3.11 Quake Was 9 Years In The Making
The Great East Japan earthquake that started the Fukushima nuclear disaster and caused tsunami damage to large portions of north
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Governor Shuts Down Talk Of Restarting TEPCO Nuclear Plant
The governor of Niigata has shut down any discussion of restarting TEPCO’s massive 7 unit nuclear plant. His main point
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US Nuclear Plant Would Have To Charge Double To Stay Profitable
Bloomberg has an interesting article about the major problem for US nuclear reactors. The economics are killing them. They blame
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Fukushima Unit 1 To Begin Muon Scan In February
Work to install the muon scanners at Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 should be underway by February 2015. A number of
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Japan Nuclear Utilities Ironically Protest Safer Fuel Storage
Asahi Shimbun ran an article recently explaining that some of the nuclear power companies in Japan were resisting a move
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A telling look into the fourth year of many being nuclear refugees. http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/01/the-fourth-winter-of-fukushima Japan may export nuclear reactors to Kazakhstan
Read moreTEPCO Admonished For Corner Cutting That Caused Massive 2014 Fukushima Radiation Release
NRA has issued an administrative order over the misuse of spray dust inhibitors. While the subject sounds benign, this corner
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Sendai nuclear plant could restart in March http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141225_06.html 400 items declared state secrets in Japan under new law http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/27/national/politics-diplomacy/government-entities-designate-400-state-secrets-under-new-law/#.VJ7V014AKA Ministry,
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TEPCO Admits Unit 2 Trench Concrete Work May Be Failing
NHK reports that the work to concrete in the unit 2 trench may not be working as planned. The work
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Fukushima Unit 1 New Photos Reveal Additional Damage
Photos taken during the removal of the cover on unit 1 showed some additional conditions on the refueling floor that
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TEPCO Gets Off On Fukushima Responsibility Twice In One Week
First, the press announced that prosecutors probably won’t indict TEPCO executives for their role in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Second, they were absolved
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TEPCO Not Disclosing Worker Injuries At Fukushima Daiichi
Journalist Ryuichi Kino has documents a large number of injuries to workers in 2014 that TEPCO has not made public. The
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More Suspected Cancers Found In Fukushima Children
A leak to the media ahead of the next Fukushima Health Survey meeting indicated that there are four new suspected
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IRID Part 5; Fuel Debris Research
The current working plan is still to try to plug leaks via the torus and torus room, flood containment and
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Fukushima Unit 4 100% Emptied Of All Fuel
As of Saturday evening JST, unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi has been emptied of all nuclear fuel. Workers had removed
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Dec 15, 2014
Takahama could restart in spring http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141213p2a00m0na012000c.html Ikata nuclear plant is one step closer to obtaining restart approval https://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/12/326990.html Taiwan set
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Fukushima Unit 4; 26 fuel assemblies left to go
Unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi has had 1507 fuel assemblies removed. The remaining fuel assemblies in the pool are all
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Mobile Strontium 90 Removal Equipment At Fukushima Appears To Work
The US company that supplied a mobile strontium 90 filtration system is saying it met target goals of performance at
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Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 4; Fuel Debris Study
JAEA and IRID have been working on various project for removal and storage of the corium (melted fuel) in the
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WIPP & LANL Fined By State, More Unanswered Questions
The state of New Mexico has fined Los Alamos National Lab and WIPP a total of 54 million dollars for
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4158 bq/kg Mushrooms Found In Tochigi Prefecture
Mushrooms from Tochigi prefecture tested and found to have 4158 bq/kg of cesium. The test was recently completed and shows
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Fukushima Unit 1 Reactor Well Cover Dislodged
TEPCO showed in a handout that got little attention that the concrete reactor well cover for unit 1 is dislodged.
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Incident At Ukraine Zaporizhia Nuclear Plant
The international press reported today that there was an incident at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Most reports were light
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German Energy Company Dumps All Conventional Power For Renewables
In a big move German energy company Eon announced they would dump all of their nuclear, coal and gas business
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1419 Fuel Assemblies Removed Fukushima Unit 4
1419 fuel assemblies have been removed from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. 114 assemblies left to move, with these being
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup, Nov 30, 2014
Transformer explosion in switching yard takes down Tihange nuclear reactor in Belgium http://www.lameuse.be/1159492/article/2014-11-30/tihange-des-cables-electriques-en-feu-a-cote-de-la-centrale-nucleaire-une-explos Fukushima workers still in murky labor contracts:
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TEPCO’s Trench Saga Could Have Unintended Consequences
TEPCO has made multiple attempts to deal with the unit 2 trench full of highly contaminated water. In 2011 they
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Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 3; Testing The Goo
IRID has made some progress on their research to find ways to seal the containment structures at Fukushima Daiichi. The
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Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 2; New Robots & Work
As part of reviewing IRID’s updates on work progress for Fukushima Daiichi, new information about robots to be used and
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TEPCO Declares Effort To Drain Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Trench Futile
TEPCO drained 200,000 liters of water out of the unit 2 trench after they declared the end near the turbine
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TEPCO Begins Draining Unit 2 Trench Of Radioactive Water
TEPCO has finally begun draining the Unit 2 trench of highly radioactive water. The trench was found to contain highly
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Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 1
IRID released a number of progress updates in recent weeks. In this part we cover what is new information about efforts to
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Greenpeace Survey Finds Unsafe Radiation Levels In Fukushima
A new Greenpeace radiation survey done in Fukushima prefecture, outside the evacuation zone, showed unsafe levels of radiation. Various locations
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Metropolis Uranium Leak Worse Than Initially Admitted
The leak has now been admitted to have been worse than initially claimed. A new set of reports via the
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Fukushima Mushrooms Still As High As 102,900 Bq/Kg
I report from late September showed that mushrooms cultivated for home consumption were still very high in cesium contamination. Mushrooms
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Niigata Fails 2nd Nuclear Disaster Drill
The first nuclear disaster drill in Niigata in 2013 resulted in a considerable failure. This year another supposedly easier drill
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Fukushima Contaminated Food Was Found In US Right After The Meltdowns
A presentation given at a recent American Chemical Society meeting outlined the discovery of Fukushima radioactive contamination in food soon
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TEPCO Publishes Arrogant Press Release To The US On Fukushima
As news came out about yet another finding of Fukushima radioactive contamination offshore of North America, TEPCO published a rather
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43 Groups Request Revision Of UNSCEAR Fukushima Report & New UN Mandate For UNSCEAR
43 groups from around the world delivered a formal letter to the UN during the UN general assembly. The letter
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Details Of Fukushima Unit 4 Damaged Fuel Removal
TEPCO cites that they have removed the last of the damaged fuel from unit 4’s spent fuel pool. They provided
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