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The Danger From Fukushima Daiichi No One Is Talking About

March 7, 2019 Editor 0 Comments black stuff, exposure, fallout, fukushima, microparticles, olympics, radiation, Safety

Radioactivity spewed from Fukushima Daiichi as the reactors melted down. That hasn’t been disputed. Researchers have found a far more

SimplyInfo.org 2019 Annual Report On The Fukushima Disaster

March 6, 2019March 5, 2019 Editor 0 Comments 2019, 8th anniversary, cancer, clean up, disaster, environment, fukushima, health, meltdown, recovery, report

SimplyInfo.org’s 2019 report on the Fukushima Disaster is now available. Our comprehensive report covers the technical, health, ecological and social

SimplyInfo.org On Nuclear Hotseat Talking About Fukushima!

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Editor 0 Comments 2019, 8th anniversary, fukushima, Interview, nuclear hotseat, report

Communications Director, Nancy Foust is on this week’s Nuclear Hotseat with Libbe HaLevy talking about the 8th anniversary of the

Fukushima Unit 2 Fuel Debris Inspection Results

February 14, 2019 Editor 0 Comments 2019, Corium, daiichi, fuel debris, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, unit 2

TEPCO completed another inspection inside unit 2 containment this week. The newest work involved attempting to move and grasp pieces

Fukushima Farmers Struggle, TEPCO Execs Could Get 5 Years in Prison

January 8, 2019January 7, 2019 Editor 0 Comments beef, cattle, cows, executives, farmers, fukushima, TEPCO, trial

Prosecutors have asked for 5 year prison sentences for the TEPCO executives on trial for criminal negligence. The three executives

Hydrogen Sulfide Found In Fukushima Contaminated Water Tanks

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Editor 0 Comments 2018, corrosion, fukushima, hydrogen, sulfuric acid, tanks

Mako Oshidori reported from a recent TEPCO press conference that the company has admitted to finding hydrogen sulfide in some

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Chiba Mayors Request Radioactive Waste Storage 8th Time

December 23, 2018December 23, 2018 Editor 0 Comments Chiba, contamination, environment, fallout, fukushima, soil

Mayors from five cities in Chiba prefecture requested for an 8th time that the central government deal with high level

TEPCO To Poke Fukushima Unit 2 Fuel With A Stick

December 18, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2019, fuel, fukushima, probe, stick, unit 2

TEPCO announced at a meeting with Japan’s NRA that they will conduct a new investigation inside unit 2 around February

Fukushima Food Fight Continues

December 9, 2018December 24, 2018 Editor 0 Comments bans, china, food, fukushima, japan, mushrooms, Niigata, rice, Russia, soil, taiwan, vacuum dust

Concerns and disputes over the safety of food from Fukushima and other nearby prefectures subject to fallout from the nuclear

TEPCO To Test Halt Of Water Injection At Fukushima Daiichi

December 1, 2018 Editor 0 Comments cooling, decommissioning, fukushima, Reactors, unit 2, water injection

Since the initial disaster TEPCO has been injecting water into the damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. Questions around the long

Fukushima Frozen Wall Proves Partially Effective

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Editor 0 Comments

TEPCO has reported on the frozen wall nine months after Japan’s nuclear regulator expressed skepticism about the wall’s effectiveness. Japan’s

TEPCO Releases Fukushima Waste Stream Data

November 5, 2018 Editor 0 Comments alps, building, daiichi, debris, fukushima, radiation, Testing, water

TEPCO released a report in July on various waste streams at Fukushima Daiichi. This rather dry sounding report contains some

TEPCO Execs Complete Negligence Trial Testimony

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Editor 0 Comments executives, negligence, TEPCO, testimony, trial

Earlier this month ex-TEPCO VP Sakae Muto testified in the criminal negligence trial where he and two other TEPCO execs face

TEPCO Trial Turns Into War Of Words

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Editor 0 Comments executives, fukushima, negligence, TEPCO, trial

The negligence trial of TEPCO executives continues on. In recent weeks the executives take the stand to give testimony. This

Fukushima Daiichi Debris Samples Reveal Dangerous Link

October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 Editor 0 Comments black sand, black stuff, Containment, fuel debris, fukushima, glass spheres, inspections, microparticles, robots, TIPS, unit 1, unit 2, unit 3

A detailed TEPCO document from July 2018 gives some important new insight into the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and the

TEPCO Admits Treated Water Not Safe To Dump

October 1, 2018September 30, 2018 Editor 0 Comments contaminated water, fukushima, ocean, pacific, tanks, tritium

The Associated Press reported from a TEPCO press conference held late last week that treated water TEPCO has been trying

SimplyInfo.org Report: Fukushima Microparticles, An Unrecognized Threat

September 7, 2018September 6, 2018 Editor 0 Comments black sand, black stuff, contamination, deaths, exposure, fallout, fukushima, glass spheres, illness, micro, particles, radiation

In the years since the initial disaster there have been disparities between the official radiation exposure estimates and the subsequent

TEPCO Admits Almost 200 Billion Bq In Undeclared Water Contamination

August 20, 2018August 19, 2018 Editor 0 Comments alps, contaminated, dumping, fukushima, ocean, TEPCO, tritium, water

Kyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all

Fukushima Unit 2 Refueling Floor Inspection Results

August 6, 2018August 5, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, fukushima, inspection, radiation, readings, refueling floor, robot, unit 2

