KASHIWAZAKIKARIWA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REPORTS SAFETY PROBLEMS AFTER EARTHQUAKE

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KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REPORTS
SAFETY PROBLEMS AFTER EARTHQUAKE

• JULY 17, 2007

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KASHIWAZAKI EARTHQUAKE JULY 16, 2007

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KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
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KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

• The Kariwa nuclear power plant is located near
  the epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake
  that occurred on Monday, July 16th.
• The power plant shut down automatically after the
  earthquake.

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KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

• More than 24 hours after the earthquake, plant
  officials reported that the power plant had
  suffered 50 problems, including spilled waste
  drums, leaked radioactive water, exhaust pipes
  knocked out of place, fires, and burst pipes.
• Small amounts of cobalt 60 and chromium 51 were
  emitted into the atmosphere from an exhaust
  stack.

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KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

• Initial assessments indicated that all problems
  were minor without any adverse effect on the
  environment.

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KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

• The problems at the Kashiwazaki power plant and
  the delay in acknowledging them are raising
  national and international concerns about the
  seismic safety of Japans 55 nuclear reactors,
  which supply 30 percent of Japans electricity.
• Japan is located in one of the most
  earthquake-prone regions of the world.

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PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZES POWER PLANT OFFICIALS

• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticized the
  delay in notifying the public of the problems.
• Safety inspections of the power plants systems
  are expected to continue for some time.