TEPCO Declared All Ok Before They Could Check Fukushima Daiichi After Quake
TEPCO has admitted in a roundabout fashion that they gave the “all ok” for Fukushima Daiichi before they were able
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7.3 Quake Plus Tsunami Hit Fukushima Daiichi, Daini
Update 5: JMA says there could be additional strong quakes. This quake is an aftershock of the 2011 quake Update
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Anger, Protests In Taiwan Over Plan To Allow Fukushima Food Imports
A rushed plan by the Taiwanese government to permit foods from Fukushima prefecture and nearby to be imported has caused
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Fukushima Unit 1 Cover Removal Completed
TEPCO has reported that the last sections of the cover over unit 1 have been removed. The next phase is
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Fukushima Car Washes Struggle With Radioactive Sludge
The Japanese press is reporting a “new” problem in Fukushima prefecture. Sludge tanks at car wash facilities in the region have
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Japan’s Nuclear Industry Takes A Last Ditch Defensive Position
A series of announcements this week signal major upheaval in Japan’s nuclear industry. METI has proposed that TEPCO should start
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Fukushima Vent Tower Drone Inspection Completed
TEPCO reported on October 20th that they completed the drone inspections of unit 1-2 vent tower. Minimal data was provided
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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Repair Research Underway
IRID announced details of work that is now underway to determine if a method for repairing the unit 2 suppression
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Niigata Election Throws Wrench In Japan Nuclear Plans
This surprising news requires a bit of back story. The sitting Niigata prefecture governor, Hirohiko Izumida has been blocking the
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Update; October 4, 2016
TEPCO published a new report on the frozen wall dated September 29. TEPCO states that they have frozen 95 percent
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Drones Used To Inspect Fukushima Vent Tower
A flying quadcopter was used to attempt to inspect the Unit 1-2 vent tower at Fukushima Daiichi. The tower has
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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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First Fukushima Unit 2 Muon Scans Dispute New Scan Results
We reported in September 2015, the results of the Nagoya University muon scans of unit 2. These scans are less
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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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