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TEPCO Will Face Criminal Indictment Over Fukushima Daiichi Disaster

August 1, 2015 Editor 0 Comments charges, criminal, executives, fukushima, indictment, TEPCO

TEPCO executives will face indictment for their roles in negligence that lead to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. They may not

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Fukushima Unit 2 Probe Delayed By Stuck Shielding Blocks

July 31, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Containment, crd, fukushima, hatch, robot, unit 2, x6

A row of shielding blocks were rusted to a floor rail, causing a delay in the work at unit 2

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Fukushima Unit 3 Seawater Trench Concreting Completed

July 30, 2015 Editor 0 Comments concreting, fukushima, piping, sea front, sea water, trench, unit 3

TEPCO announced that they have completed the concreting of the unit 3 seawater piping trench system. Two vertical shafts are

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Fukushima Unit 1 Discharge Canal Contamination Rising

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 Editor 0 Comments contamination, discharge canal, fukushima

A report released on July 26th showed that contamination levels in the unit 1 discharge canal at the end closer

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Japanese Companies In Taiwan Fukushima Food Scandal Banned From Importing

July 29, 2015 Editor 0 Comments contamination, export, food, fukushima, import, japan, scandal, taiwan

Taiwan has announced that those companies that falsified origin labels to bypass importation regulations on Japanese foods will be banned

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Fukushima Power System Failure Takes Down Ice Wall & Nitrogen Injection

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 Editor 0 Comments electrical, frozen wall, fukushima, nitrogen, power

The power system to operate the freezing of the ice wall and also the nitrogen interting system for the damaged

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Fukushima Unit 3 Crane To Be Removed From Pool August 2nd

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2015, crane, fukushima, removal, spent fuel pool, unit 3

The remains of the unit 3 fuel handling crane will be removed from the spent fuel pool August 2nd. TEPCO

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Fukushima Unit 1 Cover Partially Removed, Remaining Work Delayed

July 28, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2015, cover removal, fukushima, unit 1

TEPCO removed one panel of the cover building roof of unit 1 early in the morning on July 28th. After

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Fukushima Unit 3 Fuel Crane To Be Removed This Week

July 28, 2015July 27, 2015 Editor 0 Comments crane, removal, spent fuel pool, unit 3

TEPCO plans to remove the remains of the fuel crane from the pool this week using a special pair of

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Fukushima Unit 1 Airflow Blocking Door Completed

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 Editor 0 Comments airflow, cover building, door, fukushima, unit 1

A door to block airflow through unit 1 has been installed. The plastic and steel door was installed to help

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Sendai Reactor May Restart August 10th

July 26, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2015, august, fukushima, japan, NRA, nuclear, restart, sendai

NHK is reporting that Sendai nuclear plant may restart as early as August 10th. This also happens to be around

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Lasers Being Researched For Use At Fukushima Daiichi

July 22, 2015 Editor 0 Comments

GE-Hitachi and Sugino Machine signed a deal to work on research for creating lasers to be used for melted fuel

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This Week’s Japanese Nuclear Industry Scandals

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 Editor 0 Comments falsification, fukushima, japan, nuclear, restarts, scandal, sendai, shika, shimane, toshiba

As Japan’s current government tries to force through reactor restarts, the process is running into some harsh reality. The NRA

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Fukushima Residents Warned TEPCO About Tsunami Risk At Plant In 2004

July 18, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Citizen, daiichi, fukushima, panel, tsunami, warning

A citizen panel made up of residents near Fukushima Daiichi had warned TEPCO in 2004 about the tsunami risk at

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Rosatom Begins Tritium Removal Project At Fukushima Daiichi

July 16, 2015July 15, 2015 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, fukushima, rosatom, tritium, triton

Plans for a demonstration system based off of the Russian Triton tritium removal technology will begin construction early next year.

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Japan’s Nuclear Restarts; BWR Restart Following Extended Shutdown Report

July 16, 2015September 2, 2015 Editor 0 Comments aging, dean, inspection, japan, nuclear, reactor, report, restarts

BWR RESTART FOLLOWING EXTENDED SHUTDOWN By Dean Wilkie All of the reactors in Japan were shut down subsequent to the

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Typhoon Nangka Could Cross Fukushima Daiichi

July 16, 2015 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, nangka, typhoon

Typhoon Nangka is expected to run across the main Japanese island of Honshu over the weekend. The storm is currently a

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TEPCO To Resume Fukushima Unit 1 Cover Removal Work In Late July

July 16, 2015 Editor 0 Comments cover removal, daiichi, fukushima, unit 1

TEPCO announced work to remove the unit 1 cover will resume on July 28th and take about 4 months to

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Ikata Reactor Passes NRA Safety Approval

July 15, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Ikata, japan, nuclear, restart

There are still additional inspections, design reviews and local approval needed, but the Ikata nuclear plant has gained one portion

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Fukushima Daiichi’s Little Known Hydrazine Problem

July 13, 2015July 12, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Fukushima Daiichi, hydrazine, leaks

Recent Roadmap reports on activity at the plant have shown that hydrazine is still in use. The chemical was used

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SimplyInfo.org; Fukushima News Roundup, July 12, 2015