We reported in late July that TEPCO would take additional readings inside unit 2’s refueling floor level. Those readings have now

Fukushima Unit 2 Refueling Floor Work Progresses, Poses Risks

July 26, 2018July 25, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, Demolition, equipment, fukushima, refueling floor, removal, robots, spent fuel, unit 2

Work has begun on the unit 2 refueling floor at Fukushima Daiichi. Previously, TEPCO installed a controlled building on the

Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Removal To Start Fall Of 2018

July 25, 2018July 24, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 3

TEPCO has installed the fuel removal cover building on unit 3, but not without some glitches. An inverter that controls

TEPCO Has A Plan For Some Of The More Dangerous Work At Daiichi

July 24, 2018July 23, 2018 Editor 0 Comments cutting, dismantling, fukushima, removal, unit 1, unit 2, vent tower

One of the most dangerous places at Fukushima Daiichi may undergo work to reduce the ongoing risk. Soon after the

Fukushima Spent Fuel Has Nowhere To Go

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Editor 0 Comments cask, common pool, fukushima, pool, spent fuel, storage

TEPCO’s most recent update on the decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi included an update on the movement and storage of

Fukushima Fuel Debris Research Update

June 27, 2018June 26, 2018 Editor 0 Comments arm, fuel debris, fukushima, removal, research, x-6

TEPCO released a periodic update on the research towards removing the fuel debris from the reactors. The report contained some

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The Fukushima High Radiation Motor Speedway?

June 25, 2018June 23, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 114, fukushima, highway, radiation, reopen, zone

A Japanese NGO posted these photos to social media showing signs installed on the newly opened highway 114 near Fukushima

NHK Drops Bombshell On Fukushima Disaster In New Documentary

May 27, 2018May 31, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 18, 19, 20, 21, cooling water, fukushima, March, radiation, smoke, SPEEDI, steam, unit 2, unit 3

NHK’s new documentary, Meltdown: Cooling Water Crisis provides new insight into a series of less known events in the Fukushima disaster.

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SimplyInfo.org: Unit 2 Fuel Debris Report

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, Corium, fuel debris, pedestal, report, scope, unit 2

New information has been released by TEPCO on unit 2’s missing fuel. This provides significant new clues to the meltdown

Fukushima Unit 2 Wall Removal Begins

April 17, 2018April 15, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, building, floor, fukushima, inspection, refueling, unit 2

Work has begun to remove a section of wall from the unit 2 reactor building. This is the same area

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Strange Iodine 131 Findings In Fukushima Prefecture

April 16, 2018April 12, 2018 Editor 0 Comments cancer, fukushima, iodine 131, nihonmatsu, sewage, sludge, thyroid

Where: Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture When: January 2017 to February 2018 This was brought to our attention that some unusual

Fukushima Frozen Wall Experiences New Problems

April 13, 2018April 11, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, frozen wall, fukushima

Certain sections of the frozen wall have been degrading since January. The two end sections and certain portions of the

TEPCO Admitted Tsunami Risk To Govt. 4 Days Before Disaster

April 12, 2018 Editor 0 Comments criminal, executives, negligence, NISA, TEPCO, trial, tsunami

A TEPCO official admitted as part of his testimony in the criminal negligence trial of TEPCO execs that they did

TEPCO Cancelled Tsunami Wall At Fukushima Daiichi

April 11, 2018 Editor 0 Comments criminal, negligence, TEPCO, trial, tsunami, wall

Testimony in the ongoing criminal negligence trial of TEPCO executives revealed that efforts to build a tsunami wall at Fukushima

CHAT IS Back – UPDATE

March 31, 2018April 1, 2018 Editor 0 Comments

The chat server is back up as of this evening CST 3.31.18 If the server is not back up in

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The Plans For Fukushima Fuel Removal 2018

March 26, 2018March 25, 2018 Editor 0 Comments decommissioning, fuel debris, inspection, removal, research, sample

TEPCO and the associated research & decommissioning authorities recently published a new report outlining the effort to collect the remains

TEPCO Adds Low Tech Water Injection to Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Editor 0 Comments injection, spent fuel pool, unit 3, water

TEPCO published a handout covering the recent worker training for a rather low tech system to refill unit 3’s spent

Researchers Claim To Have Drone Capable Of Fukushima Containment Flight

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Editor 0 Comments Containment, daiichi, drone, fukushima, inspection, SWRI

The Southwest Research Insititute (SwRI) and University of Pennsylvania’s robotics lab claim they have a drone capable of operating inside

SimplyInfo.org Fukushima 7th Anniversary Report

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 7th anniversary, annual, disaster, fukushima, report

Our annual report on the Fukushima disaster is now available. Read it here via the embedded reader (below) or read

SimplyInfo.org Analysis Of Fukushima Unit 2 Pedestal Inspection 2018

February 2, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, Corium, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, scope, unit 2

Our research team has reviewed the limited information provided by after the most recent inspection of unit 2. While the

TEPCO Withholds Critical New Fukushima Meltdown Data From Public

January 23, 2018January 22, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, contaiment, Corium, fuel, fukushima, pedestal, scope, unit 2

Last week another inspection was conducted inside unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. This new work looked inside the reactor pedestal

Fukushima Unit 2 Inspection Happens Friday

January 16, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, fukushima, inspection, scope, unit 2

The scope inspection of unit 2 will take place Friday. TEPCO is planning one day for this work. The scope