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70 Years of Radioactive Risks in America and Japan

70 Years of Radioactive Risks in America and Japan. Kevin Kamps Beyond Nuclear Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident New York Academy of Medicine March 11-12, 2013. Hiroshima to Fukushima. March 10, 2011. Days later. Aftermath. Unit 2, 3, 4. Unit 3.

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70 Years of Radioactive Risks in America and Japan

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  1. 70 Years of Radioactive Risksin America and Japan Kevin Kamps Beyond Nuclear Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident New York Academy of Medicine March 11-12, 2013

  2. Hiroshima to Fukushima

  3. March 10, 2011

  4. Days later

  5. Aftermath Unit 2, 3, 4 Unit 3

  6. Dec. 2, 1942

  7. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  8. Fallout Oppenheimer and Groves at “Trinity” test blast site, July 1945 Destroyed Nagasaki Buddhist temple, with flattened city in background, August 1945

  9. “Atoms for Peace”

  10. Anti-nuclear groundswell in Japan

  11. CIA deployed to Japan Lewis Strauss ShorikiMatsutaro

  12. Japan’s infamous “Nuclear Village” is born

  13. Atomic America

  14. Atomic Japan

  15. Workers over-exposed Tsuruga NPP, 1981 Bruce NGS, Nov., 2009

  16. Sodium fires Monju, Dec. 8, 1995 Fermi 1, May 20, 2008

  17. Reprocessing plant fire and explosion Tokaimura, March 1997 West Valley, NY, 1966-1972

  18. Nuclear fuel loading mishaps Fukui Prefecture, 1999 San Onofre, CA, Aug. 20, 1980

  19. Inadvertent criticality Tokaimura, Sept. 30, 1999 Fermi 2, 1985

  20. Safety cover-ups TEPCO, 1989-2000, 2002 Davis-Besse, 2002

  21. Deadly steam explosions Mihama-3, Aug. 9, 2004 Surry NPP, VA, 1972, 1986

  22. Radioactive steam releases Fukushima Daiichi, 2006 San Onofre, CA, Jan. 2012

  23. Earthquakes Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, July 16, 2007 Indian Point, NY

  24. Additional Risks: RPV Embrittlement Genkai-1, Palisades, MI

  25. Additional Risks: High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Pools • Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 on brink of collapse • U.S. pools contain much more HLRW than Japanese pools • Many warnings about risk of catastrophic pool fires

  26. Additional Risks:High-Level Radioactive Waste Leaks Hanford underground tanks Indian Point HLRW storage pools

  27. Shutdowns Oi, Fukui Prefecture, July 2012 Kewaunee, WI, June 2013

  28. Showdowns Tokyo, 2011-2012 Indian Point, 2011-2012

  29. Early Warnings “Recent events have highlighted the safety disadvantages of pressure-suppression containments…What are the safety advantages of pressure suppression, apart from the cost saving?...I recommend that the AEC adopt a policy of discouraging further use of pressure-suppression containments, and that such designs not be accepted for construction permits filed after a date to be decided. Contained in a memo to his boss by AEC Safety Officer, Stephen Hanauer, 20 Sept.1972

  30. Early Warnings, Ignored “The acceptance of pressure suppression containment concepts by all elements of the nuclear field…is firmly embedded in the conventional wisdom. Reversal of this hallowed policy, particularly at this time, could well be the end of nuclear power. It would throw into question the continued operation of licensed plants…and would generally create more turmoil than I can stand thinking about.” Contained in a response by AEC Safety Head, Joseph Hendrie, 25 September 1972

  31. GE 3 blow the whistle In 1976 Gregory C. Minor, Richard B. Hubbard, and Dale G. Bridenbaugh blew the whistle on safety problems with nuclear reactors designed by General Electric. The three resigned from their jobs after becoming increasingly convinced that the nuclear reactor design they were reviewing — the Mark 1 — was so flawed it could lead to a devastating accident.

  32. Post-Chernobyl soul searching • In 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC's top safety official, told an industry trade group that the "Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the WASH 1400 safety study, you'll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing.”

  33. Freeze Our Fukushimas There are 32 still operating GE Mark I and II BWRs in U.S.: Mark Is (23 units): Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3, Decatur, AL -- Brunswick 1 & 2, Southport, NC – Cooper, Brownville, NE -- Dresden 2 & 3, Morris, IL -- Duane Arnold, Palo, IA --Edwin Hatch 1 & 2, Baxley, GA -- Fermi 2, Monroe, MI -- Hope Creek, Artificial Island, NJ – Fitzpatrick, Scriba, NY – Monticello, Monticello, MN -- Nine Mile Point Unit 1, Scriba, NY -- Oyster Creek, Lacey Township, NJ -- Peach Bottom 2 & 3, Delta, PA -- Pilgrim 1, Plymouth, MA -- Quad Cities 1 & 2, Cordova, IL -- Vermont Yankee, Vernon, VT. Mark IIs (8): LaSalle 1 & 2, Ottawa, IL -- Nine Mile Point 2, Scriba, NY -- Limerick 1 & 2, Pottstown, PA -- Susquehanna 1 & 2, Salem Twp., PA -- Columbia Generating Station, Richland, WA.

  34. Collusion

  35. Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Where Next?!

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