Fukushima News Roundup; February 4, 2014
TEPCO admits 1 ton an hour of water injected into reactors is leaking but they don’t know where or how.
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New Fuel Damage Found At Fukushima Unit 4
TEPCO did inspections on a damaged fuel assembly in the unit 4 spent fuel pool. The series of videos showed
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TEPCO Tries To Sell Failed Bypass System Again
In an unexplained change of plans TEPCO and the Japanese govt. are back to trying to sell the fishing groups
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264 Fuel Assemblies Removed At Fukushima Unit 4
264 fuel assemblies have been removed to the common pool from unit 4. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/removal4u/index-e.html This article would not be possible
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SimplyInfo.Org Zeolite Plan To Be Tested At Fukushima Daiichi
NHK is reporting that the government task force and TEPCO will implement one of our submitted ideas at the plant.
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SimplyInfo.org Submits 3 Proposals On Fukushima Fuel Removal
Our research team has submitted three novel proposals to IRID related to the fuel location and removal challenges at Fukushima
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Fukushima Unit 2 Torus Has A Hole In It
Kyodo is reporting a 3cm hole in the unit 2 torus. TEPCO claims that water is leaking out through this
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Radiation Makes People Invisible – Full Article
Radiation Makes People Invisible Robert Jacobs A version in Japanese is available here: http://wp.me/p1zinA-3ev Radiation makes people invisible. We know that
Read moreRadiation Makes People Invisible (Part 3)
This is part three of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
Read moreRadiation Makes People Invisible (Part 2)
This is part two of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
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Fukushima Unit 4 Removes 220 Fuel Assemblies
This week’s update on unit 4 fuel removal shows a total of 220 assemblies being removed to the common pool
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Nuclear power utilities bought political fundraising tickets with power customer cash. They spent just enough on tickets to be under
Read moreRadiation Makes People Invisible (Part 1)
This is part one of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
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PSR Mourns Loss Of Dr. Jeff Patterson
Former head of Physicians For Social Responsibility, Dr. Jeff Patterson unexpectedly died of a heart attack earlier this week. Dr.
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Fukushima Unit 2 Fuel Removal Exploration Begins Next Week
TEPCO announced they will begin work to explore the best method to remove spent fuel from unit 2. Since the
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GE Hitachi Settlement With US Dept. Of Justice Over Falsified Reactor Design
The US Department of Justice has announced a $2.7 million dollar settlement after a GE Hitachi employee filed a whistleblower
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US Fish Tested For Strontium 90
A US based fish company has had some of their salmon and tuna tested for strontium 90. Fukushima Voice reports
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Fukushima Unit 2 Torus Ultrasound Finds Internal Water Level
The ultrasound robot has been run inside unit 2 to attempt to determine the water level for the torus tube.
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Fukushima Unit 3 MSIV Room Door Blown In
News 24 is reporting that TEPCO has admitted that the steel door for the MSIV room was found to be
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Unit 1 Scans Find Highly Contaminated Vent Pipe
Robots with sophisticated gamma scanning cameras were sent in to unit 1 to establish contaminated areas as decontamination efforts take
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More On Fukushima Unit 3, TEPCO Fails To Explain Levels
TEPCO released two new handouts on the leak at unit 3. This gives some additional insight but still fails to
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TEPCO Thinks Water Leak At U3 Has Reduced
TEPCO thinks that the water leak at unit 3 has reduced in volume. They claim nothing has changed in reactor
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Fukushima Unit 4 198 Assemblies Removed
TEPCO announced late yesterday that another round of fuel assemblies was removed from unit 4 to the common pool at
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Groundwater Well At Fukushima Daiichi Hits 3.1 Million Bq
Groundwater well 1-16 at Fukushima Daiichi has hit 3.1 million bq of beta radiation. This is a new high for
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TEPCO Admits Containment Failure Possible Source Of U3 Leak
NHK is reporting some newer admissions from TEPCO on the unit 3 water leak found over the weekend. They continue
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Unit 3 New Water Leak; TEPCO Explanations Fail To Identify Source
TEPCO has reported a leak in unit 3 coming out of the area of the steam tunnel where the main
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176 Fuel Assemblies Removed From Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO’s weekly update on fuel removed from Unit 4’s spent fuel pool now sits at 176 spent assemblies removed from
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Leak At Unit 3 Found To Be High Radiation Water
TEPCO announced a leak in unit 3 near the steam tunnel area over the weekend. They initially tried to blame
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48th Anniversary Of Palomares Nuclear Disaster
Friday was the 48th anniversary of the Palomares nuclear disaster. A US B52 collided with a refueling plane over southern
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Japan ruling government to wait on decision on nuclear energy policy until after Tokyo governors race http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/politics/news/CK2014011702000199.html Candidate for Tokyo
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Alaska & Washington Salmon Tested For Radiation
A Seattle fish company had some of their fish privately tested in late 2013. With all the US government agencies
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Democracy Now! In Japan This Week, Covers Fukushima
Alternative news television Democracy Now! Is broadcasting from Japan this week. Anchor Amy Goodman is covering a variety of topics
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Torus Ultrasound Inspection Being Done On Unit 2
TEPCO has done test runs with the ultrasound robot intended to detect the water level inside the torus tubes at
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Town To Be Built Near Fukushima Daiichi
Municipal authorities announced there is a plan to build a town with the capacity to house 3000 people in Okuma.
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US Congress Requests Data From USS Ronald Reagan Fukushima Response
US Congress has requested data related to the exposures. “Lawmakers requested not only an inventory of any adverse medical conditions
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Japan Nuclear Evacuations Would Take 12+ Hours To More Than 6 Days
An independent study in Japan showed it would take at least 12 or more hours to evacuate a 30km zone
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Two New Pacific Radiation Monitoring Programs Launch
Woods Hole has officially launched their program to continue testing the Pacific for cesium concentrations due to the Fukushima nuclear
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ALPS Still Not Meeting Targets, Operation Date Uncertain
NRA is saying that ALPS is still not meeting the radiation removal targets claimed for the system. A problem with
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NRA Releases New Radiation Zone Maps
The NRA has released new radiation “fly over” maps. The newest scans were done in September of 2013. They showed
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Fukushima Groundwater Well Hits 2.4 Million bq/liter
Well 1-16 at the seafront has again hit a new high. 2.4 million bq/liter was found in the water of
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