Japan Nuclear Restarts Continue To Struggle Against Reality
The head of Japan’s NRA is now claiming volcanologists that have raised concerns about the safety of the Sendai nuclear plant
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Fukushima Underground Zeolite Wall Explained
TEPCO and the team of contractors that worked on the underground zeolite wall have released more detail about the validation
Read moreFukushima Worker Electrocuted, 3 Power Issues At Plant
An electrician was electrocuted while working on the new office building at Fukushima Daiichi. The worker was taken to the
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Japan Doubles Hospitals Labeled As Radiation Response In Name Only
We reported last week on the response failure of radiation injury capable hospitals during the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The government
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Tokai Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant To Close
JAEA has announced it will decommission the Tokai nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. Needed safety upgrades would be too costly so
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Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Evacuation Myth; Not Enough Buses
Asahi Shimbun continues to investigate Japan’s nuclear evacuation plans. This time they looked at the availability of buses to evacuate
Read moreSimplyInfo; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Sept 28, 2014
Govt. drafts bill on Fukushima radioactive waste http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140927_13.html Atomic Energy Agency finds more effective way to measure radiation in reservoirs
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Researchers Find Radiation Hot Spots Off Coast Near Fukushima
Japan’s nuclear regulator and a team of researchers completed a set of sea floor monitoring earlier this summer. They found
Read moreTwo Quakes Hit Offshore Of Fukushima Daiichi
Two moderate quakes hit offshore of Fukushima Daiichi today. “The Japan Meteorological Agency says the first earthquake struck at 9:45
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Fukushima Unit 3 Dust Disperal Hints At Accident Events
TEPCO’s report on contaminated dust dispersal that ended up contaminating rice fields north of the damaged nuclear site may indicate
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Japan’s Old Nuclear Program Is New Again
Nuclear restarts in Japan have taken a political turn. Japan’s industry minister revived previous administration’s claims that Japan “needs” nuclear
Read moreFrustration Reigns Around WIPP Incident
Frustration seems to be the general response by both government officials and the public regarding WIPP and the response by
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Second Barrel At Risk At WIPP As Explosion Cause Investigated
Los Alamos has narrowed down what they think is the risk scenario that lead to the barrel explosion at WIPP.
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Groundwater Bypass May Be Lowering Contaminated Water At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO thinks the groundwater bypass system they are operating at Fukushima Daiichi may be reducing the contaminated water outflow by
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TEPCO Gets Approval To Concrete Tunnels At Fukushima Daiichi
As part of the ongoing work to install the frozen wall around the reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi, concreting some
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Fukushima Fisherman Balk At New Contaminated Water Release Plan
Fishermen have raised concerns with TEPCO’s new plan to dump treated water into the sea. The group is not convinced
Read moreNew Fukushima Evacuation Revelations From First Responders
This information was found buried in a HiCare conference report from later in 2011. They explained their response as radiation
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What Yoshida Said
Various news outlets have dripped out bits of information from the now released testimony of the late Fukushima Daiichi plant chief.
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ALPS 2.0 Begins Test Operations At Fukushima Daiichi
The new and improved version of ALPS has begun test operations. TEPCO announced the first of the two units has
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1254 Fuel Assemblies Removed From Fukushima Unit 4
TEPCO reported that as of September 16, 2014 they have removed 1254 fuel assemblies from unit 4’s fuel pool. This
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IRID Admits Fukushima Unit 1 Fuel May Be Outside Of Containment
The head of IRID made this interesting admission during the fall meeting of Atomic Energy Society of Japan last week.
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Sept 14, 2014
Three years later, Fukushima radiation leaves towns eerily empty http://www.cbsnews.com/news/three-years-later-fukushima-radiation-leaves-towns-eerily-empty/ Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140830/fukushima-nuclear-plant-chief-feared-catastrophe-easte
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TEPCO Found Liable For Deaths Of Fukushima Hospital Patients
A Japanese court found TEPCO to be 75% liable for the deaths of some of the hospital patients from Futaba
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Abe Approves Of Non Existent Evacuations Plans For Sendai
Prime minister Abe said that he approves of the evacuation plans around the Sendai nuclear plant and that he considers
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Underground Zeolite Wall Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO announced the completion of the installation of an 80 meter wide underground zeolite wall at Fukushima Daiichi. This wall’s
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Sendai May Get Restart Approval, Who Has Potential To Restart
Japan’s NRA is expected to give restart approval for the Sendai nuclear plant this week. The reactors still would not
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Japan Govt. May Financially Help Nuclear Utilities Cover Losses From Decommissioning
The Japanese government is considering giving some sort of financial assistance to nuclear power utilities that decide to scrap their
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KEPCO To Scrap 2 Reactors At Mihama Nuclear Plant
Asahi Shimbun announced via the Facebook page that KEPCO would be decommissioning two of the three units at Mihama nuclear
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Tsuruga #2 Reactor To Never Restart
Japan’s NRA declared that they would not revisit their ruling that the fault under the Tsuruga #2 reactor is active. Japanese
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Tritium Filtration To Be Tested For Fukushima Daiichi
This is a considerable development. Tritium is a considerable contamination problem at Fukushima Daiichi, with hundreds of billions of becquerels
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Fukushima Workers File Suit Over Missing Pay
Workers have taken the unusual step of suing TEPCO for unpaid wages, even though the four workers are employed by
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TEPCO Admits High Radiation Readings In Fukushima Port
TEPCO began a second round of concrete covering of the port at Fukushima Daiichi in June 2014. As they began
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Work Resumes Tomorrow
TEPCO is reporting that work to remove fuel from the unit 4 spent fuel pool will resume tomorrow. Removal work
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NRA Nuclear Plant Volcano Study Could Take Another Year
Without saying how this might impact the potential restart of the Sendai Nuclear Plant, NRA said it would take about
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Highly Radioactive Boar Found In Germany This Week
Wild boar exceeding the German limit of 600 bq/kg were found in the region of Saxony. The boar have been
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup, Aug 31, 2014
20 tons of fish returned to Japan from South Korea http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140821-00000035-yonh-kr&pos=3 Whitebait fishing resumes off Fukushima Pref. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140826_31.html TEPCO bypass
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Fukushima Refueling Machine Portion Falls In Spent Fuel Pool
TEPCO is reporting that the console portion of the refueling machine that fell into the spent fuel pool of unit 3
Read moreWIPP; Cause Still Unknown, Missing Records, State Radiation Monitoring Lapsed
The LA Times covers the ongoing issues at WIPP. Their findings match with ours in our efforts to follow the
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Fukushima Disaster Interviews Clear Up Evacuation Of Daiichi Question
A new report released by Kyodo News seems to clear up what transpired and who may have wanted to abandon
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2nd ALPS Decontamination System Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
A second ALPS decontamination system is being installed at Fukushima Daiichi and will begin test operations in early September. NRA
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