New Independent Fukushima Food Contamination Results
People in Japan early on realized they needed to take things into their own hands if they wanted to know
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People in Japan early on realized they needed to take things into their own hands if they wanted to know
Read moreReuters is reporting that the alarm at the WIPP nuclear storage site in New Mexico is now considered to be
Read moreThe Associated Press is reporting that an underground radiation monitor has gone off inside the WIPP nuclear waste storage facility
Read moreTEPCO has admitted that the concrete reactor well cover on unit 3 has been damaged. They floated two possible causes.
Read moreA high school student from Ibaraki explains her family’s journey to evacuated from the regions around the Fukushima disaster. This
Read moreYomiuri has released a more detailed article after yanking an earlier version. Two Yomiuri reporters were allowed into unit 4’s
Read moreAfter the recent admission of record high strontium 90 readings being found at the sea front at Fukushima Daiichi, more
Read moreThe town of Kawauchi has been trying to encourage residents to return to the town on the edge of the
Read moreIn June of 2013 UNSCEAR released a report declaring the human health impacts from Fukushima to be almost non-existent. The
Read more308 assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool. The assemblies were transferred to the common pool
Read moreTEPCO has admitted they knew about the extremely high strontium 90 readings and the issues with their testing equipment back
Read moreAs the third anniversary of the 3-11 disaster draws near, parents in Japan are still dealing with the impacts from
Read moreThis article is a good example of the motivations and biases in play related to Fukushima food contamination in North
Read moreThe number of children found with confirmed or suspected thyroid cancers continues to grow. The newest numbers out of the
Read moreTEPCO announced earlier this week that a pipe carrying cooling water for the reactors was leaking. The accompanying photo of
Read moreTEPCO has admitted a large number of their radiation readings taken since 2011 may be wrong and much lower than
Read moreTEPCO released readings for two seafront wells that have not been published before. Wells 1-2 and 1-3 were not on
Read moreMETI has reported some progress and a plan for removing debris out of the unit 3 spent fuel pool. Initial
Read moreThe upper floors of the equipment hatch at unit 3 were found to have some damage on a recent inspection.
Read moreThe cask storage facility at the seafront is now completely empty, all casks have been moved. This building will likely
Read moreThe NRA has issued a number of improvements for evacuation planning in the event of a nuclear disaster. They have
Read moreTEPCO admits 1 ton an hour of water injected into reactors is leaking but they don’t know where or how.
Read moreTEPCO did inspections on a damaged fuel assembly in the unit 4 spent fuel pool. The series of videos showed
Read moreIn an unexplained change of plans TEPCO and the Japanese govt. are back to trying to sell the fishing groups
Read more264 fuel assemblies have been removed to the common pool from unit 4. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/removal4u/index-e.html This article would not be possible
Read moreNHK is reporting that the government task force and TEPCO will implement one of our submitted ideas at the plant.
Read moreOur research team has submitted three novel proposals to IRID related to the fuel location and removal challenges at Fukushima
Read moreRadiation Makes People Invisible Robert Jacobs A version in Japanese is available here: http://wp.me/p1zinA-3ev Radiation makes people invisible. We know that
Read moreThis is part three of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
Read moreThis is part two of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
Read moreThis week’s update on unit 4 fuel removal shows a total of 220 assemblies being removed to the common pool
Read moreNuclear power utilities bought political fundraising tickets with power customer cash. They spent just enough on tickets to be under
Read moreThis is part one of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
Read moreFormer head of Physicians For Social Responsibility, Dr. Jeff Patterson unexpectedly died of a heart attack earlier this week. Dr.
Read moreTEPCO announced they will begin work to explore the best method to remove spent fuel from unit 2. Since the
Read moreThe US Department of Justice has announced a $2.7 million dollar settlement after a GE Hitachi employee filed a whistleblower
Read moreA US based fish company has had some of their salmon and tuna tested for strontium 90. Fukushima Voice reports
Read moreThe ultrasound robot has been run inside unit 2 to attempt to determine the water level for the torus tube.
Read moreNews 24 is reporting that TEPCO has admitted that the steel door for the MSIV room was found to be
Read moreRobots with sophisticated gamma scanning cameras were sent in to unit 1 to establish contaminated areas as decontamination efforts take
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