Unit 4 Fuel Removal Work Begins For Wednesday
TEPCO announced work to begin taking out spent fuel at unit 4 resumed this Wednesday morning JST. http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2013/1232461_5117.html This
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Debris Removal At 1st Floor Unit 3 Fukushima Underway
TEPCO mentions that debris removal work on the 1st floor of unit 3 is underway. The work had been on
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Unit 4 Fuel Removal; 6 Assemblies Removed To Cask Today
TEPCO has announced that 6 fuel assemblies have been removed from the pool racks to the transport cask by the
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“Troika Of Irresponsibility” & Dissatisfaction In Fukushima Disaster Response
Remember only weeks ago when Japan’s PM Abe announced the government was taking over the contaminated water problems at Fukushima
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Unit 4 Fuel Removal Resumes Tuesday
NHK is reporting that TEPCO will continue the process to remove spent fuel from the unit 4 pool on Tuesday
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More On The Conversation About Unit 4
A SimplyInfo.org member has a review of the conditions and issues at unit 4 published over on SmirkingChimp that gives
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Fukushima Evacuation Zone; Permanent Waste Facility, Some Compensated For Homes
The Japanese government has made a series of announcements about changes to policy related to the evacuation zone. This is
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Will Fukushima Daiichi Be Taken Apart With Lasers?
A UK company called TWI is developing a laser cutter that could be used to take apart contaminated equipment at
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Poor TEPCO! Upset That News Media Reported Fuel Cask Transfer
TEPCO sent out this press release today complaining about the press, for reporting news. Kyodo News and possibly others flew
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Unit 4 Fuel Unloaded Into Common Pool; Video & Photos
TEPCO announced they have removed the first load of fuel from unit 4 to the racks in the common pool.
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TEPCO Fails To Release Portion Of Unit 1 Torus Inspection
TEPCO recently released videos and reports of their work in the unit 1 torus room. The work was split into
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New Analysis Shows Unit 1 Meltdown More Severe Than Admitted
“Computer simulations show the melted fuel in Unit 1, whose core damage was the most extensive, has breached the bottom
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Vent Tower Height May Have Played A Role In Fukushima Reactor Explosions
SimplyInfo.org member Peter Melzer explains how the vent systems at Fukushima Daiichi played a role in the reactor explosions. Both
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U4 Fuel Cask Moved To Common Pool Building
NHK and TEPCO have announced that the first cask of fuel assemblies has been moved from unit 4 to the
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New Fukushima Daiichi Robot Uses Electric Car Technology
The Mitsubishi Super Giraffe (MARS C) uses a car battery set up from the companies i-Mi-Ev car. The robot has
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Fukushima Unit 4 Cask Moved, New Underwater Video
NHK is reporting that the cask transport effort took place Wednesday day. TEPCO has not forwarded any additional announcements at
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Radiation Monitoring For US/Canada Food Added
We have added a page to our site that compiles results of independent food testing for the US and Canada.
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First Cask Filled At Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO announced that they have filled the first cask with fuel as of 6:28PM JST Tuesday. A total of 22
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Greenpeace Finds Cesium In Japanese Grocery Store Fish
Greenpeace Japan did another round of contaminated fish testing. They bought grocery store fish around northeast Japan and tested it
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Unit 4 Fuel Loaded In Cask At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has released photos of the first fuel successfully removed from the fuel racks at unit 4. NHK reports the
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Unit 4 Fuel Assemblies To Be Removed 3pm JST Today
French journalist Joel Legendre is reporting that TEPCO will begin removing the first fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool
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Work Begins On Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool About Now
NHK reports It is roughly 9:59am as this is being written. Workers at Fukushima Daiichi should have begun the process
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Unit 1 Torus Investigation Nov 2013; Initial Findings
TEPCO has done an inspection of Unit 1’s torus room, this time with a floating robot boat. TEPCO released most
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17.8% Of Unit 1 Spent Fuel Damaged Before Fukushima Disaster
TEPCO is now admitting the number of damaged spent fuel rods in some of their reactors at the Daiichi plant.
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Updated Fukushima Decommissioning Schedule
NHK put out this updated decommissioning schedule for Fukushima Daiichi. It gives an idea how long they assume the project
Read moreMinor Chat Glitch
The chat server had a minor glitch today. It may require rebooting your computer or at a minimum reloading the
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Unit 4 Fuel Removal May Start Monday
According to a document TEPCO released this week, as long as third party inspections are passed Thursday and Friday work
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Unit 1 Leaks Found; We Have The Details
TEPCO has investigated the torus room of unit 1 with the new boat robot. This was an effort to look
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Japan’s WHO Radiation Expert Admits Giving Bad Information, “Oops”
Many following the Fukushima disaster are familiar with Dr. Shunichi Yamashita (aka: Dr. 100 mSv). He headed the Fukushima Health
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59 Total Thyroid Tumors In Fukushima Children
New data has been released from the government study of thyroid abnormalities and cancer in Fukushima children. Of those screened
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Unit 4 Fuel Removal; What You Need To Know
There are lots of concerns about the upcoming fuel removal work at unit 4. With this has come some passing
Read moreSpent Fuel Handling Recommendations For Fukushima
SimplyInfo member Dean Wilkie reviewed a number of industry safety documents related to spent fuel handling safety as applicable at
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima News Roundup November 11, 2013
TEPCO will begin work on the frozen wall project in December. TEPCO is trying to stave off efforts to force
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Japan No Nukes Groups Receive Cyber Attack, Death Threats
33 groups, most of them anti-nuclear groups in Japan have received cyber attacks. The attacks began in September and are
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Oops! TEPCO Drops A Flashlight Into Reactor Suppression Chamber
TEPCO had a long history before the disaster of losing routine objects into their reactors. Everything from clipboards in reactor
Read morePandora’s Promise; What You Need To Know
This film claims to be a documentary but is more of an informercial funded by the nuclear power industry, it
Read moreNuclear Whoppers
A recent NY Times oped resurrects yet again a number of logical fallacies about radiation risk and Fukushima. Probably the
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Why Fukushima’s Reactors Failed
One vulnerable system appears to be able to take out an entire nuclear plant if it fails and it isn’t
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Fukushima Shift; Japan May Take On Entire Disaster Response
The current government in Japan is considering taking on the costs and responsibility of the decontamination work, contaminated soil storage,
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US Puts Major Strings On Offer To Help With Fukushima Disaster
US Energy Secretary Moniz offered “international help” with the Fukushima disaster but it comes with some big strings attached. Ex-SKF
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