Unit 4 Fuel Assemblies To Be Removed 3pm JST Today
French journalist Joel Legendre is reporting that TEPCO will begin removing the first fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool
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Work Begins On Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool About Now
NHK reports It is roughly 9:59am as this is being written. Workers at Fukushima Daiichi should have begun the process
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Unit 1 Torus Investigation Nov 2013; Initial Findings
TEPCO has done an inspection of Unit 1’s torus room, this time with a floating robot boat. TEPCO released most
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17.8% Of Unit 1 Spent Fuel Damaged Before Fukushima Disaster
TEPCO is now admitting the number of damaged spent fuel rods in some of their reactors at the Daiichi plant.
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Updated Fukushima Decommissioning Schedule
NHK put out this updated decommissioning schedule for Fukushima Daiichi. It gives an idea how long they assume the project
Read moreMinor Chat Glitch
The chat server had a minor glitch today. It may require rebooting your computer or at a minimum reloading the
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Unit 4 Fuel Removal May Start Monday
According to a document TEPCO released this week, as long as third party inspections are passed Thursday and Friday work
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Unit 1 Leaks Found; We Have The Details
TEPCO has investigated the torus room of unit 1 with the new boat robot. This was an effort to look
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Japan’s WHO Radiation Expert Admits Giving Bad Information, “Oops”
Many following the Fukushima disaster are familiar with Dr. Shunichi Yamashita (aka: Dr. 100 mSv). He headed the Fukushima Health
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59 Total Thyroid Tumors In Fukushima Children
New data has been released from the government study of thyroid abnormalities and cancer in Fukushima children. Of those screened
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Unit 4 Fuel Removal; What You Need To Know
There are lots of concerns about the upcoming fuel removal work at unit 4. With this has come some passing
Read moreSpent Fuel Handling Recommendations For Fukushima
SimplyInfo member Dean Wilkie reviewed a number of industry safety documents related to spent fuel handling safety as applicable at
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima News Roundup November 11, 2013
TEPCO will begin work on the frozen wall project in December. TEPCO is trying to stave off efforts to force
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Japan No Nukes Groups Receive Cyber Attack, Death Threats
33 groups, most of them anti-nuclear groups in Japan have received cyber attacks. The attacks began in September and are
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Oops! TEPCO Drops A Flashlight Into Reactor Suppression Chamber
TEPCO had a long history before the disaster of losing routine objects into their reactors. Everything from clipboards in reactor
Read morePandora’s Promise; What You Need To Know
This film claims to be a documentary but is more of an informercial funded by the nuclear power industry, it
Read moreNuclear Whoppers
A recent NY Times oped resurrects yet again a number of logical fallacies about radiation risk and Fukushima. Probably the
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Why Fukushima’s Reactors Failed
One vulnerable system appears to be able to take out an entire nuclear plant if it fails and it isn’t
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Fukushima Shift; Japan May Take On Entire Disaster Response
The current government in Japan is considering taking on the costs and responsibility of the decontamination work, contaminated soil storage,
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US Puts Major Strings On Offer To Help With Fukushima Disaster
US Energy Secretary Moniz offered “international help” with the Fukushima disaster but it comes with some big strings attached. Ex-SKF
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NRA Suspends Fuel Removal At Unit 4 Fukushima For Two Weeks
Kyodo News is reporting that the NRA is suspending the start of fuel removal from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi
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New Fukushima Radiation Release Estimates Compiled
Fukushima Radiation Release Estimates This is one of the questions we are asked the most, “how much radiation was released
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Japan To Turn TEPCO Into Holding Company, May Join International Nuclear Liability Treaty
The Japanese government has announced they will turn TEPCO into a holding company. This would shift the decommissioning work into
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NRA Gives Approval For Unit 4 Fuel Removal, To Start November 8th
The NRA has given approval to the equipment and plan to begin removing fuel from unit 4’s spent fuel pool
Read moreSimplyInfo.org: Fukushima News Roundup
A TEPCO worker in Ibaraki committed suicide by jumping off the roof of TEPCO’s branch office. The worker didn’t leave
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Radioactive Organic Jam On Store Shelves In US, UK, Elsewhere
Shukan Asahi newspaper in Japan had some imported foods tested and found something slightly shocking. This imported organic Italian jam
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TEPCO To Use New Floating Robot To Inspect Unit 1
TEPCO and Hitachi are working on a floating robot to inspect the torus area of the damaged reactors. The new
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TEPCO Finally Admits Landslide At Fukushima Daiichi 10 Days Later
TEPCO is now admitting publicly, a landslide at the plant that happened 10 days ago. We first heard of the
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SimplyInfo.org Submits Series Of Fukushima Response Proposals To IRID
The Japanese government put out the call for international help with the disaster response at Fukushima Daiichi. The new agency
Read moreTsunami Warnings Over, No Immediate Damage Noted At Fukushima Daiichi
UPDATE: (here comes round 2) Takahiro Katsumi And now this…. via @HirokoTabuchi (NYT) Heavy rain, flood, landslide warnings still in
Read moreM 6.8 Quake Hits Fukushima, Tsunami Warning Issued
Tsunami warning for Fukushima coast http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/focus_2_03_20131026021447.html * M6.8 quake strikes off the coast of Fukushima (02:22) * Tsunami alert
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Toxic Assets: Japan Govt. To Make Fukushima & Nuclear Industry Taxpayer’s Problem As TEPCO Flounders
The LDP has hatched a new scheme to solve all of their inconvenient nuclear problems. TEPCO and all the other
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TEPCO Admits Damage To Unit 4 Fuel And Pool
This news report contains two critical pieces of information regarding the removal of used fuel at unit 4. TEPCO admits
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More Typhoons Approaching, Landslides & Earthquakes At Fukushima Daiichi
This is just not a good week at the plant and not looking to get any better. Former workers at
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TEPCO Declares Rain To Be Highly Radioactive
In a TEPCO press release they cited a valve leak at the H9 tank farm. The said the water had
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US Pacific Coast Seaweed Shows With Fukushima Cesium Contamination
New testing done by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering found Fukushima cesium in US Pacific sea weed. The
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Fukushima Fish Testing Shows Narrow Fantasy View Of Situation
Japanese media declared how fishing that resumed south of Fukushima Daiichi has been largely a “success”. Fishing done near Iwaki
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Fukushima Daiichi Finds Increased Contamination In Drainage Ditch To The Sea
Contamination in a drainage ditch that still runs to the sea saw a considerable spike. The levels went from 19
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Wipha Hits Fukushima Daiichi, TEPCO Releasing Water
TEPCO is already releasing rainwater piled up around the storage areas of the plant. The company said they are testing
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Fukushima Daiichi Buckles Down As Typhoon Wipha Approaches
TEPCO has taken down the large cranes and secured machinery in preparation of Typhoon Wipha. The size of this category
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