“negligent handling of safety measures”

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2012-12-16 08:49

NRA will not approve NPP restarts due to operator negligence.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201212150044

Watchdog chief blasts nuclear industry for lax safety precautions

Asahi Shimbun December 15, 2012 By JIN NISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer

The chief of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said the industry watchdog will not approve restarts of nuclear power plants under the current circumstances due to electric power companies' negligent handling of safety measures. "I find the current situation exceedingly unsatisfactory," Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the NRA, said of the utilities' safety precautions at an international meeting on Dec. 14. "Reactors should not go online unless we are convinced of their safety."

Tanaka said the Japanese nuclear industry's lax approach was behind last year's meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Tanaka also said it will take enormous efforts to raise the awareness of safety in the nuclear industry.

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Absent Safety Culture

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2012-12-21 13:43.

More like WILLFUL, criminal activity

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/12/199410.html

TEPCO admits poor safety culture as root cause of Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, 22:03 Dec. 14, Kyodo

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday its inadequate safety culture resulted in a lack of preparation for severe nuclear accidents, as it tries to dig deeper into the root cause of the Fukushima crisis rather than just blaming the larger-than-expected tsunami for triggering the catastrophe.

No knowledge of melted fuel location & state

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2012-12-18 09:39.

'State' might include: Liquid, continued fission, and/or an ongoing 'China Syndrome' beneath FDU-3

“cooling functions have been maintained there with no knowledge of where the melted fuel lies and in what state,"

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201212180087

Fukushima plant situation 'volatile,' a year after cold shutdown declared

Asahi Shimbun, By NAOYA KON/ Staff Writer, December 18, 2012

Fumiya Tanabe, a former chief research scientist at the now-defunct Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, said persistent danger surrounds the plant's reactors.

"Despite the (officially declared) cold shutdowns of the reactors, the cooling functions have been maintained there with no knowledge of where the melted fuel lies and in what state," Tanabe said.