Unit 3 Receives New Turbine Building Cover
The unit 3 turbine building suffered roof damage during the 2011 explosion at that reactor. A temporary cover had been
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91 Bags Of Contaminated Fukushima Soil Washed Away In Typhoon
NHK is reporting that 90 bags of contaminated soil floated away in a river during Typhoon Hagibis. 25 of those
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TEPCO Admits Almost 200 Billion Bq In Undeclared Water Contamination
Kyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all
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New Fukushima Contaminated Soil Storage Sits On River Banks
The new interim storage site designated for longer term storage of radioactive contaminated soil near Fukushima Daiichi has opened for
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NRA Puts Stop To Plan To Reuse Contaminated Soil
Japan’s Environment Ministry had a plan. They were going to solve the problem of the massive piles of radioactive soil
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Public To Shoulder Fukushima Decontamination Costs While Waste Piles Up
As of early December 2016 there were more than 9 million radioactive waste bags piled up in Fukushima prefecture alone.
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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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Fukushima Soil Road Reuse Plan Ignores Significant Risks
The government plan would take any contaminated soil under the 8000 bq/kg hazardous waste limit and use it to build
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TEPCO Curiously Avoids Prosecution On Contaminated Water Leak
A court case that went after TEPCO for causing a major contaminated water leak, part of which leaked to the
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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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Japanese Govt. To Reuse Fukushima Contaminated Soil
The Environment Ministry has announced they plan to “reuse” contaminated soil in public construction projects. Last week they announced that
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Fukushima Unit 1 Discharge Canal Begins Filtration
The discharge canal of unit 1 has been the site of ongoing high levels of contamination since the initial disaster.
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Fukushima Contaminated Mushrooms Found In Stores
Four samples of mushrooms being sold in stores in Gunma Japan were found to be contaminated with cesium 134 &
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Environment Ministry To Move Fukushima Soil Bags
The Environment Ministry has said they would move contaminated soil bags housed near rivers or alternatively “tie them with ropes”
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Japanese Govt. To Return Contaminated Soil Storage Land To Owners
Land borrowed in Minamisoma for storing bags of contaminated soil is going to be “returned” to the land owners it
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Fukushima Contaminated Soil Bags Washed Away In Floods
NHK is reporting that bags on contaminated soil and debris in Iitate Village were washed away in the recent flooding.
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TEPCO To Finish Closing Sea Wall By End Of October
TEPCO announced the timeline to close the steel piling sea wall. This wall has been under construction for years. An
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New Contaminated Japanese Tea Found In Taiwan
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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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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Radioactive Japanese Tea Found In Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s government Center For Food Safety, found a series of radioactive Japanese tea samples in 2014. The findings are
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TEPCO Under Fire For Leaks At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has again been receiving growing criticism over their handling of contaminated water at the plant. The first leak, from
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TEPCO Begins Concreting Unit 3 Trench
TEPCO concreted the unit 3 trench in some unannounced work at Fukushima Daiichi. The unit 2 cable trench had been
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Japan NRA Admits Fukushima Daiichi Still Leaking Into Pacific
The head of Japan’s NRA stated that the contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi is continuing to seep into the ground
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4158 bq/kg Mushrooms Found In Tochigi Prefecture
Mushrooms from Tochigi prefecture tested and found to have 4158 bq/kg of cesium. The test was recently completed and shows
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Fukushima Groundwater Contamination Rises To Nearly Double Previous Reading
Seafront well 1-6 began to rise again after it had begun to drop after the most recent typhoon. It nearly
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TEPCO To Try Two New Tactics To Stem Radioactive Tide At Fukushima Daiichi
Efforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.
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Fukushima Contaminated Water Problems Worsen
TEPCO announced this week that they wanted to begin pumping up water from the sub drains near the reactor buildings.
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TEPCO Claims ALPS Decontamination System To Be Operational By End Of Year
TEPCO hopes to have two new installations of ALPS completed in September and October of this year. The company is
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TEPCO’s Bolt Together Tanks Were Known To Leak Before Installation
The manufacturer that sold TEPCO used bolt together tanks for use at Fukushima Daiichi said that the tanks were known
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NRA Discovers Major Radioactive Tank Leak At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO missed it but NRA officials that were at the plant found a 4 ton leak of radioactive water. Not
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Fukushima Reactor Water Leak Sources Admitted By TEPCO
Buried in the most recent Roadmap document is some useful information about how and where reactor water is leaking out
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Fukushima Highly Radioactive Water Accidentally Released From Reactor Basement
TEPCO has admitted that highly radioactive water from reactor building basements was pumped out of the buildings into the basements
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TEPCO To Resume Dumping Groundwater Into The Sea At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has obtained permission from two local fishing cooperatives to dump contaminated groundwater into the Pacific. The cooperatives said they
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima Proposals To Be Validation Tested In Japan
METI announced today in an email and press release that four ideas brought about by the IRID call for proposals
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Fukushima 3rd Anniversary; Technical Report – Water
Contaminated water issues dominated TEPCO’s work and reporting out of the plant. The ALPS system intended to remove some of
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SimplyInfo.Org Zeolite Plan To Be Tested At Fukushima Daiichi
NHK is reporting that the government task force and TEPCO will implement one of our submitted ideas at the plant.
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ALPS Still Not Meeting Targets, Operation Date Uncertain
NRA is saying that ALPS is still not meeting the radiation removal targets claimed for the system. A problem with
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TEPCO Releases More Details About Frozen Wall
TEPCO released a short video (in Japanese) giving more information about the test run of the frozen wall technology. The
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More Cesium 137 Found In Gourmet & Organic European Jam Brands
Have some cesium 137 with your toast. Most people assume that organic jam or even better yet, European gourmet or
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First Implementation Of Ice Wall Will Allow Emptying Of Highly Contaminated Trench Water
NHK reports that the test operation of the ice wall technology done earlier in December will enable them to isolate
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