Unit 3 Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Data
There have been a number of unsubstantiated rumors going around about “new problems” at unit 3. Information is always better
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Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Water Treatment System Hits Big Problem
Lack of planning again foils efforts at Fukushima Daiichi. Ex-SKF found the very bad news in a METI report from
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Fukushima Daiichi Groundwater Well Hits 2 Million Bq Beta Radiation
Well 1-16 in the sea front area at Fukushima Daiichi has hit another new record. 2,100,000 bq/liter of beta radiation
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 30, 2013
Reuters put out a special feature story on how the homeless are being recruited to do decontamination work in Fukushima
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Inspection Of Damaged Fuel Assembly Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released a brief report on the bent fuel assembly in unit 4’s spent fuel pool. The outer box of
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2 More Spent Fuel Transfers From Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO announced today that two more fuel transfers have been completed from unit 4 to the common pool. A total
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What Power Companies Do When Nuclear Is No Longer An Easy Option
MidAmerican Energy in the US tried for years to force Iowa residents to pre-pay for a nuclear power plant. Those
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Radioactive Water Found Deep Beneath Unit 4
TEPCO announced today that contaminated water was found in deep groundwater 25 meters (82 feet) below the unit 4 reactor
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TEPCO Sets Up Internal Decommissioning Authority
TEPCO announced it will launch an internal decommissioning authority by April 2014. This internal group would include management from involved
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TEPCO Begins Seismic Review Of Unit 3
TEPCO has begun a seismic review of the condition of unit 3. With the debris removed from the refueling floor,
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Spent Fuel Moved At Unit 4, 88 Total Removed
Another cask of spent fuel has been transferred to the common pool from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. This makes
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Japan To Locate Nuclear Waste Site Without Local Approval, TEPCO Scraps Units 5 & 6
METI has indicated that the Japanese government plans to create high level nuclear waste sites in the country but without
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At Fukushima Daiichi; What The Media Isn’t Reporting
There have been a number of things going on at the plant in recent weeks that do not make the
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 16, 2013
Banks that have been lending money to TEPCO say they will cut off new loans after this upcoming ones for
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Fukushima Highly Contaminated Well Shows More Problems
TEPCO released a report with three months worth of readings from the sea front wells. Well 1-16 has had significantly
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TEPCO Admits Water Injection Failure, Has Known Since March 2011
TEPCO admitted on Friday that the emergency water injection into the melting down reactor may have failed. They began injecting
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SimplyInfo.org’s Fukushima Corium Research Experiment Results
In our research we have tried to find ways to help explain some of the behaviors seen in meltdown accidents.
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 12, 2013
School bullying in Japan is up 180% with a significantly higher rate in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. The ministry
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Fukushima Water Leak Issues May Still Be Out Of Control In 2020
Officials from METI admit that problems with leaking contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi may still not be under control in
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Another Load Of Spent Fuel Moved At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has moved another load of spent fuel from unit 4 to the common pool. After the initial fuel transfers
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Rats Infiltrate Power Systems At Fukushima Daiichi, Again.
Rats yet again set off a power system alarm after entering a power panel box at the plant. TEPCO’s report
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TEPCO Worried About Vent Tower Stability, 25 Seivert Radiation Found At Base
TEPCO had been inspecting the unit 1/2 vent tower at a distance after damage to the upper structural system was
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The Plan For Japan
Besides the effort to declare arbitrary state secrets there have been a number of other disturbing efforts in the government
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Japan’s government effort to force through an unpopular state secrets bill has stalled. The DPJ and JCP parties submitted a
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IRID Review Of Contaminated Water Proposals (Including Ours)
IRID has released some feedback from the call for proposals on contaminated water issues. Our research team submitted six proposals
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Radioactive Strontium 90 And Radioactive Silver Found In Fukushima Fish
TEPCO tested fish within 20km (fish hauled 1-3 km offshore) of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for cesium, strontium 90
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Japan Govt. Declared Evacuation Too Expensive, IAEA Promotes More Sea Dumping
A government trip to research how the response to the Chernobyl disaster was conducted but the report was never made
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2011 Tohoku Quake Changed Earth Gravity
The GOCE satellite caught a change in the earth’s gravity due to the 2011 Tohoku quake. It was even able
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Testing On Frozen Wall At Fukushima Daiichi Is Underway
Work has begun to test the frozen underground wall concept at Fukushima Daiichi. A test section was frozen including the
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Panel Urges New Water Responses At Fukushima Daiichi
One of the various panels making suggestions for the response to the mess at Fukushima Daiichi has called for 5
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Tokyo Suburb To Be Decontaminated, 70% Of Town Marked For Clean Up
Toride City, a suburb of Tokyo was declared in need of decontamination after 70% of the city was found to
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Fukushima Radiation Exceeds Chernobyl Evacuation Levels Across Japan
The contamination from Fukushima did not fall in concentric circles as the evacuation zones imply. Contamination from the disaster is
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Japan State Secrets Bill Would Jail Journalists, Hide Fukushima Information
This bill is a major issue in Japan for good reason, yet this issue gets little press in the west.
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Second Set Of Unit 4 Fuel Loaded In Common Pool
TEPCO reports as of November 30, 2013 JST the second set of 22 fuel assemblies were loaded into the fuel
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Who Really Runs Fukushima Daiichi?
Much has been made about the contractor system at Fukushima Daiichi, the worker abuses and cut rate construction. This only
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Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool; Debris Removal Preparation Begins
Kyodo News announced yesterday that preparations are underway to remove the debris from the unit 3 spent fuel pool at
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2nd Fuel Transfer From Unit 4 Completed
TEPCO has removed another cask from unit 4 and transported it to the common pool on November 29th JST. Kyodo
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US Group Calls For Radiation Monitoring Of Food Supply
A US grassroots group is urging the public to support a set of efforts to improve food monitoring in the
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Unit 4 Cask Filled, Transit Prep Tomorrow 11.27.13
TEPCO announced an additional 16 spent fuel assemblies were loaded into the transport cask by the end of the day
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Warning Alarm At Fukushima Daiichi Caused By Rat Pee
TEPCO was again foiled by rats. A warning alarm went off in the electrical switching gear at the plant. Workers
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