Chaos Breaks Out At Fukushima Food Meeting In Taiwan
A public meeting on the Taiwan government’s plan to ease a food ban on prefectures in Japan impacted by the
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2016
TEPCO Erects Mystery Platform Around Unit 2 Fukushima Daiichi
Among images provided by TEPCO of a recent visit to the disaster site by the Kashiwazaki mayor, was this photo.
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Fukushima Fish Still Contaminated
Asahi Shimbun published a fairly misleading article last week where they claimed radiation in Fukushima fish was not detected. This
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Damage Found At Fukushima Daiichi After Quake, Tsunami
Small pieces of information are coming out of TEPCO. So far no reporting of the status of the storage tanks
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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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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 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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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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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 Rice To Be Sold In London
Fukushima rice will be available for sale in the UK starting in July. It will also be supplied to some
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Report For June 23 2016
Another update to the frozen wall was released. The new report shows some minor changes. The unit 1 section continues
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Progress Report – June 22
TEPCO injected cement near parts of section 1 of the frozen wall on June 8. South sections of the frozen
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Progress And Failures
The frozen wall at Fukushima Daiichi has seen some minor progress amid ongoing problems with freezing portions of the wall.
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Fukushima Unit 2 Muon Scan Shows No Fuel In Reactor
TEPCO released preliminary information from the second muon scan of unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. This scan finds no fuel
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TEPCO Begins Small Debris Removal On Fukushima Unit 1
NHK announced late last week that TEPCO has begun removing small debris off the top of Fukushima unit 1 with
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Japan; Still Radioactive (Video)
Asuperdry reported quite a bit during 2011 when the disaster hit, showing people radiation readings and other information. This new
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Kyushu Earthquakes Expose Unaddressed Nuclear Reactor Risks
The Kyushu region of Japan has been hit by a series of major earthquakes and aftershocks since late last week.
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Two Days Of Earthquakes Near Japan’s Operating Reactors
UPDATE: Mt. Aso near the fault line generating these earthquakes has had a small eruption. Strong earthquakes have been hitting
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TEPCO Begins Installing Unit 3 Defueling Building
TEPCO began installing the first sections of the defueling building this week. The decking is the first portion of what
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TEPCO Starts Frozen Wall, What You Need To Know
Full operation of the frozen wall at Fukushima Daiichi has begun. The entire process should take about 8 months to
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Two New Leaks At Fukushima Daiichi
Two new leaks happened at Fukushima Daiichi recently. Both were contained within the buildings where they happened. The first was
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Research Towards High Radiation Robots For Fukushima
One of the largest challenges in the effort to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi disaster site is developing robotic technology to
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Fukushima Unit 2 Gets Mini Muon Detector
Unit 2 already had one muon scan done by Nagoya University that found no fuel to likely be in the
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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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TEPCO Admits To Fukushima Meltdown Coverup
TEPCO has admitted that they failed to officially notify the government of the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and that they
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Details On Fukushima Tritium Removal System
Kurion’s tritium removal system is inching closer to implementation. Bloomberg has some information on how the system will work. A
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TEPCO And NRA Agree On Fukushima Frozen Wall Plan
TEPCO and NRA have come to an agreement to being operation of the frozen wall. TEPCO wanted to freeze the
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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Postponed Further
TEPCO is reporting that the effort to put a robot into unit 2’s containment has been delayed further. Work to
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TEPCO Releases Photos Of Fukushima Unit 1 Demolition
TEPCO released two images of the work underway to remove the refueling floor level of unit 1. They commented that
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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Delayed To January
TEPCO announced that the problems created by the stuck shielding blocks and high radiation in the work area will require
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