New Leak At Daiichi Used Known Weak Hose
TEPCO’s latest contaminated water leak at least partially made it to the sea. TEPCO eventually closed the drainage canals and
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Japan Plans To Restart Reactors Surrounded By Active Volcanoes
Japan’s NRA has given the go ahead to restart two reactors at the Sendai nuclear plant. A recent court decision
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Fukushima Daiichi Cleans Most Contaminated Water, Not Really
TEPCO announced that they have cleaned most of the contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi. But the details show they are
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Waste Storage Tanks At Fukushima Daiichi At Risk Of Explosion
Filter waste containers stored at Fukushima Daiichi are at risk of having hydrogen explosions. TEPCO released documents on Friday detailing
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Japan Takes S. Korea To WTO Over Fukushima Food Bans
Japan has filed a WTO trade complaint against South Korea for restricting potentially contaminated Japanese food from entering their market.
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Fukushima; The Beginning Of The End
A series of announcements over the last two weeks have shown the Abe administration’s true plan for Fukushima & Japan.
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Takahama Reactor Restarts Appeal Rejected By Court
The restart attempt of the nuclear reactors at the Takahama plant in Japan has again been rejected by the courts.
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Fukushima Radiation Found In Tap Water Around Japan
Testing conducted in February and March of 2015 found cesium in many tap water samples collected around Japan. While the
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SimplyInfo.org Report: Taiwan Food Testing Of Japanese Imports
Thanks to activists in Japan, we were made aware of ongoing Japanese food import testing being conducted in Taiwan. The
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Taiwan Implements New Oversight On Japan Food Imports
After the mislabeling scandal earlier in the year where Japanese food imports had falsified prefecture of origin labels, Taiwan’s new
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LDP Wants To Reopen Much Of Evacuation Zone By 2017
The LDP party is pushing a plan to reopen the evacuation zone for any area below 50 mSv/year by 2017.
Read moreFukushima Unit 5 Fuel Removed From Reactor
The fuel assemblies that have been inside the unit 5 reactor vessel since the 2011 disaster have all been moved
Read moreScientists Think Mega Quake May Hit Kyushu Region Soon
Scientists in Japan released a new study that indicates that a mega quake could hit the Kyushu region of Japan
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What Happened At Indian Point?
Over the weekend there was an incident at the Indian Point nuclear plant near New York City. Reports of an
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Japanese Burger Chain Busted Using Restricted Fukushima Food In Taiwan
Mos Burger is in trouble in Taiwan for importing mislabeled food products to their stores in Taiwan. One of the
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Taiwan Customs Broker Arrested In Fukushima Food Scandal
A food import customs broker has been arrested in Taiwan on charges he faked import testing and documents. This included
Read moreSimplyInfo.org; Fukushima News For A Monday (April 27, 2015)
A couple of stories came out over the last week or so that were worth mentioning. Toshiba showed off their
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Fukushima Daiichi Frozen Wall Begins Freezing Operations
TEPCO’s contractors have begun the process of freezing the completed sections of the frozen wall. Blocks 1-8 are currently in
Read moreFukushima Daiichi Port Concreting Completed
Work to put down a coat of concrete across the entire port floor at Fukushima Daiichi has been completed. Initial
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Radioactive Drone Lands On Japan Prime Minister’s Roof
A drone carrying a radioactive substance in a vial (assumed to be cesium) was discovered on the roof of the
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Taiwan Upgrades Fukushima Food Import Regulations For Japan
Taiwan has instituted new food import regulations after a recent scandal where mislabeled foods were imported and sold. It also
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TEPCO Refused To Upgrade From Windows XP At Fukushima Daiichi
Japan’s NRA has publicly urged TEPCO to upgrade computer systems used at Fukushima Daiichi, and possibly company wide. NRA pointed
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Fukushima Daiichi Drainage Canal Leaked To Sea
The contained drainage canal system intended to capture contaminated water before it could leak out to sea has leaked. The
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Fukushima Unit 1 Inspection Work Completed
TEPCO has announced that they have completed all of the work they can do on the unit 1 containment robot
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Second Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Investigation Complete
TEPCO/IRID released a very small selection of video clips from the second investigation that took place over two days along
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SimplyInfo.org; WIPP REPORT April 2015
1. Radiation survey of the underground No complete radiation survey of the underground areas has been released to date. These
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Fukushima Bird Populations Continue To Decline
A new study tracking the bird populations in Fukushima found a decline in population and in diversity. An even more
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2nd Robot Enters Fukushima Unit 1 Containment
TEPCO is reporting that the second robot has been put into containment and made 6 of the 11 data stops
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Report On Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection 2015
Hitachi’s shape changing robot (at least one of them, they have more) is abandoned and dead inside the containment of
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Japan Court Blocks Takahama Nuclear Plant Restart
One of the nuclear plants favored for an early restart has been barred by the courts. The reactors at the
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Fukushima Containment Robot To Be Abandoned Inside
TEPCO announced that the robot stuck in containment will not be recovered. They will send a team into the reactor
Read moreFukushima Unit 1 Robot Still Transmitting Data
Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the robot stranded inside unit 1 containment is still transmitting data. This rules out radiation
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Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Failure, What We Know So Far
Per Yahoo News Japan, the robot died about 2/3 of the way through the planned route. Specifics about what kind
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Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Dies In Containment During Inspection
Kyodo News is reporting the robot died inside unit 1’s containment during the inspection. It stopped functioning part way through
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Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection Conducted
TEPCO reports that the work is underway and released three images of the robot being inserted into the containment structure.
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IRID Fukushima Fuel Debris Research Progress Reports
IRID published English language versions of their fuel debris removal and other new technology research reports. Various contractors were hired to
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Fukushima Unit 3 Containment Inspection To Start October 2015
TEPCO and IRID recently published details on the first efforts to probe the unit 3 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi. In
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US Lax Regulations On Japan Food Imports Raise More Concerns As TPP Close To A Vote
A recent Japanese food mislabeling scandal in Taiwan showed the differing levels of oversight between countries when it comes to
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Unit 1 Basement Shows Highly Contaminated Water Remains
TEPCO is making an effort to lower the water level in some of the basement rooms of the unit 1
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Containment Inspection Starts April 10th
According to a recently released handout from TEPCO and IRID the robot inspection of unit 1’s containment should commence around
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