July 12, 2015July 12, 2015 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, news, roundup

NRA has begun work to consider BWR (boiling water reactors) for potential restarts. The initial push for restarts has

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Fukushima Unit 3 Decommissioning Plan Released

July 8, 2015July 7, 2015 Editor 0 Comments building, crane, decommissioning, fukushima, nuclear, removal, spent fuel pool, unit 3

TEPCO released significant new information about the plan and progress for dealing with unit 3’s spent fuel pool. The report

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Naraha Reopening Delay Exposes Complex Problems With Returning Evacuees

July 7, 2015February 15, 2016 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuees, naraha, return

The government announced a delay in reopening the town of Naraha near Fukushima Daiichi. The reopening would be delayed a few

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Sendai Nears Restart, Mihama May Be Down For Good

July 6, 2015 Editor 0 Comments japan, Mihama, nuclear, restarts, sendai

Workers began installing fuel in the unit 1 reactor at the Sendai nuclear plant in Japan last week. They expect

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Fukushima Evacuees Facing Harder Access To Housing

June 30, 2015June 29, 2015 Editor 0 Comments access, compensation, evacuee, fukushima, housing, public housing

Back in 2011 PM Kan told Fukushima evacuees they could go home very soon. This was probably not what he

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Prepares For Containment Inspection

June 29, 2015June 30, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Containment, crd rail, daiichi, fukushima, inspection, unit 2

A newly released document shows progress in the effort to inspect inside unit 2’s containment. At unit 1 they went

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Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Torus Structures In Need Of Reinforcement

June 25, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Containment, daiichi, flooding, fukushima, IRID, pcv, reinforcement, suppression chamber, torus, toshiba

IRID published a call for proposals mid June related to research and development into a way to reinforce the torus structures

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Fukushima Daiichi Tank Dismantling Explained

June 24, 2015June 23, 2015 Editor 0 Comments bolt together tanks, daiichi, fukushima, removal, storage

TEPCO provided more information about how they will go about taking down the many bolt together tanks at the disaster

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Fukushima Daiichi Has More Defective Hoses

June 23, 2015June 23, 2015 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, failure, fukushima, hose, kanaflex

After a recent leak from a Kanaflex hose at Fukushima Daiichi, TEPCO inspected other similar hoses at the plant. They

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New Problems & Challenges Plague Fukushima

June 23, 2015February 15, 2016 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, decontamination, evacuation, evacuees, fukushima, naraha, roadmap, soil bags, thyroid

As June wanes we find more delays, more problems and new admissions about the extent of the disaster. TEPCO introduced

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Contaminated Fukushima Food; Charges In Taiwan, Japan Asks China To Ease Restrictions

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 Editor 0 Comments arrests, china, food, imports, japan, restrictions, taiwan

Two men have been charged in Taiwan related to the importing of banned foods from Japan. The illegal importing of

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New Contaminated Japanese Tea Found In Taiwan

June 22, 2015 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contaminated, food, japan, taiwan, tea, Testing

Taiwan’s FDA published some new radiation testing results in the last week. On June 16, 2015 they found two samples

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TEPCO Begins Tank Removal Work At Fukushima Daiichi

June 19, 2015 Editor 0 Comments bolt together tanks, daiichi, fukushima, H1, H2, removal

Work began in late May to remove some of the bolt together tanks at Fukushima Daiichi. The bolt together tanks

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Sendai Nuclear Plant Restart Rescheduled As Inspections Fall Behind

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 Editor 0 Comments japan, nuclear, restart, sendai

The potential restart of the Sendai nuclear plant has now been pushed back to mid-August at the earliest. JAIF is

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New Fukushima Daiichi Robot Changes Approach

June 11, 2015 Editor 0 Comments autonomous, Chiba, drone, fukushima, robot

Yet another robot has been introduced for use at Fukushima Daiichi. This one is significantly different. The unnamed six propeller

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EPA Investigates WIPP Room Closure

June 10, 2015June 8, 2015 Editor 0 Comments closure, room, WIPP

WIPP abruptly closed off two rooms that contained at risk barrels of nuclear waste. One being the site of the

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Fukushima Businesses Cut Off, Youth Don’t Plan To Return

June 9, 2015June 8, 2015 Editor 0 Comments businesses, compensation, evacuation, fukushima, return, youth, zone

A new plan was announced by TEPCO and the Japanese government that would terminate compensation payments to businesses impacted by

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Rain May Have Caused Radiation Spike At Fukushima Drainage Canal

June 8, 2015 Editor 0 Comments contaminated water, daiichi, fukushima, k drainage, leaks, rain

TEPCO reported a small radiation spike at the K drainage canal on June 6th. Levels went up on the 6th

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IRID Shows Off New Robot To Help With Containment Inspections At Fukushima Daiichi

June 4, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Containment, daiichi, fukushima, IRID, robot, shield blocks, tembo

IRID has announced a new robot to help access the containment structures at Fukushima Daiichi. The new robot named TEMBO

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TEPCO Caught Lying About Fukushima Failed Hose Incident

June 3, 2015 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, drainage, fukushima, hose, kanaflex, leak, NRA, waste water

TEPCO was reprimanded by the NRA after being caught lying about the use of the now failed transfer hose at

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