Fukushima Unit 4; 814 Spent Fuel Assemblies Removed
814 spent fuel assemblies have been removed from the spent fuel pool of unit 4 to the common pool. Workers
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New Fukushima Containment Investigation Plan Confirmed
Details of the new upcoming effort to investigate the containment structures of the melted reactors at Fukushima Daiichi have been
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Scandal
The Japanese government began funding this project after it was discovered TEPCO had realized the need, yet hid the problem
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; May 4 2014
Tritium levels at the Fukushima Daiichi site have jumped by 17 trillion becquerels since January. There is new concern that
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Chat System Has Moved
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Fukushima Reactor Water Leak Sources Admitted By TEPCO
Buried in the most recent Roadmap document is some useful information about how and where reactor water is leaking out
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TEPCO Books 438 Billion Yen Profit
TEPCO again books a profit, this time about 438 billion yen. The company recently received another injection of government money.
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Hits Half Way Mark
Don’t pop the champagne quite yet. Removal of spent fuel from the damaged unit 4 fuel pool has crossed the
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Fukushima Spent Fuel Progress Report
Spent fuel processing at Fukushima has made some new progress though much work remains with higher risk work being left
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Fukushima Unit 3; MSIV Shows Considerable Damage
TEPCO completed an initial inspection of the unit 3 MSIV room that houses valves critical to shutting down the reactor.
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Fukushima Unit 4; 748 Fuel Assemblies Removed
Unit 4 has had 748 fuel assemblies removed to the common pool as of today. This article would not be
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Taiwan Protests Grow To 50,000, Govt. Halts Nuclear Plant Construction
Protests in Taiwan grew and continued on over the weekend. They have had some impact as the government at least
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No Nuclear Protests In Taiwan Continue With Large Events
Protesters in Taiwan have been in action all week. Today they established a sit in on the anniversary of the
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Japan Finds Continuing With Nuclear Power More Than Challenging
Japan’s nuclear regulator took a shot at the nuclear industry response to safety after Fukushima. “He said nuclear operators have
Read moreTEPCO Gets More Money From Japanese Government
TEPCO received another 191.8 billion yen from the Japanese government. The money is intended to be used to pay compensation claims
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NRA Makes Faulty Assumption About Fukushima Leaks
A report issued this week by the NRA cites that two monitoring points outside the plant serve as indicators for
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No Nukes Protests In Second Day In Taiwan
No nukes protests in Taiwan started yesterday on Earth Day with some public gatherings in Taipei. By evening protesters had
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Fukushima Groundwater Wells Contaminated From Leaking Tanks
This was bound to happen and TEPCO had to have known this at the time they pushed for permission to
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Fukushima Unit 4; 704 Fuel Assemblies Removed
704 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool as of this
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Fukushima Unit 3 Crane Leaks Oil Into Spent Fuel Pool
The refueling crane that crashed into the spent fuel pool of unit 3 has begun leaking oil into the pool.
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima Nuclear News Roundup; April 21, 2014
The new manager of Fukushima Daiichi admitted the string of failures at the plant were embarrassing and that the plant was
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Prefabricated Tanks Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
As part of the efforts by the government and METI to improve the contaminated water problem at Fukushima Daiichi new
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Contaminated Zone Found Inside WIPP Mine
The Associated Press is reporting that Thursday’s mine entry effort found widespread contamination the further they went into the mine.
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Tamura Fukushima Residents Angry Over Govt. Hiding Radiation Levels
Residents of Tamura, the town that recently had the evacuation level lifted are angry at the government for withholding radiation
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Struggles For Information & Justice Continue In Japan Over Fukushima
Hyogo prefecture has been stalling the release of a nuclear crisis study’s data. A freedom of information act request mandated
Read moreUS Nuclear Plagued With New Problems
(this article now available in Polish via http://www.marmas.nazwa.pl/wordpress/?p=549 we thank them for their translation efforts) The much touted SMR nuclear reactor program
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Japan Radiation Embargoed Food List
The Japanese government has been wooing the media with claims that all the contamination in the food supply has miraculously
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Fukushima Reactor Water Pump Switch Mistaken For Air Conditioner
TEPCO still has not completely ruled out this being a deliberate act, but is assuming it may have been a
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High Level Water Leak At Fukushima ALPS System
NHK is reporting the leak of water being injected into a high impact storage container at the ALPS decontamination system.
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Corium Experiments; Pedestal Behaviors Using Lead
As part of the ongoing work to better understand how corium (melted reactor fuel) can behave after burning through the
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Radiation Level At Koriyama School Same As Near Daiichi
This report today by 47 news shows the decontamination work underway in a school yard of a Koriyama elementary school.
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Fukushima Towns Take A Stand Against IAEA, UNSCEAR
A number of towns in Fukushima prefecture have decided to fight the IAEA & UNSCEAR over misuse and abuse of
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Fukushima Fuel Fragment Found In Home Vacuum Bag 460km From Disaster Site
Marco Kaltofan at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has issued more information about some unusual findings from a home vacuum cleaner bag they
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Citizens Continue To Find Inaccurate Govt. Radiation Monitors In Fukushima
Citizens continue to find government radiation monitoring stations that read lower than the actual reading for the location. This one
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Fukushima Highly Radioactive Water Accidentally Released From Reactor Basement
TEPCO has admitted that highly radioactive water from reactor building basements was pumped out of the buildings into the basements
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Fukushima Unit 4; 638 Fuel Assemblies Removed
638 spent fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool as of
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Japan Govt. Orchestrates Fukushima Denial, Nuclear Restarts
The Japanese government continues to push for reactor restarts and to establish nuclear power as part of the national energy
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TEPCO Ignores Tank Alarms For Hours, Here Is Why
Ex SKF found the reason why TEPCO workers had been ignoring the new tank alarms for hours at a time.
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Fukushima Daiichi Radioactive Tank Leak To Pacific Far Worse Than Admitted
TEPCO has admitted that the radioactive sludge leak from the H4 tank farm last August was more than three times
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Fukushima Students Left With Few Good Choices
Some students in Fukushima have returned to schools on the edges of the evacuation zone. A school in Tamura reopened
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