Fukushima Daiichi Sea Releases Updated To 157 Billion Bq Per Day
Yesterday we reported on TEPCO’s admission of ongoing daily sea releases of contaminated water to the Pacific. The TEPCO rep
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TEPCO Drops Bombshell About Sea Releases; 8 Billion Bq Per Day
TEPCO made the startling admission today at a press conference that the plant is leaking 8 billion bequerels per day.
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TEPCO To Begin Unit 3 Crane Removal From Spent Fuel Pool
A brief note in the daily reports mentioned that TEPCO will be pausing cooling to the unit 3 spent fuel
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TEPCO Failed To Deliver Needed Equipment To Fukushima Daiichi At Height Of Disaster
NHK is reporting this new admission as coming from the late plant manager Masao Yoshida. He discussed problems with getting
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Japan To Pay 820 Mil To Damaged Town, TEPCO Liable In Evacuee Suicide
NHK reported today that an 820 million USD agreement was reached to allow the towns of Futaba an Okuma to
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NRA Volcano Review Of Nuclear Safety Abruptly Exposes Reality
NRA began their review of nuclear safety related to volcano’s this week. This would be considered a good thing for
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Muon Detection Tests Begin In Japan Towards Fuel Detection at Fukushima Daiichi
A sample testing box set was tested at JAEA’s Tokai reactor in late July. The tests helped them come up
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More Fukushima Children Found With Thyroid Cancer
Another periodic report from the Fukushima Health Survey has found more thyroid cancers in children. Another 14 cancers were confirmed
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Aug 24, 2014
TEPCO began treating contaminated groundwater pumped up from around the reactor buildings to see if they can reduce levels low
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Govt. To Disclose All Yoshida Testimony Of Fukushima Disaster
The Japanese government has announced that all 20 hours of Masao Yoshida’s testimony about the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be
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Cracked Belgian Reactors May Be Retired, Same Risk at 22 Nuclear Plants Worldwide
Two Belgian reactors are receiving continued investigations into the structural cracking problems of their reactor vessels. The steel reactor vessels
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Japan NRA To Create Panel To Explore Volcano Risks To Nuclear Plants
Japan’s NRA has established a panel to investigate volcano risks to nuclear plants, on the heels of their claim that
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Fukushima Worker Testimony Made Public, Reveals Height Of The Crisis
“Father, Mother, please forgive me for dying before I could fulfill my duty as a son. After the earthquake, I
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TEPCO To Try Two New Tactics To Stem Radioactive Tide At Fukushima Daiichi
Efforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup August 17, 2014
Kepco: the monstrous 500-pound gorilla of Kansai http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/16/national/kepco-monstrous-500-pound-gorilla-kansai/#.U_Db4PldUrk Work on the trench freezing operation stopped at Fukushima Daiichi. Dry ice
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New Fukushima Worker Testimony Describes Suicide Mission To Vent Unit 1
Kyodo News is running a series of articles based on some of the official testimony of Fukushima Daiichi workers. These
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Japan Nuclear Evacuation Plans Expose Absurdity Of Restarting Reactors
Part of the plan in Japan to attempt to restart reactors including trying to establish evacuation plans based on what
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NHK Admits Fukushima Daiichi Ejected Fuel After Multiple Studies Document It
A rough translation of the NHK article tells something almost unbelievable to see admitted by the state news agency. “It
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Aug 10, 2014
Japan’s central government to offer 300 billion yen over 30 years for towns near Fukushima Daiichi to host nuclear debris
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Fukushima Contaminated Water Problems Worsen
TEPCO announced this week that they wanted to begin pumping up water from the sub drains near the reactor buildings.
Read moreUS Nuclear Regulators Suppressing Reactor Tsunami Study
A study of the tsunami risk at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California has been raising questions about NRC’s honesty
Read moreFukushima Unit 3 Reactor Vessel Failure Preceded Explosion
As part of TEPCO’s admission that 100% of the unit 3 core has melted and left the reactor vessel, they
Read moreHiroshima & Nagasaki 69th Anniversaries
Yesterday was the 69th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the Nagasaki bombing took place on August 9th. Each year many
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TEPCO Admits Unit 3 Had Total Melt Through
TEPCO has admitted that the fuel at unit 3 had a complete melt through. This is where 100% of the
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Fukushima Unit 2 Torus Room Inspection
Hitachi GE conducted robot investigations into unit 2’s torus room on July 17th. The main focus of the work was
Read moreSimplyInfo.Org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup 8.3.2014
Gov’t raises max allowable ambient radiation level in nuclear disaster cleanup zones http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140731p2a00m0na022000c.html TEPCO is now dumping 15 tons of
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TEPCO Outlines Plan To Remove Damaged Fuel At Unit 4
TEPCO released a short handout this week that explains their plan for removing the damaged fuel at unit 4. One
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TEPCO Claims ALPS Decontamination System To Be Operational By End Of Year
TEPCO hopes to have two new installations of ALPS completed in September and October of this year. The company is
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TEPCO Finally Repairs Unit 5 Spent Fuel Pool Cooling
After weeks of unit 5 not having an operational spent fuel pool cooling system, TEPCO has finally replaced the leaking
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3 TEPCO Executives To Stand Trial For Fukushima Disaster
A citizen inquest panel has determined that 3 TEPCO executives and possibly a 4th should stand trial for their decision
Read moreLast Hiroshima Bomb Crewman Dies
Theodore Van Kirk died the 29th in a retirement home in the US at age 93. He was the last
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Briefcases Full Of Cash For Japan’s Pro Nuclear Politicians
A former Kansai Electric (KEPCO) executive came forward to admit the nuclear company had been giving huge amounts of secret
Read moreSimplyInfo.org WIPP Update; July 28, 2014
The Albuquerque Journal discovered that the contractor for WIPP received a 1.9 million dollar performance bonus… after the WIPP fire
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US New Nuclear Running Into Systemic Failures
The US department of Energy has granted billions in guarantees to get these projects off the ground. The promised efficiency
Read morePotassium Iodide Pills Handed Out Near Nuclear Plant Hoping To Restart In Japan
Residents within 5km of the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima were given potassium iodide tablets to keep on hand in
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup July 27, 2014
METI considering opening some evacuation areas over Bon holiday http://www.meti.go.jp/earthquake/nuclear/20140722_01.html Iitate Residents File For Arbitration http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140722_28.html Former Tomioka mayor dies
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Fukushima Groundwater Bypass Not Working As Planned
NHK is reporting that the groundwater bypass system being used by TEPCO isn’t making a significant change in groundwater levels
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Fukushima Monkeys May Show Radiation Damage
A new study of Japanese snow monkeys shows that they may be suffering from damage from radiation exposure. Researchers found
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TEPCO’s Bolt Together Tanks Were Known To Leak Before Installation
The manufacturer that sold TEPCO used bolt together tanks for use at Fukushima Daiichi said that the tanks were known
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Fukushima Trench Freezing Failures & Tactics Technical Report
Update: Added table of sea water data at the end and another TEPCO handout on the work released this week.
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