Sendai May Get Restart Approval, Who Has Potential To Restart
Japan’s NRA is expected to give restart approval for the Sendai nuclear plant this week. The reactors still would not
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Japan Govt. May Financially Help Nuclear Utilities Cover Losses From Decommissioning
The Japanese government is considering giving some sort of financial assistance to nuclear power utilities that decide to scrap their
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KEPCO To Scrap 2 Reactors At Mihama Nuclear Plant
Asahi Shimbun announced via the Facebook page that KEPCO would be decommissioning two of the three units at Mihama nuclear
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Tsuruga #2 Reactor To Never Restart
Japan’s NRA declared that they would not revisit their ruling that the fault under the Tsuruga #2 reactor is active. Japanese
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Tritium Filtration To Be Tested For Fukushima Daiichi
This is a considerable development. Tritium is a considerable contamination problem at Fukushima Daiichi, with hundreds of billions of becquerels
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Fukushima Workers File Suit Over Missing Pay
Workers have taken the unusual step of suing TEPCO for unpaid wages, even though the four workers are employed by
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TEPCO Admits High Radiation Readings In Fukushima Port
TEPCO began a second round of concrete covering of the port at Fukushima Daiichi in June 2014. As they began
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Work Resumes Tomorrow
TEPCO is reporting that work to remove fuel from the unit 4 spent fuel pool will resume tomorrow. Removal work
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NRA Nuclear Plant Volcano Study Could Take Another Year
Without saying how this might impact the potential restart of the Sendai Nuclear Plant, NRA said it would take about
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Highly Radioactive Boar Found In Germany This Week
Wild boar exceeding the German limit of 600 bq/kg were found in the region of Saxony. The boar have been
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup, Aug 31, 2014
20 tons of fish returned to Japan from South Korea http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140821-00000035-yonh-kr&pos=3 Whitebait fishing resumes off Fukushima Pref. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140826_31.html TEPCO bypass
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Fukushima Refueling Machine Portion Falls In Spent Fuel Pool
TEPCO is reporting that the console portion of the refueling machine that fell into the spent fuel pool of unit 3
Read moreWIPP; Cause Still Unknown, Missing Records, State Radiation Monitoring Lapsed
The LA Times covers the ongoing issues at WIPP. Their findings match with ours in our efforts to follow the
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Fukushima Disaster Interviews Clear Up Evacuation Of Daiichi Question
A new report released by Kyodo News seems to clear up what transpired and who may have wanted to abandon
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2nd ALPS Decontamination System Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
A second ALPS decontamination system is being installed at Fukushima Daiichi and will begin test operations in early September. NRA
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Fukushima Daiichi Sea Releases Updated To 157 Billion Bq Per Day
Yesterday we reported on TEPCO’s admission of ongoing daily sea releases of contaminated water to the Pacific. The TEPCO rep
Read moreTEPCO Drops Bombshell About Sea Releases; 8 Billion Bq Per Day
TEPCO made the startling admission today at a press conference that the plant is leaking 8 billion bequerels per day.
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TEPCO To Begin Unit 3 Crane Removal From Spent Fuel Pool
A brief note in the daily reports mentioned that TEPCO will be pausing cooling to the unit 3 spent fuel
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TEPCO Failed To Deliver Needed Equipment To Fukushima Daiichi At Height Of Disaster
NHK is reporting this new admission as coming from the late plant manager Masao Yoshida. He discussed problems with getting
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Japan To Pay 820 Mil To Damaged Town, TEPCO Liable In Evacuee Suicide
NHK reported today that an 820 million USD agreement was reached to allow the towns of Futaba an Okuma to
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NRA Volcano Review Of Nuclear Safety Abruptly Exposes Reality
NRA began their review of nuclear safety related to volcano’s this week. This would be considered a good thing for
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Muon Detection Tests Begin In Japan Towards Fuel Detection at Fukushima Daiichi
A sample testing box set was tested at JAEA’s Tokai reactor in late July. The tests helped them come up
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More Fukushima Children Found With Thyroid Cancer
Another periodic report from the Fukushima Health Survey has found more thyroid cancers in children. Another 14 cancers were confirmed
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Aug 24, 2014
TEPCO began treating contaminated groundwater pumped up from around the reactor buildings to see if they can reduce levels low
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Govt. To Disclose All Yoshida Testimony Of Fukushima Disaster
The Japanese government has announced that all 20 hours of Masao Yoshida’s testimony about the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be
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Cracked Belgian Reactors May Be Retired, Same Risk at 22 Nuclear Plants Worldwide
Two Belgian reactors are receiving continued investigations into the structural cracking problems of their reactor vessels. The steel reactor vessels
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Japan NRA To Create Panel To Explore Volcano Risks To Nuclear Plants
Japan’s NRA has established a panel to investigate volcano risks to nuclear plants, on the heels of their claim that
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Fukushima Worker Testimony Made Public, Reveals Height Of The Crisis
“Father, Mother, please forgive me for dying before I could fulfill my duty as a son. After the earthquake, I
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TEPCO To Try Two New Tactics To Stem Radioactive Tide At Fukushima Daiichi
Efforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup August 17, 2014
Kepco: the monstrous 500-pound gorilla of Kansai http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/16/national/kepco-monstrous-500-pound-gorilla-kansai/#.U_Db4PldUrk Work on the trench freezing operation stopped at Fukushima Daiichi. Dry ice
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New Fukushima Worker Testimony Describes Suicide Mission To Vent Unit 1
Kyodo News is running a series of articles based on some of the official testimony of Fukushima Daiichi workers. These
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Japan Nuclear Evacuation Plans Expose Absurdity Of Restarting Reactors
Part of the plan in Japan to attempt to restart reactors including trying to establish evacuation plans based on what
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NHK Admits Fukushima Daiichi Ejected Fuel After Multiple Studies Document It
A rough translation of the NHK article tells something almost unbelievable to see admitted by the state news agency. “It
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Aug 10, 2014
Japan’s central government to offer 300 billion yen over 30 years for towns near Fukushima Daiichi to host nuclear debris
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Fukushima Contaminated Water Problems Worsen
TEPCO announced this week that they wanted to begin pumping up water from the sub drains near the reactor buildings.
Read moreUS Nuclear Regulators Suppressing Reactor Tsunami Study
A study of the tsunami risk at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California has been raising questions about NRC’s honesty
Read moreFukushima Unit 3 Reactor Vessel Failure Preceded Explosion
As part of TEPCO’s admission that 100% of the unit 3 core has melted and left the reactor vessel, they
Read moreHiroshima & Nagasaki 69th Anniversaries
Yesterday was the 69th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the Nagasaki bombing took place on August 9th. Each year many
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TEPCO Admits Unit 3 Had Total Melt Through
TEPCO has admitted that the fuel at unit 3 had a complete melt through. This is where 100% of the
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Fukushima Unit 2 Torus Room Inspection
Hitachi GE conducted robot investigations into unit 2’s torus room on July 17th. The main focus of the work was
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