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Takahama could restart in spring http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141213p2a00m0na012000c.html Ikata nuclear plant is one step closer to obtaining restart approval https://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/12/326990.html Taiwan set
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Unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi has had 1507 fuel assemblies removed. The remaining fuel assemblies in the pool are all
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The US company that supplied a mobile strontium 90 filtration system is saying it met target goals of performance at
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JAEA and IRID have been working on various project for removal and storage of the corium (melted fuel) in the
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The state of New Mexico has fined Los Alamos National Lab and WIPP a total of 54 million dollars for
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Mushrooms from Tochigi prefecture tested and found to have 4158 bq/kg of cesium. The test was recently completed and shows
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TEPCO showed in a handout that got little attention that the concrete reactor well cover for unit 1 is dislodged.
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The international press reported today that there was an incident at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Most reports were light
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In a big move German energy company Eon announced they would dump all of their nuclear, coal and gas business
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1419 fuel assemblies have been removed from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. 114 assemblies left to move, with these being
Read moreTransformer explosion in switching yard takes down Tihange nuclear reactor in Belgium http://www.lameuse.be/1159492/article/2014-11-30/tihange-des-cables-electriques-en-feu-a-cote-de-la-centrale-nucleaire-une-explos Fukushima workers still in murky labor contracts:
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TEPCO has made multiple attempts to deal with the unit 2 trench full of highly contaminated water. In 2011 they
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IRID has made some progress on their research to find ways to seal the containment structures at Fukushima Daiichi. The
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As part of reviewing IRID’s updates on work progress for Fukushima Daiichi, new information about robots to be used and
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TEPCO drained 200,000 liters of water out of the unit 2 trench after they declared the end near the turbine
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TEPCO has finally begun draining the Unit 2 trench of highly radioactive water. The trench was found to contain highly
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IRID released a number of progress updates in recent weeks. In this part we cover what is new information about efforts to
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A new Greenpeace radiation survey done in Fukushima prefecture, outside the evacuation zone, showed unsafe levels of radiation. Various locations
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The leak has now been admitted to have been worse than initially claimed. A new set of reports via the
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I report from late September showed that mushrooms cultivated for home consumption were still very high in cesium contamination. Mushrooms
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The first nuclear disaster drill in Niigata in 2013 resulted in a considerable failure. This year another supposedly easier drill
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A presentation given at a recent American Chemical Society meeting outlined the discovery of Fukushima radioactive contamination in food soon
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As news came out about yet another finding of Fukushima radioactive contamination offshore of North America, TEPCO published a rather
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43 groups from around the world delivered a formal letter to the UN during the UN general assembly. The letter
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TEPCO cites that they have removed the last of the damaged fuel from unit 4’s spent fuel pool. They provided
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TEPCO has removed a second section of building cover from unit 1. As the first section was removed TEPCO claimed
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Woods Hole’s radiation mapping program has found Fukushima identified cesium 150km off the shore of Eureka California. A press release
Read more8 Countries With Nuclear Power Plants Most At Risk Of Tsunamis http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/8-Countries-With-Nuclear-Power-Plants-Most-At-Risk-Of-Tsunamis.html Japan’s nuclear industry group delays decision on MOX
Read moreThree workers were injured when steel construction materials for tanks at Fukushima Daiichi fell on them. One is in the
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Over a series of statements and presentations from Los Alamos officials, information has come out regarding some of the other
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IRID released a new report recently (the English translation was released after the Japanese version). In this report the explain
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This tactic has already been used on some TEPCO employees that are also evacuees. Now TEPCO is harassing the general
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Multiple significant safety issues are being ignored while Japan appears to be rushing into a restart of their nuclear power
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TEPCO announced they have removed all of the spent fuel from unit 4. They did not provide details about the
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The first worker from WIPP has filed a lawsuit claiming widespread negligence at WIPP by the Department of Energy and
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IRID reports progress on the new robot that will be used to attempt to look inside the reactor pedestal of
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One of the funded research projects towards the response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster may have an unusual side effect
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In recent weeks TEPCO began reporting about high radiation readings in subdrain pits near the reactor buildings. TEPCO’s original intention was
Read moreTsunami evacuees caught in $30 billion Japan money trap http://www.trust.org/item/20141031005413-ux955/?source=leadCarousel OPPD employee raked in 1.2 million while the plant failed
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TEPCO has begun work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool at unit 5 Fukushima Daiichi.
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