TEPCO Releases More Details About Frozen Wall
TEPCO released a short video (in Japanese) giving more information about the test run of the frozen wall technology. The
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Unit 4 Spent Fuel Transfers Now At 154 Assemblies
TEPCO announced another transfer of spent fuel from unit 4 to the common pool. The work would have taken place
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 13, 2013
NHK released a new report on the treatment of workers at Fukushima Daiichi http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsline/201312250500.html Miyagi Prefecture will be doing nuclear
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Taiwan Activists Want Lower Food Radiation Levels, Show Loophole In System
Activists in Taiwan are trying to further lower the allowed level of radioactive contamination in food allowed for sale in
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The “Fukushima” Meltdown Test By JAEA Explained
We were a bit taken aback by the way the press in Japan presented this meltdown test JAEA plans to
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Former Japan PM: We Were Lied To About Nuclear Power
In a recent editorial in the Asahi Shimbun former PM Koizumi makes an unusual and candid statement: “Denjiren (the Federation
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 11, 2011
An in-house Tepco panel has found that the financially troubled utility paid two to five times more than reasonable levels
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More Cesium 137 Found In Gourmet & Organic European Jam Brands
Have some cesium 137 with your toast. Most people assume that organic jam or even better yet, European gourmet or
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Polar Vortex Takes Out Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Plant
The unusually cold weather in the US midwest forced Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant to shut down a little over 2
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NRA Japan Saves The US West Coast And The Rest Of The World
NRA demanded that TEPCO drop test waste canisters to be used to hold highly radioactive sludge from the ALPS processing
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TEPCO Re-Installs Unit 1 Web Camera At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO is reporting they will re-install the web camera near unit 1. The camera is not live yet but will
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60 bq/liter Strontium 90 Found In Deep Well Near Reactors At Fukushima Daiichi
60 bq/liter of strontium 90 was found in the 3/4 deep permeable layer well near the unit 4 turbine building.
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 6, 2014
Greenpeace made efforts to find out the nature of the companies that built Fukushima Daiichi and now benefit from the
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 5, 2013
Masami Yoshizawa is fighting to keep his cattle. He lives in the evacuation zone, defying the government order. Now the
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The Nuclear Victims You Don’t Know About
Dr. Robert Jacobs has a new paper in the Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (November 2013). His paper looks at the
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Fukushima Workers Who Risked Lives, TEPCO Demands They Repay Evacuee Compensation
Many of the workers at Fukushima Daiichi lived in the area. They lost their homes to the tsunami and nuclear
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First Implementation Of Ice Wall Will Allow Emptying Of Highly Contaminated Trench Water
NHK reports that the test operation of the ice wall technology done earlier in December will enable them to isolate
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Research Begins To Plug Containment Downcomers At Fukushima Daiichi
As part of the recent roadmap document TEPCO explained efforts that have begun to find a suitable method to plug
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Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Storage Locations Updated
As part of the larger roadmap document TEPCO has reported some major changes in the location of spent fuel around
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Fukushima Govt. & Fukushima Medical University Signed Secrecy Pact With IAEA
Tokyo Shimbun is reporting the results of their investigation into the dealings of the Fukushima prefecture government, the medical university
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Unit 3 Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Data
There have been a number of unsubstantiated rumors going around about “new problems” at unit 3. Information is always better
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Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Water Treatment System Hits Big Problem
Lack of planning again foils efforts at Fukushima Daiichi. Ex-SKF found the very bad news in a METI report from
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Fukushima Daiichi Groundwater Well Hits 2 Million Bq Beta Radiation
Well 1-16 in the sea front area at Fukushima Daiichi has hit another new record. 2,100,000 bq/liter of beta radiation
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 30, 2013
Reuters put out a special feature story on how the homeless are being recruited to do decontamination work in Fukushima
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Inspection Of Damaged Fuel Assembly Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released a brief report on the bent fuel assembly in unit 4’s spent fuel pool. The outer box of
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2 More Spent Fuel Transfers From Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO announced today that two more fuel transfers have been completed from unit 4 to the common pool. A total
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What Power Companies Do When Nuclear Is No Longer An Easy Option
MidAmerican Energy in the US tried for years to force Iowa residents to pre-pay for a nuclear power plant. Those
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Radioactive Water Found Deep Beneath Unit 4
TEPCO announced today that contaminated water was found in deep groundwater 25 meters (82 feet) below the unit 4 reactor
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TEPCO Sets Up Internal Decommissioning Authority
TEPCO announced it will launch an internal decommissioning authority by April 2014. This internal group would include management from involved
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TEPCO Begins Seismic Review Of Unit 3
TEPCO has begun a seismic review of the condition of unit 3. With the debris removed from the refueling floor,
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Spent Fuel Moved At Unit 4, 88 Total Removed
Another cask of spent fuel has been transferred to the common pool from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. This makes
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Japan To Locate Nuclear Waste Site Without Local Approval, TEPCO Scraps Units 5 & 6
METI has indicated that the Japanese government plans to create high level nuclear waste sites in the country but without
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At Fukushima Daiichi; What The Media Isn’t Reporting
There have been a number of things going on at the plant in recent weeks that do not make the
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 16, 2013
Banks that have been lending money to TEPCO say they will cut off new loans after this upcoming ones for
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Fukushima Highly Contaminated Well Shows More Problems
TEPCO released a report with three months worth of readings from the sea front wells. Well 1-16 has had significantly
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TEPCO Admits Water Injection Failure, Has Known Since March 2011
TEPCO admitted on Friday that the emergency water injection into the melting down reactor may have failed. They began injecting
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SimplyInfo.org’s Fukushima Corium Research Experiment Results
In our research we have tried to find ways to help explain some of the behaviors seen in meltdown accidents.
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 12, 2013
School bullying in Japan is up 180% with a significantly higher rate in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. The ministry
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Fukushima Water Leak Issues May Still Be Out Of Control In 2020
Officials from METI admit that problems with leaking contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi may still not be under control in
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Another Load Of Spent Fuel Moved At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has moved another load of spent fuel from unit 4 to the common pool. After the initial fuel transfers
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