 8 / 08 104.8 94.5 8 / 07 104.7 94.3 8 / 06 104.6 94.2 8 / 05 105 94.4 8 / 04 104.5 93.9 8 / 03 104.4 93.9 8 / 02 104 93.5 8 / 01 104.6 93.9 7 / 31 106 95 7 / 30 107.3 96.3 7 / 29 107.6 96.4 7 / 28 107.8 96.5 7 / 27 108.4 96.8 7 / 26 108.5 96.8 7 / 25 108.6 97 7 / 24 109.1 97.5 7 / 23 108.6 97.2 7 / 22 107.9 96.9 7 / 21 108 96.9 7 / 20 111 99.2 7 / 19 112.5 100.4 7 / 18 113.7 101.2 7 / 17 114.8 101.9 7 / 16 115 101.8 7 / 15 116.1 102.4 7 / 14 117 102.8 7 / 13 117.1 102.8 7 / 12 117 102.8 7 / 11 117.6 103 7 / 10 117.7 103 7 / 09 117.5 102.7 7 / 08 117.3 102.5 7 / 07 117.1 102.4 7 / 06 117.1 102.3 7 / 05 117.5 102.3 7 / 04 118 102.6 7 / 03 117.8 102.4 7 / 02 117.9 102.3 7 / 01 118.2 102.5 6 / 30 117.9 102.3 6 / 29 117.3 101.9 6 / 28 116.3 101.2 6 / 27 116.4 101.4 6 / 26 117.9 102.4 6 / 25 119 103.1 6 / 24 119.2 103.2 6 / 23 118.5 102.6 6 / 22 117.2 101.5 6 / 21 114.9 99.7

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NISA has been announced that the plant parameters (reactor state), the temperature of the reactor has been graphed.
You can check the daily water temperature, pressure and radiation dose of No. 1-5, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors.
As soon as the data is published and updated as the chart.
All information is automatically graphed the information that is published by CSV. No. 4 is the value of CSV information has not been published, not shown.
Meaning of the terms in the chart below. A reactor feedwater nozzle temperature ... B ... lower temperature pressure vessel design temperature of the reactor ※ (maximum temperature resistance) is indicated by a dotted line at 302.

※ The value of the graph shows the maximum absolute value of the day. 

 

Click here to check a live graph of all three reactor temperatures

9/28/2011 Swiss plan to phase out use of nuclear power gains full backing in parliament

Source: Associated Press
Date: September 28, 9:54 AM

BERN, Switzerland — A government plan to phase out nuclear power in Switzerland has moved a lot closer to becoming reality. Switzerland’s upper house, the Council of States, approved a measure Wednesday as expected to gradually shut down the country’s five nuclear reactors by 2034.

The endorsement, one month before federal elections, follows similar action by the lower house in June and reflects growing global skepticism over the use of atomic energy.

The Swiss use it to provide almost 40 percent of their country’s energy, which relies largely on hydropower.

The Cabinet favors decommissioning the country’s reactors after an average life span of 50 years and must now provide lawmakers with a detailed proposal on how to do that.

9/26/2011 Another shutdown at Entergy nuclear power plant

Source: Associated Press via Bloomberg Business Week
Date: September 26, 2011, 9:29AM ET

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Entergy Corp.'s Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan has shut down five days after restarting from an earlier shutdown.

Entergy said the plant shut down automatically from full power about 3:10 p.m. Sunday because of an electrical breaker fault.

New Orleans-based Entergy said no one was hurt in the shutdown. Entergy said plant personnel are evaluating the problem and working toward "a repair and restoration schedule."

Palisades is in Van Buren County's Covert Township, about 55 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. It was shut down Sept. 16 because of a loss of water in a cooling system, then brought back on the grid last Tuesday.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspected the plant in August after a water pump component failed.

Editor's Note: Two shutdowns in such a short span of time is definitely concerning to say the least.

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9/27/2011 Southern Gambles on First U.S. Nuclear Reactors in 30 Years

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Date: September 27, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT
by: Julie Johnsson

(Updates with comment from NRC’s Hatchett in sixth paragraph.)

Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Southern Co. is poised to end a three-decade freeze on nuclear development as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission considers granting it the first license to build new reactors since the Three Mile Island accident.

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Editor's Note: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant where the two new reactors will be added by Southern Companies is shown in the map below.
 

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9/27/2011 (Video) Fukushima: Worst Since Nagasaki: Nightly News Report

Source: Infowars Nightly News
Date: 9/27/2011
by: Alex Jones

The EPA has indeed made safe radiation levels more lax, as Alex Jones states.  The Bloomberg article Alex is referring to is

Fukushima Desolation Worst Since Nagasaki as Residents Flee

9/27/2011 Space Radiation Expected to Rise for Airline Passengers and Astronauts

Source: Space.com
Date: 27 September 2011 Time: 01:24 PM ET
by: by Charles Q. Cho

SUN Whips Out Massive Flare CREDIT: NASA

Radiation hazards are likely to increase for air travelers and spacefarers in coming years due to changes in solar activity, researchers say.
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9/27/2011 Cuomo’s Indian Point hype

Source: New York Post
Date: 9/27/2011

Looks like Gov. Cuomo didn’t take the hint from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which last spring said that safety at Indian Point in the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis “is really not a serious concern.”
The governor, in his first-ever online town meeting over the weekend, said he has no doubts replacement power can be found if Indian Point is shut down.