UK Reactor Shut Down 5 Months Without Informing Public
The Dungeness nuclear power plant was shut down for 5 months to deal with inadequate flood protection issues. What is
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One Fukushima Evacuation Town Reopens
Part of Tamura city has been reopened by the government but few plan to return. Mostly the older residents have
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Worker Death At Fukushima Daiichi Completely Preventable
TEPCO released an interim report into the recent construction worker’s death at the plant. The report showed that the worker
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Fukushima Unit 4; 550 Assemblies Removed
TEPCO has removed 550 assemblies from the spent fuel pool to the common pool as of March 31, 2014. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html
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DOE To Do WIPP Mine Reentry On April Fools Day
DOE is planning the first reentry into the mine for April 1st. “Tomorrow, personnel are scheduled to enter the WIPP
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The Real Risks At Sendai
The Sendai nuclear power plant located in Kagoshima Japan has been selected as the one Japanese authorities would focus on
Read moreAll Work Haulted At Fukushima Daiichi
After the death of a construction worker yesterday all work at Fukushima Daiichi has been stopped. TEPCO announced in today’s
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German Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Plant To Shut Down Early Over Financial Woes
The Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant will shut down 7 months earlier than planned due to a poor economic outlook for continuing to
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Mainichi Investigation Creates New Fukushima Scandal
A news report earlier this week showing how the Japanese government had manipulated radiation data for the evacuation zone has
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Japan Power Companies Shift Focus To Non Nuclear Power
Japan’s power companies have been quietly shifting their focus to building new or restarting thermal power generation facilities. The country
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Worker Dies At Fukushima Daiichi
A construction worker at the plant died after a concrete foundation wall collapsed. Work was being done in an excavation
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Fukushima Unit 4 Crane Failure; Workers Left Parking Break On
Nikkei is reporting that the problem with the unit 4 overhead crane was discovered to be workers attempting to operate
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Fukushima Unit 2; Warrior Robot Stranded On Refueling Floor
The Warrior robot tipped over and remains stranded on the unit 2 refueling floor. The robot was inserted through the
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Delayed 1 Week Due To Crane Failure
The control mechanism for the overhead crane in the defueling building at Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 failed. TEPCO is reporting
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18 People Use “Return To Fukushima” Jobs Program
18 people have used a government jobs program intended to get people to return to Fukushima after the 2011 disasters.
Read more142 TEPCO Workers Found To Have Higher Exposures
142 TEPCO workers were found to have higher radiation exposures than TEPCO admitted. The Labor ministry found the workers doses
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11 Injured At Hanford Nuclear Site
11 workers have been hospitalized after a series of unidentified chemical leaks at the site’s aging tank farms. The two
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Newspaper Uncovers Government Manipulating Fukushima Radiation Data
The government entity involved in manipulating the radiation data with the intention of releasing a different set of lower results
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528 Fuel Assemblies Removed At Fukushima Unit 4
528 fuel assemblies have been moved to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool as of yesterday. This
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TEPCO To Resume Dumping Groundwater Into The Sea At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has obtained permission from two local fishing cooperatives to dump contaminated groundwater into the Pacific. The cooperatives said they
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TEPCO Completes Repair Work To Fukushima Unit 1-2 Vent Tower
TEPCO mentioned, buried in a daily report, that they have been doing work on the unit 1-2 exhaust stack. This
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; 3.24.14
Sapporo in Hokkaido has made a plan to use hotels to hold up to 50,000 evacuees if there is a
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima Proposals To Be Validation Tested In Japan
METI announced today in an email and press release that four ideas brought about by the IRID call for proposals
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Fukushima ALPS System To Be Offline Indefinitely
Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the ALPS system will be offline for an unknown amount of time. The B train
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SimplyInfo.org Releases Two New Technical Papers On Fukushima
SimplyInfo.org has released two new technical papers on the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The first addresses technical concerns with the reactor
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US Thyroid Experts Consider Nuclear Public Protection Plans Insufficient
The American Thyroid Association published an update in 2012 on their stance regarding nuclear radiation and thyroid health. The guidance
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Big Fukushima Daiichi Update; March 18, 2014
Small bits of information have been coming out in recent weeks regarding Fukushima Daiichi. Here’s what you need to know:
Read moreTEPCO To Pay Town’s Residents Full Compensation
The notion of total compensation may not be a totally accurate term. 39 households will by payed a total of
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METI Working On Tritium Disposal For Fukushima Daiichi
While the IAEA is busy trying to convince the public yet again that TEPCO should dump contaminated water into the
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506 Fuel Assemblies Removed Fukushima Unit 4
506 fuel assemblies have been removed from the spent fuel pool at unit 4 to the common pool. This article
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A Weekend Of Fukushima & Nuclear Protests In Japan
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster site took to the streets in Tokyo to demand fair treatment and safer
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DOE Admits Major String Of Safety Failures At WIPP
The Department of Energy held another town hall meeting in Carlsbad NM on the series of incidents at the WIPP
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Fukushima Cesium Found On Vancouver Beach
The Vancouver Sun is reporting that cesium 134, an identifier of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was detected on a local
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German Nuclear Industry Faces Slew Of New Problems
An unpublished report from experts in Germany has identified unaccounted for earthquake risk in two German nuclear reactors. Germany is
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NRC Hid Information On Fukushima From Public
An NBC investigation found that the NRC coordinated an effort to hide information they knew from the public during the
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Fukushima Unit 4; 462 Fuel Assemblies Removed
462 Fuel assemblies have been removed from unit 4 as of earlier this week. The assemblies were moved to the
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Fukushima 3 Years On
Three years ago today an unimaginable series of disasters hit Japan. What was already terrible turned into an even larger
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima 3rd Anniversary Reports
We have been reporting on various aspects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in recent weeks. We looked at the human
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Fukushima 3rd Anniversary; Technical Report – Plant Conditions
Conditions at the plant have remained a challenge and appear they will be in the future. TEPCO started off on
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Fukushima 3rd Anniversary; Technical Report – Water
Contaminated water issues dominated TEPCO’s work and reporting out of the plant. The ALPS system intended to remove some of
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