Fukushima

Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim Nuclear, both operated by Entergy, are the same design and same age as Fukushima.

Fukushima Leaks Radioactive Water Into Pacific 03 Oct 2013 A new leak of highly radioactive water is believed to be flowing into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's stricken nuclear plant after a storage tank overflowed. A Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) official said workers at Fukushima detected the toxic fluid dripping from the top of a tank when they were patrolling the site. Tepco estimates 430 litres of the water, which contains highly radioactive doses of strontium, has leaked outside a concrete barrier surrounding the tank.

New radioactive water leak at crippled Fukushima plant 03 Oct 2013 Another leak of radioactive water has been found at Fukushima, the plant's Japanese operator said Thursday, the latest setback for the troubled clean-up at the broken nuclear power station. Tokyo Electric Power said highly-polluted radioactive water, which spilled out of a storage tank as it was being filled, may have made its way out to the Pacific Ocean. The utility, whose 'efforts' to fix the mess at Fukushima have been derided as sloppy, said 430 litres (110 US gallons) with a radioactive load of up to 580,000 becquerels per litre, had leaked from one of the 450-tonne tanks because of recent typhoon-brought heavy rainfall.

Four tonnes of radioactive water spilled in Fukushima --Some tanks have leaked highly radioactive waste water, which might [?!] have washed to sea. 01 Oct 2013 The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday workers had spilled four tonnes of radioactive water, likely contaminating the soil and possibly groundwater. Workers were pumping rain water that was trapped in a concrete gutter into an empty 12-tonne tank that sat on open soil, said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO). "Work crew started operating the pump around 10:38 am. At 11:50 am, they found water was spilling from the manhole on top of the tank," the spokesman said.

Ex-PM Koizumi raps government push for nuclear power as 'irresponsible' 02 Oct 2013 Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi criticized the government’s push to restart nuclear power generation and urged it to reconsider. "It is irresponsible to pursue nuclear power when there is no permanent disposal site for radioactive waste," Koizumi said at a lecture in Nagoya. The government under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has retracted its predecessor’s goal of phasing out nuclear power and opened the way for the restart of idled reactors.