No Nukes Protests In Second Day In Taiwan
No nukes protests in Taiwan started yesterday on Earth Day with some public gatherings in Taipei. By evening protesters had
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Fukushima Groundwater Wells Contaminated From Leaking Tanks
This was bound to happen and TEPCO had to have known this at the time they pushed for permission to
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Fukushima Unit 4; 704 Fuel Assemblies Removed
704 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool as of this
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Fukushima Unit 3 Crane Leaks Oil Into Spent Fuel Pool
The refueling crane that crashed into the spent fuel pool of unit 3 has begun leaking oil into the pool.
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima Nuclear News Roundup; April 21, 2014
The new manager of Fukushima Daiichi admitted the string of failures at the plant were embarrassing and that the plant was
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Prefabricated Tanks Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
As part of the efforts by the government and METI to improve the contaminated water problem at Fukushima Daiichi new
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Contaminated Zone Found Inside WIPP Mine
The Associated Press is reporting that Thursday’s mine entry effort found widespread contamination the further they went into the mine.
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Tamura Fukushima Residents Angry Over Govt. Hiding Radiation Levels
Residents of Tamura, the town that recently had the evacuation level lifted are angry at the government for withholding radiation
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Struggles For Information & Justice Continue In Japan Over Fukushima
Hyogo prefecture has been stalling the release of a nuclear crisis study’s data. A freedom of information act request mandated
Read moreUS Nuclear Plagued With New Problems
(this article now available in Polish via http://www.marmas.nazwa.pl/wordpress/?p=549 we thank them for their translation efforts) The much touted SMR nuclear reactor program
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Japan Radiation Embargoed Food List
The Japanese government has been wooing the media with claims that all the contamination in the food supply has miraculously
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Fukushima Reactor Water Pump Switch Mistaken For Air Conditioner
TEPCO still has not completely ruled out this being a deliberate act, but is assuming it may have been a
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High Level Water Leak At Fukushima ALPS System
NHK is reporting the leak of water being injected into a high impact storage container at the ALPS decontamination system.
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Corium Experiments; Pedestal Behaviors Using Lead
As part of the ongoing work to better understand how corium (melted reactor fuel) can behave after burning through the
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Radiation Level At Koriyama School Same As Near Daiichi
This report today by 47 news shows the decontamination work underway in a school yard of a Koriyama elementary school.
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Fukushima Towns Take A Stand Against IAEA, UNSCEAR
A number of towns in Fukushima prefecture have decided to fight the IAEA & UNSCEAR over misuse and abuse of
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Fukushima Fuel Fragment Found In Home Vacuum Bag 460km From Disaster Site
Marco Kaltofan at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has issued more information about some unusual findings from a home vacuum cleaner bag they
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Citizens Continue To Find Inaccurate Govt. Radiation Monitors In Fukushima
Citizens continue to find government radiation monitoring stations that read lower than the actual reading for the location. This one
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Fukushima Highly Radioactive Water Accidentally Released From Reactor Basement
TEPCO has admitted that highly radioactive water from reactor building basements was pumped out of the buildings into the basements
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Fukushima Unit 4; 638 Fuel Assemblies Removed
638 spent fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool as of
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Japan Govt. Orchestrates Fukushima Denial, Nuclear Restarts
The Japanese government continues to push for reactor restarts and to establish nuclear power as part of the national energy
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TEPCO Ignores Tank Alarms For Hours, Here Is Why
Ex SKF found the reason why TEPCO workers had been ignoring the new tank alarms for hours at a time.
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Fukushima Daiichi Radioactive Tank Leak To Pacific Far Worse Than Admitted
TEPCO has admitted that the radioactive sludge leak from the H4 tank farm last August was more than three times
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Fukushima Students Left With Few Good Choices
Some students in Fukushima have returned to schools on the edges of the evacuation zone. A school in Tamura reopened
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Fukushima’s Atomic Shopping Basket
This was found in a report on robotic decontamination work being conducted inside unit 3. Workers have had to innovate
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TEPCO To Release Groundwater At Fukushima, Potential Consequences
TEPCO has gained permission from fishing groups to dump contaminated groundwater into the Pacific as long as it is below
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US Nuclear Regulator Refuses To Fix Evacuation Zone Flaws
While Japan is implementing larger evacuation zones and comprehensive evacuation zone plans after the Fukushima disaster, the US has decided
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US Coalition Call In To Congress Day, Demand Fukushima Food Testing
A coalition of groups and the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network are asking people to call, write or email Congress today
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; April 9, 2014
University students will become involved in some of the IRID research efforts to decommission Fukushima Daiichi. They are also going
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Drone Photographs Fukushima Evacuation Zone
A drone camera has been used to take panorama photos inside the evacuation zone. Taichi Furuhashi and the Center For Spacial
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Fukushima Unit 2; 5th Floor Work Progresses.. Sort of.
TEPCO released some images and information about the work progress on the 5th floor refueling floor of unit 2. This
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Fukushima Unit 4; 594 Fuel Assemblies Removed
594 fuel assemblies have been removed to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article
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Fukushima Unit 1 To Undergo Spent Fuel Pool Desalination
TEPCO reported they will now remove the salt from the unit 1 spent fuel pool. Maybe you are asking why
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Fukushima Unit 3 Shield Wall Installation Begins
Decontamination work and installation of a shield wall around the reactor well has begun at unit 3 Fukushima Daiichi. The
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Fukushima Unit 3 Fuel Pool Debris Removal Progress
TEPCO has accomplished some debris removal from the spent fuel pool as documented in this report. Earlier in 2014 work
Read moreIPPNW Disputes Accuracy Of UNSCEAR Report On Fukushima
IPPNW has disputed the accuracy of the new UNSCEAR report on the Fukushima disaster. We reviewed the report last year
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Fukushima Daiichi Work Stopped Due To Tsunami Warning
Due to the tsunami warning caused by the earthquake in Chile, work at the plant was called off yesterday. There
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Two Japanese Power Companies Ask For Bailouts
First Hokkaido Electric, now Kyushu Electric is asking for a government bank to give them money. Both are complaining about
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Unit 2 Frozen Trench Installation Begins At Fukushima Daiichi
Work has begun to freeze the unit 2 trench at Fukushima Daiichi. This has been a problematic area since the
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8.0 Quake In Chile, Tsunami Warning Issued
http://www.tsunami.gov/product.php?id=TSUPAC.20140401.2355.001 Tsunami warning for South America. More information as it comes out. This article would not be possible
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