More On Fukushima Unit 3, TEPCO Fails To Explain Levels
TEPCO released two new handouts on the leak at unit 3. This gives some additional insight but still fails to
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TEPCO Thinks Water Leak At U3 Has Reduced
TEPCO thinks that the water leak at unit 3 has reduced in volume. They claim nothing has changed in reactor
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Fukushima Unit 4 198 Assemblies Removed
TEPCO announced late yesterday that another round of fuel assemblies was removed from unit 4 to the common pool at
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Groundwater Well At Fukushima Daiichi Hits 3.1 Million Bq
Groundwater well 1-16 at Fukushima Daiichi has hit 3.1 million bq of beta radiation. This is a new high for
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TEPCO Admits Containment Failure Possible Source Of U3 Leak
NHK is reporting some newer admissions from TEPCO on the unit 3 water leak found over the weekend. They continue
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Unit 3 New Water Leak; TEPCO Explanations Fail To Identify Source
TEPCO has reported a leak in unit 3 coming out of the area of the steam tunnel where the main
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176 Fuel Assemblies Removed From Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO’s weekly update on fuel removed from Unit 4’s spent fuel pool now sits at 176 spent assemblies removed from
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Leak At Unit 3 Found To Be High Radiation Water
TEPCO announced a leak in unit 3 near the steam tunnel area over the weekend. They initially tried to blame
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48th Anniversary Of Palomares Nuclear Disaster
Friday was the 48th anniversary of the Palomares nuclear disaster. A US B52 collided with a refueling plane over southern
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 17, 2014
Japan ruling government to wait on decision on nuclear energy policy until after Tokyo governors race http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/politics/news/CK2014011702000199.html Candidate for Tokyo
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Alaska & Washington Salmon Tested For Radiation
A Seattle fish company had some of their fish privately tested in late 2013. With all the US government agencies
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Democracy Now! In Japan This Week, Covers Fukushima
Alternative news television Democracy Now! Is broadcasting from Japan this week. Anchor Amy Goodman is covering a variety of topics
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Torus Ultrasound Inspection Being Done On Unit 2
TEPCO has done test runs with the ultrasound robot intended to detect the water level inside the torus tubes at
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Town To Be Built Near Fukushima Daiichi
Municipal authorities announced there is a plan to build a town with the capacity to house 3000 people in Okuma.
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US Congress Requests Data From USS Ronald Reagan Fukushima Response
US Congress has requested data related to the exposures. “Lawmakers requested not only an inventory of any adverse medical conditions
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Japan Nuclear Evacuations Would Take 12+ Hours To More Than 6 Days
An independent study in Japan showed it would take at least 12 or more hours to evacuate a 30km zone
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Two New Pacific Radiation Monitoring Programs Launch
Woods Hole has officially launched their program to continue testing the Pacific for cesium concentrations due to the Fukushima nuclear
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ALPS Still Not Meeting Targets, Operation Date Uncertain
NRA is saying that ALPS is still not meeting the radiation removal targets claimed for the system. A problem with
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NRA Releases New Radiation Zone Maps
The NRA has released new radiation “fly over” maps. The newest scans were done in September of 2013. They showed
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Fukushima Groundwater Well Hits 2.4 Million bq/liter
Well 1-16 at the seafront has again hit a new high. 2.4 million bq/liter was found in the water of
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TEPCO Releases More Details About Frozen Wall
TEPCO released a short video (in Japanese) giving more information about the test run of the frozen wall technology. The
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Unit 4 Spent Fuel Transfers Now At 154 Assemblies
TEPCO announced another transfer of spent fuel from unit 4 to the common pool. The work would have taken place
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 13, 2013
NHK released a new report on the treatment of workers at Fukushima Daiichi http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsline/201312250500.html Miyagi Prefecture will be doing nuclear
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Taiwan Activists Want Lower Food Radiation Levels, Show Loophole In System
Activists in Taiwan are trying to further lower the allowed level of radioactive contamination in food allowed for sale in
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The “Fukushima” Meltdown Test By JAEA Explained
We were a bit taken aback by the way the press in Japan presented this meltdown test JAEA plans to
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Former Japan PM: We Were Lied To About Nuclear Power
In a recent editorial in the Asahi Shimbun former PM Koizumi makes an unusual and candid statement: “Denjiren (the Federation
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 11, 2011
An in-house Tepco panel has found that the financially troubled utility paid two to five times more than reasonable levels
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More Cesium 137 Found In Gourmet & Organic European Jam Brands
Have some cesium 137 with your toast. Most people assume that organic jam or even better yet, European gourmet or
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Polar Vortex Takes Out Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Plant
The unusually cold weather in the US midwest forced Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant to shut down a little over 2
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NRA Japan Saves The US West Coast And The Rest Of The World
NRA demanded that TEPCO drop test waste canisters to be used to hold highly radioactive sludge from the ALPS processing
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TEPCO Re-Installs Unit 1 Web Camera At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO is reporting they will re-install the web camera near unit 1. The camera is not live yet but will
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60 bq/liter Strontium 90 Found In Deep Well Near Reactors At Fukushima Daiichi
60 bq/liter of strontium 90 was found in the 3/4 deep permeable layer well near the unit 4 turbine building.
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 6, 2014
Greenpeace made efforts to find out the nature of the companies that built Fukushima Daiichi and now benefit from the
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 5, 2013
Masami Yoshizawa is fighting to keep his cattle. He lives in the evacuation zone, defying the government order. Now the
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The Nuclear Victims You Don’t Know About
Dr. Robert Jacobs has a new paper in the Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (November 2013). His paper looks at the
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Fukushima Workers Who Risked Lives, TEPCO Demands They Repay Evacuee Compensation
Many of the workers at Fukushima Daiichi lived in the area. They lost their homes to the tsunami and nuclear
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First Implementation Of Ice Wall Will Allow Emptying Of Highly Contaminated Trench Water
NHK reports that the test operation of the ice wall technology done earlier in December will enable them to isolate
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Research Begins To Plug Containment Downcomers At Fukushima Daiichi
As part of the recent roadmap document TEPCO explained efforts that have begun to find a suitable method to plug
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Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Storage Locations Updated
As part of the larger roadmap document TEPCO has reported some major changes in the location of spent fuel around
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Fukushima Govt. & Fukushima Medical University Signed Secrecy Pact With IAEA
Tokyo Shimbun is reporting the results of their investigation into the dealings of the Fukushima prefecture government, the medical university
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