TEPCO To Install Filtered Vents Next Week, US Power Co’s Refuse To
TEPCO announced they will begin installation of a filtered emergency vent system at the number seven unit at Kashiwazaki Kariwa
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Did Cesium In Aomori Mushrooms Come From Chernobyl?
A recent Asahi Shimbun article cited professor Yasuyuki Muramatsu where he tried to explain cesium levels found in wild mushrooms from
Read moreNRA Has More Bad News For Japan’s Nuclear Industry
The NRA announced that they considered it “difficult” to complete checks on all of Japan’s nuclear plants within 3 years.
Read moreJapan Still Pursuing Olympic Bid
Japan’s government is continuing to pursue the idea of a bid for the Olympics. Ex-SKF found a couple of Olympic
Read moreTEPCO Restarts Nitrogen Injection In Unit 1 Suppression Chamber
From today’s TEPCO report, they intend to restart nitrogen injection into the torus (suppression chamber). This has been done frequently
Read moreFt. Calhoun NRC Meeting 1.8.2012 Report
The NRC meeting on Ft. Calhoun today did uncover a few pieces of information but largely seemed more like a
Read moreFutaba May Be Uninhabitable For Over 60 Years In Certain Locations
The mayor of Futaba has told residents they may need to stay away for “a generation” citing the half life
Read moreDecontamination Official Rejected Technology As “Foreigners Might Scare The Locals”
The New York Times discusses more on the decontamination problems in Japan. They point out how many local and foreign
Read moreUnit 4 Cover Building Columns To Begin Installation
Worker Happy, mentions that the installation of the cover building columns is beginning at Fukushima Daiichi. (machine translation) “Could they
Read moreMore Reporting On Ft. Calhoun Failures
Fairewinds Energy covers the Ft. Calhoun new failures. Their podcast explains in more detail why the design documents are so
Read moreCorrupt Decontamination Part 2
Asahi Shimbun has published a second article on the illegal decontamination practices going on in Fukushima. The follow up focuses
Read moreNew Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Plant Report Shows More Safety Violations
The NRC has issued yet another report on Ft. Calhoun’s ongoing safety failures. The December 31st report outlines a number
Read moreGerman Energy Change 25% Completed
Germany’s push to upgrade and shift their energy infrastructure to mostly renewables is 25% done according to RP Online. The
Read moreFukushima Decontamination Misconduct Puts Entire Program In Question
Asahi Shimbun has revealed a widespread series of problems with the decontamination program in Fukushima. The Environment Ministry hired groups
Read moreRecent Reports Confirm New Failure Understanding At Fukushima
Both JNES and TEPCO have released new reports that confirm some long understood theories of our research group. Containment Gasket
Read moreFukushima 50 Battle Depression, PTSD And Discrimination
The Fukushima 50 (actually totaling 300 workers) currently have about a 50% incidence rate of depression or PTSD. On top of this
Read moreProtective Iodine Pill Distribution Delayed By Government Drug Classification
The new plan to pre-distribute protective iodine pills in Japan to people living near nuclear plants has been held up
Read moreFire Risk At Older Japan Reactors Shows Potential Worldwide Problem
The NRA announced recently that reactors built before 1975 likely have sub standard fire protection designs. This includes having important
Read more300,000 Still In Temporary Housing After 3-11 Disaster
NHK reports 300,000 are still in temporary housing after the March 2011 disaster. Japan Today cites a number of 305,000
Read moreEconomy Minister Defers To NRA On Reactor Restarts
The new head of METI appointed by the LDP government made this statement about reactor restarts in Japan. Economy Minister
Read moreFukushima 2012; Year In Review
2012 brought considerable progress in attempts to understand the disaster at Daiichi. We saw the first grainy peek into unit
Read moreTsunami Debris Showing Up On US West Coast, NOAA Tracking What Arrives
Everything from soccer balls to motorcycles, boats and even a concrete dock have landed on North American shores as debris
Read moreJapan; New Government, What Happens To Nuclear Policy?
The new LDP government has declared their intent to back track the government plan to phase out nuclear power. The
Read moreNRA Issues New Evacuation Standards
The NRA in Japan issued a new set of evacuation criteria. The new levels are much more strict than IAEA
Read moreFukushima Residents & Evacuees Draft Human Rights Declaration
People impacted by the Fukushima nuclear disaster have drafted a human rights declaration with the help of lawyer Yoshitaro Nomura. Nomura
Read moreUS Navy Sailors Sue, Readings On Ships During Disaster
We mentioned previously how a group of sailors are suing TEPCO and the Japanese government for withholding information and lying
Read moreIn The Evacuation Zone Today, Tomioka Photos
The “Naoto Matsumura, Guardian of Fukushima’s Animals” Facebook page has some new photos from the evacuation zone. One of their
Read moreNRA To Investigate Kashiwazaki Kariwa and Hamaoka Nuclear Plants Next
Jiji is reporting that NRA head Toshikazu Tanaka has stated they will be possibly investigating the structures and quake faults
Read moreTEPCO’s New Decontamination System Delayed By Tank Failures
TEPCO has announced a delay in the start up of the new decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi. The system was
Read moreUS Sailors Sue TEPCO And Japan Over Fukushima Exposures
Eight members of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan have sued TEPCO and the Japan government in US Federal Court. The sailors claim
Read moreNRA Declares All Nuclear Facilities In Aomori May Be At Risk
The NRA started by officially announcing the Higashidori nuclear plant owned by Tohoku Electric has an active fault in the plant
Read moreFukushima Residents Still Dealing With The Disaster Daily
Elderly residents of Futaba are still living in an unused school building in Saitama prefecture. As the initial evacuation turned
Read morefukuleaks.org/web Rolls Out Updated Features
We finally have some needed updates done to the site and our RSS feed. We now have a standard RSS
Read moreContaminated Foods Found In Aizumisato Fukushima
The good news first, most of the routine garden produce like tomatoes, apples and cabbage showed with no detectable radiation.
Read moreFreaky Mutant Bugs Found
Teachers from a school in Chiba found some strange mutant beetles. Someone had brought them in to a store that
Read moreSimplyInfo Work Used As Evidence In Sierra Club Federal Petition
A recent report by SimplyInfo.org on the problems at Ft. Calhoun nuclear station involving the containment building was added as
Read moreTEPCO Asks LDP For More Cash & Reactor Restarts, NRA Says Not So Fast
The LDP hasn’t even installed the new Prime Minister yet and the head of TEPCO is asking them for more
Read moreAtomic Rats, Fishing For Beams & Cleaning Up The Common Pool At Daiichi
Workers at the plant are reporting seeing rats at Daiichi. Worker Happy11311 mentioned seeing them and was worried they would
Read moreNew Peer Reviewed Meta-Study Finds Even Low-Level Radioactivity Is Damaging
A new study in the journal Biological Reviews has found that low levels of radiation may be harmful and even areas
Read moreLDP Likely Cabinet Member; “Government Should Tell People 20 Millisieverts Per Year Exposure Is Safe”
Does this sound familiar? It might, this was the level the government tried to slap on children in Japan before
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