Nuclear News Roundup – August 2, 2012
The Hamaoka nuclear plant in Japan is worse off than first assumed. Reuters is reporting that radioactive water was found
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TEPCO New Live Camera View
TEPCO moved their live camera this week. They claim it is due to public demand to see unit 4 better.
Read moreNew Series Germany’s Energy Revolution
We are beginning a new series of articles on Germany’s energy revolution. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany
Read moreTorus Bellows As Weak Point In Fukushima Reactors
Many penetrations and connections within a reactor vessel can cause weak points where structural failure or corium (melted fuel) leakage
Read moreRadiation Monitoring Data In Japan Systematically Faked Downward
As with so many things going on in relation to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, people know something isn’t right
Read moreTwo Workers At Daiichi Hospitalized
According to Spreadnews.de two workers fell ill while removing debris from unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi. Both were taken to the on
Read moreUS Nuclear Industry History Of Safety Failures & NRC Apathy
This 2001 Time.com article fell into our inbox over the weekend. What it shows was going on in the late
Read moreFukushima Animal Rescuers Employ New Technology, Chased By Police
This is a story that has been going on since soon after the disaster. The authorities told people to evacuate
Read moreThis is one section of a larger article on the thyroid issues for children in the Tohoku region of Japan
Read moreSunday Protest 200,000 Surround Diet Building
Protests started at 3pm JST and went on into the night with marches to TEPCO, METI and a candlelight protest
Read more“The Economy Was Given Priority Over Human Life”, Interview With Maya Koabayashi
Maya Koabayashi lived in Fukushima City. After the nuclear disaster in Japan her life changed as did the lives of
Read moreContamination Rampant In Miyagi Prefecture
Little attention has been played to Miyagi prefecture in relation to the nuclear disaster in Japan. It is well publicized
Read moreStrontium 90 Found In Throughout Japan From Fukushima
UPDATE: Some old readings from 2011 taken near the plant and around the evacuation zone give an idea of the
Read moreUnit 2 At Fukushima Spewing 8 Million Bq Per Hour Almost 1.5 Years Later
TEPCO has admitted the current radiation release levels at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. While these levels are a small fraction
Read moreNew Fukushima Report Shows Failings Are Ongoing
More information is coming out in the English language media about the recently released 3rd report on the Fukushima nuclear
Read moreNews Roundup July 23, 2012
News Roundup July 23, 2012 (art work by Yoshitomo Nara) Another report on the Fukushima disaster is out. This one
Read moreAnother Nuclear Plant Technical Workers Strike On The Horizon
Workers at the US Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Palo IA may go on strike soon after the plant owner
Read moreSubcontractor In Scandal A TEPCO Subsidiary, Glass Badges Checked
As was assumed would be claimed, TEPCO is now claiming the workers who covered their dosimeters with lead plates and
Read moreDr. Robert Jacobs Explains Social Mobilization In Japan After Fukushima
Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute (and SimplyInfo member) explains the social impact on the people in Fukushima
Read moreMore Details On The Fukushima Workers Exposure Scandal
More information has come out today as the media has gathered more information on the falsifying of worker radiation doses
Read moreEdano: “We have to eventually terminate all nuclear power stations”
Kyodo News is reporting new comments from METI head Yukio Edano on Japan’s dependence on nuclear power. “I think we
Read moreFukushima Workers Forced To Fake Radiation Levels
Contract workers at Fukushima Daiichi were forced by bosses to cover their dosimeters in lead covers. The dosimeter is the
Read moreThyroid Exposure In Fukushima Children
An updated survey of children in Fukushima prefecture who were exposed to fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has
Read moreA Bad Week For Nuclear Power
It has not been a good week for nuclear power around the world. These are just some of the things
Read moreActive Faults May Doom Japan’s Nuclear Reactors
NISA has ordered owners of the Oi and Shika nuclear plants to inspect faults that run under their reactors in
Read moreFuel Assembly Removed From Daiichi Unit 4 Fuel Pool
TEPCO has removed the first unused fuel assembly. Kyodo reported it about 8 hours ago. The second assembly should be
Read moreHydrangea Revolution Blooms, Will It Change Japan?
With the rallies, protests and actions growing every week in Japan what will be the tipping point for real change?
Read moreThe New US Nuclear Propaganda Weapon – Women
The US nuclear industry’s lobbyists, NEI have a new tactic up their sleeve. Using women to convince the public how
Read moreJapan Nuclear News Roundup July 16, 2012
News Roundup for July 16, 2012 (artwork to the left by Misato Yugi) Nuclear Industry Updates & Failures The area
Read moreJapan Government Asks Prefectures To Move 4 Nuclear Offsite Centers
Kyodo is reporting that the government is asking 4 prefectures to move their emergency offsite centers. The centers are within
Read moreJapan Government Covers Up Children’s Radiation Doses, Again
In a long list of bad actions by the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters, that has been in charge of radiation dose
Read moreCalifornia Produce Showing Up With Fukushima Radiation
Security Tokyo has tested two sets of imported foods from California and found low levels of cesium 134. Due to
Read moreFukushima Daiichi Unit 4, Unaddressed Risks
TEPCO released a handout showing that debris and the upper walls has been removed from unit 4. The report also
Read moreNuclear Shenanigans
The nuclear mafia continues to do whatever they want and laugh at the rest of us. Fukui prefecture in response
Read moreLeaked Japan Nuclear Industry Document Admits There Is No Power Shortage In Japan, Predicts Industry Demise
Part of the initial Anonymous data dump last week included a private letter from the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum. This
Read moreAngry Atomic Activist Anti-Nuclear Jellyfish Strike Oi! & News Roundup
Everyone is getting in on the growing protests, even the jellyfish. Unit 3 at Oi nuclear plant, the subject of
Read moreAnonymous Leaks 40gb of Nuclear Power Inside Information
None of this information is classified data but it does give some big insights into what is really going on
Read moreProtests Grow In Japan, Declare Nuclear Era Is Over
Update: Organizers cite about 150,000 attended with many blocked by various police actions including using cars to block the road,
Read moreFukushima Station Black Out & Delusion
This featured post authored by SimplyInfo member Peter Melzer originally appeared on his blog Peter Reviews Products & Procedures (copyright P. Melzer)
Read moreNews Roundup July 4, 2012
40% of the residents of Okuma near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster said they do not intend to return. This
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