Gov’t raises max allowable ambient radiation level in nuclear disaster cleanup zones http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140731p2a00m0na022000c.html TEPCO is now dumping 15 tons of
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TEPCO released a short handout this week that explains their plan for removing the damaged fuel at unit 4. One
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TEPCO hopes to have two new installations of ALPS completed in September and October of this year. The company is
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After weeks of unit 5 not having an operational spent fuel pool cooling system, TEPCO has finally replaced the leaking
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A citizen inquest panel has determined that 3 TEPCO executives and possibly a 4th should stand trial for their decision
Read moreTheodore Van Kirk died the 29th in a retirement home in the US at age 93. He was the last
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A former Kansai Electric (KEPCO) executive came forward to admit the nuclear company had been giving huge amounts of secret
Read moreThe Albuquerque Journal discovered that the contractor for WIPP received a 1.9 million dollar performance bonus… after the WIPP fire
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The US department of Energy has granted billions in guarantees to get these projects off the ground. The promised efficiency
Read moreResidents within 5km of the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima were given potassium iodide tablets to keep on hand in
Read moreMETI considering opening some evacuation areas over Bon holiday http://www.meti.go.jp/earthquake/nuclear/20140722_01.html Iitate Residents File For Arbitration http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140722_28.html Former Tomioka mayor dies
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NHK is reporting that the groundwater bypass system being used by TEPCO isn’t making a significant change in groundwater levels
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A new study of Japanese snow monkeys shows that they may be suffering from damage from radiation exposure. Researchers found
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The manufacturer that sold TEPCO used bolt together tanks for use at Fukushima Daiichi said that the tanks were known
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Update: Added table of sea water data at the end and another TEPCO handout on the work released this week.
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TEPCO admitted today that the plant is still releasing 10 million becquerels per hour to the atmosphere. This is in
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TEPCO has announced their plan to remove the cover of unit 1 so that debris on the refueling floor can
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Japanese PM Abe made a statement over the weekend that he would restart Japan’s nuclear plants “by some means or
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Work has begun, to concrete over the port at Fukushima Daiichi for a second time. Initial work to concrete over
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Japan’s NRA gave an initial approval towards the Sendai nuclear plant meeting government “safety standards”. There are still other aspects
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Nuclear historian at Hiroshima University (and SimplyInfo.org member) Dr. Robert Jacobs will be speaking in Tokyo July 19th at an
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More information has come out about the contamination caused by the demolition work on unit 3. It was not the
Read moreThe current president of French Polynesia intends to destroy a national monument to the victims of atomic testing. France conducted
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Yahoo News is reporting that over a 4 hour period of demolition work on unit 3 in August 2013, 4
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The rice fields were contaminated in August of 2013, the Agriculture Ministry didn’t inform TEPCO until March 2014 and never
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TEPCO has admitted to re-contaminating the area around Minamisoma after being confronted by the agriculture ministry. Rice in Minamisoma was
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TEPCO again has posted no information about the needed repair of the spent fuel pool cooling system on unit 5
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Workers for TEPCO have been leaving at a rapid pace. Between cuts in pay and the social stigma of working
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TEPCO still has not given any further information about the needed repair of the leaking valve for the main cooling
Read moreSome Okuma residents have given up on the idea of returning home and are requesting compensation for their property. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140704_04.html
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Unit 5 continues to operate on shared cooling with the reactor vessel. Graphs of hourly temperature data pulled today show
Read moreThe 6.8 quake in Japan on early Saturday morning generated tsunami warnings and caused a few evacuations. So far no
Read moreA shallow 6.8 quake off the Fukushima coast triggered a tsunami warning. No initial visible damage was noted at Fukushima
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TEPCO switched the unit 5 spent fuel pool over to sharing the cooling system for the reactor (the
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The July 9th reading for monitoring well 1-2 at the sea front had this startling reading. 39,000,000 bq/liter of beta
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TEPCO’s statements earlier this week that they would use a back and forth method of cooling the spent fuel pool
Read moreTEPCO reported to NHK that they are preparing for the incoming tropical storm. Cranes and tank weirs have been prepped
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TEPCO is claiming a small water flow of 2 milliliters per minute is causing the frozen wall installation in cable
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Asahi Shimbun has finally released a translation of the Yoshida testimony on the Fukushima Disaster. The interviews caused controversy when
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Yesterday TEPCO reported that they had restarted the regular cooling system of unit 5’s spent fuel pool. The report indicated
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