Push For Local Consent To Restart Fukushima Daini, But Why?
The Japanese government announced a plan to legally require TEPCO to seek local approval before restarting Fukushima Daini. “The Japanese
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Fukushima Daiichi To Clean Debris Off Sea Floor
Over five years later TEPCO is just now starting the process to remove debris from the sea floor up to
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Fukushima Daiichi To Cost Citizens Another $83 Billion
The Japanese government plans to cover the costs of the Fukushima disaster including evacuee compensation and decommissioning of the plant
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Fukushima Daiichi Floods, Shows Lack Of Preparedness
News reports indicated that groundwater at Fukushima Daiichi had risen so high it broke the surface and flowed into the
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90000 Still In Temporary Housing After Fukushima Disaster
The reporting out of Japan doesn’t define who is still homeless due to the nuclear disaster and who is still
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Fukushima Vent Tower 1-2 Water Drain Sampling Results
TEPCO has successfully obtained a sample and water depth for the sump drain connected to the unit 1-2 vent tower.
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Fukushima Unit 1 Cover Being Removed, What Happens Next
Asahi Shimbun is reporting that work has begun to remove the cover from Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1. The cover has
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A Fukushima Update; September 7, 2016
A number of individual events have taken place related to the disaster. They are worth noting but didn’t warrant their
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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection To Happen Early 2017
Asahi Shimbun is reporting that TEPCO has announced they would begin the robotic containment inspection of unit 2’s containment in
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The Big Job To Sample Water At A Fukushima Vent Stack
The effort to deal with the unit 1-2 vent stack has grown in complexity. TEPCO claims in this new work
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Typhoon Melts Two Sections Of Fukushima Ice Wall
Asahi Shimbun reported that two sections of the underground ice wall at Fukushima Daiichi have thawed and failed two sections.
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Japan Is NOT Trying To Restart Fukushima Daiichi
A factually incorrect article published at OilPrice.com (Update: they have corrected the erroneous claim about restarting Fukushima Daiichi but left a
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1 Billion USD Lawsuit Over Hitachi Fukushima Cleanup Contracts
Purolite company based in the US has sued Hitachi for 1 billion USD in a US court over theft of
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Typhoon Lionrock Targets Fukushima Daiichi
Typhoon Lionrock has strengthened and changed course. Current predictions as of today shows it hitting the Tohoku coast as a
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Fukushima Seafood Smuggling Ring Busted In China
5000 tons of Fukushima fish, scallops and king crab are estimated to have been smuggled out of Japan in the
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GONE: Fukushima Hospital Patient Vanished In Disaster
Some time between March 14 and 16, at the height of the disaster she went missing. Most of the staff had
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TEPCO Suffers Wrath of Kan
TEPCO lost 750,000 customers and has seen their profits drop by 37% in their newest financial reports. This is a
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Sees Small Progress From Concrete Addition
The newest frozen wall report documented the process of injecting concrete into the areas experiencing freezing problems along the sea
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Fukushima R&D To Weld Containment Equipment Hatch Closed
From the IRID 2015 report, there is a research plan to weld shut the containment equipment hatches from the inside.
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Something Incredible Found In Fukushima Muon Scan
As we process the information released related to the second muon scan of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 a number of
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Another Worker Drops Dead At Fukushima Daiichi
A worker has died at Fukushima Daiichi. The report (machine translated below) indicates he was found dead around 10:39 in
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Fukushima Unit 2 Muon Scan Not So Conclusive
TEPCO and IRID released a set of reports on the muon scan of unit 2. This is a follow up
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Pokemon Spotted At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has reported Pokemon have been spotted on the grounds of Fukushima Daiichi. They did not specify what ones were
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Japan’s Business Lobby Bails On Nuclear
We have tracked this issue since 2011, but this is an unexpected turn. Japan’s business lobby(Keidanren) has been loudly pushing
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What Windscale Can Tell About The Future Of Fukushima Daiichi
The decommissioning authority managing the long term response to the Fukushima Daiichi disaster site has cited three previous nuclear disasters
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Radioactive “Glass” Found In Lungs Of Fukushima Workers
A study published in March of 2016 found insoluble cesium lodged in the lungs of some of the highly exposed
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NRA Tells TEPCO To Reduce Radioactive Water In Reactor Buildings At Fukushima
NRA has instructed TEPCO to deal with the radioactive water in the reactor building basements at Fukushima Daiichi. The request
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Melted Fuel To Be Sampled From Fukushima Reactors Containment
A contract announcement confirms new plans for the melted reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. Efforts are underway to develop the equipment
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NDF Tries To Walk Back Fukushima Daiichi Sarcophagus Admission
After news inadvertently leaked via NHK that the decommissioning authority (NDF) for Fukushima Daiichi was considering a Chernobyl type sarcophagus
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Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Takes A Horrible Turn
NHK reports that the decommissioning authority in charge of dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster is now considering
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Japan’s Nuclear Industry Takes Two Major Hits
Just this week, Japan’s nuclear industry has seen two major hits to the restart plans. Anti-nuclear advocate Satoshi Mitazono was elected
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Cat. 5 Typhoon To Hit Taiwan Soon
A massive category 5 typhoon is set to hit Taiwan Thursday night into Friday (Taiwan is 12+ hours on the
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SimplyInfo.org Chat Has Moved
The chat system has had a periodic update to a new instance of the application. The updated version can be
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Fukushima Radioactive Glass Microparticles In Tokyo Confirm Other Findings
A new report out of a geochemistry conference in Japan gives new insight into previous research on the meltdowns at
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Fukushima Disaster Costs Taxpayers $100 Billion So Far
The Financial Times reports the estimate, based on work by Ritsumeikan University professor Kenichi Oshima. This includes what taxpayers have
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Fukushima Documentary; 88 Hours Inside The Disaster
NHK is broadcasting a documentary throughout the week called 88 Hours – The Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown. It is based on
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Fire At Namie Nuclear Waste Site
Loose branches and dead grass being prepared to be loaded into the iconic black bags used for nuclear soil and
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima 5th Year Report
Our research team’s 5th year report on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is out. Full of technical details rarely covered
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11 New Fukushima Thyroid Cancers
The Fukushima Health Survey announced they have found 11 new thyroid cancer cases in children under 18. Two were found
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How The Fukushima Daiichi Sea Wall Was Damaged
TEPCO announced last week that the steel and concrete sea wall they installed and recently closed the last section of
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