Earthquake Damages Nuclear Reactors in Japan
CNS Experts Available for Comment
Recent Expert Commentary
Posted: July 29, 2011
Outside Publications
Lessons from Fukushima: A New "Carrot & Stick" Approach to Nuclear Safety- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress authored this paper for the Asan Institute in South Korea.
Posted: April 22, 2011
[In Japanese]
Information disclose to the world is the most important- Miles Pomper was interviewed by Nikkei on Fukushima.
Posted: April 7, 2011
Challenges Mount at Fukushima, but Threat to Human Health Remains Low- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress was quoted by Time.
Posted: April 6, 2011
Japan's long road ahead- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress quoted by Nature.
Posted: April 6, 2011
Japan faces more than a decade of nuclear clean-up- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress quoted by Nature.
Posted: March 31, 2011
Radiation rising beyond exclusion zone - Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress quoted by Sydney Morning Herald.
Updated: April 4, 2011
What Was The Cause Of The High Cl-38 Radioactivity In The Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, on ArmsControlWonk.com.
Posted: March 30, 2011
Has Fukushima's Reactor No. 1 Gone Critical?- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress quoted by Time.
Posted: March 29, 2011
Fukushima: Plutonium Escapes (but that's the least of the problems)- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress quoted by Time.
Posted: March 28, 2011
Audio Interview
Risks at the Japan Reactors [MP3]- Patricia Lewis was interviewed on America's Radio News Network.
Posted: March 24, 2011
Audio Interview
The Risks of Nuclear Power- Miles Pomper was interviewed on KPFA's (San Francisco) "The Living Room".
Posted: March 23, 2011
Japan's nuclear crisis: The fine line between security and insecurity- Miles Pomper, an op-ed for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Posted: March 18, 2011
![Watch video [ Image: Dr. Jeffrey Lewis ]](../multimedia/images/110322_lewis_jeffrey_cbs_news.jpg "Watch video [ Image: Dr. Jeffrey Lewis ]")
Video Interview
States demand nuclear waste reform
- Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was interviewed on CBS News.
Posted: March 18, 2011
Chernobyl hero Iouli Andreev accuses Japan of putting profits before nuclear safety- Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was quoted by The Sunday Times.
Posted: March 18, 2011
Three ways Japan's nuclear crisis could end- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress was quoted by USA Today.
Posted: March 18, 2011
On the West Coast, a Paranoid Run on Iodide Pills- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress was quoted by Time.
Posted: March 18, 2011
Audio Interview
China Pauses To Rethink Nuclear Power Program- Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was interviewed on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.
Posted: March 18, 2011
![Watch video [ Image: Stephen I. Schwartz ]](../multimedia/images/110317_schwartz_stephen_chicago_tonight.jpg "Watch video [ Image: Stephen I. Schwartz ]")
Video Interview
Radiation Scare in Japan
- Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed on Chicago Tonight.
Posted: March 18, 2011
Radiation Spread Seen; Frantic Repairs Go On- Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was quoted by The New York Times on U.S information vs Japan information.
Posted: March 17, 2011
Audio Interview
Japan's Problems Continue at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant- Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed on KPCC Southern California Public Radio.
Posted: March 16, 2011
OPINION: Time for Japan to Reconsider Energy Strategy Options- Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, an op-ed for Kyodo News.
Posted: March 16, 2011
![Watch Part 1 [ Image: Stephen I. Schwartz ]](../multimedia/images/110315_schwartz_stephen_fbn_lou_dobbs.jpg "Watch Part 1 [ Image: Stephen I. Schwartz ]")
Video Interview
Part 1: Solutions to Japan's Nuclear Crisis
- Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed by Lou Dobbs on Fox Business.
Posted: March 15, 2011
A New Threat in Japan: Radioactive Spent Fuel- A Q&A with Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress by Time.
Posted: March 15, 2011
![Watch video [ Image: Stephen I. Schwartz ]](../multimedia/images/110315_schwartz_stephen_fbn.jpg "Watch video [ Image: Stephen I. Schwartz ]")
Video Interview
The Future of Nuclear Power- Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed on Fox Business.
Updated: March 16, 2011
Audio Interview [Updated Link]
Japan's Unique Nuclear Policies- Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed on WBEZ.
Posted: March 14, 2011
Japan Nuclear Emergency: How Much Radiation is Safe?- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress quoted by Time on revising safety levels of low-dose radiation:
-
"[Dr.] Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress ... says that it is precisely because radiological clean-up operations involve so much money ... that he remains skeptical of all efforts to revise the safety levels of low-dose radiation.
'Here we have a high-stakes example where the science can greatly influence policy. So we have to be extra-cautious at how studies are conducted, the methods used, their funding source, and whether the conclusions drawn actually reflect the data.'"
Posted: March 15, 2011
Japan Quake Causes Emergencies at 5 Nuke Reactors- Leonard S. Spector was quoted in Forbes on March 11, 2011.
March 11, 2011
The March 11, 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan has prompted the Japanese government to declare a "nuclear emergency," taking measures aimed at preventing "any possible expansion of nuclear hazards." The earthquake affected the normal operation of several of the country's 55 nuclear power plants. Reactors in Japan and elsewhere are designed to withstand certain earthquake intensities in ground motion, and to ultimately shut down if that intensity is exceeded. This is a normal safety precaution that occurred at several Japanese reactors near Sendai, Tokai and Onagawa.
The Fukushima-Daini plant near Sendai, which is very close to the earthquake's epicenter, experienced an increase in pressure in one reactor's containment vessel. While the Fukushima-Daini plant reactor core No. 1 has been shut down, there is a concern that the reactor could lose its ability to pump water into the reactor for cooling purposes causing the temperature of the core to rise due to the heat produced by the decay of radioactive fission products.
According to Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry, elevated radiation level in the control room of the No. 1 reactor in Fukushima have been detected. The Japanese prime minister's office has ordered the evacuation of residents in a 10 km radius of the power plant.
Please contact our experts listed in the right column for up-to-date commentary and analysis.
|
![Visit MIIS [ Image: MIIS Logo ]](/_navimages/logos/miis_logo_white_260x55_80percent.png "Visit MIIS [ Image: MIIS Logo ]"){kind=logo}
@CNS Updates