SimplyInfo.org; Fukushima Update 11.10.21
This is a roundup of recent news stories related to the Fukushima disaster that is of note: A section
Read moreThis is a roundup of recent news stories related to the Fukushima disaster that is of note: A section
Read moreTEPCO recently completed a series of inspections of the SGTS (standby gas treatment system) rooms and filter trains for units
Read moreWhile preparing for an inspection inside unit 2’s reactor well, workers found new damage. The reactor cavity differential pressure adjustment
Read moreDiplomatic relations between the two countries have been problematic in recent years. Fights over WWII human rights abuses, trade disputes
Read moreThis unusual event at Fukushima Daiichi took place in early June. Workers entered a 2nd floor electrical room in the
Read moreMayors from five cities in Chiba prefecture requested for an 8th time that the central government deal with high level
Read moreIn the years since the initial disaster there have been disparities between the official radiation exposure estimates and the subsequent
Read moreA citizen food testing project found Fukushima related radioactive contamination in a bag of Japanese potato chips. The chips were
Read moreThe town of Katsurao currently has radiation levels of 20-50 mSv/year, with some areas above the 50 mSv/year level. 20
Read moreOceanographer Michio Aoyama presented an estimate at an international conference recently showing that the cesium 137 contamination in the Pacific will
Read more**Update and additional information added at the end of the post** The Woods Hole “Our Radioactive Ocean” project has erased
Read moreThe report for July to September of 2015 again found traces of Fukushima contamination in tap water in certain cities
Read moreYomiuri Shimbun is reporting a new analysis by Japan Atomic Energy Agency that shows Fukushima unit 3 may have released
Read moreA recent Health Ministry report showed that a number of Japanese cities were still finding traces of Fukushima related contamination
Read moreThe last portion of the steel piling wall installed in the sea front of Fukushima Daiichi has been closed. On
Read moreA report released on July 26th showed that contamination levels in the unit 1 discharge canal at the end closer
Read moreTaiwan has announced that those companies that falsified origin labels to bypass importation regulations on Japanese foods will be banned
Read moreWoods Hole announced some recent findings of Fukushima identified radioactive contamination found offshore in the US and Canada. The test
Read moreJapan’s NRA has released a series of sea soil and sediment readings taken off the eastern coast of Japan. The
Read moreTEPCO has begun concreting in the seawater piping trench for unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. The work has been on
Read moreA new study in the journal Environmental Science & Technology looked at governmental food testing in Japan. The study reviewed
Read moreWell number 1-12 experienced an over 50 times increase in radiation this week. The well sits between the unit 1
Read moreA new Greenpeace radiation survey done in Fukushima prefecture, outside the evacuation zone, showed unsafe levels of radiation. Various locations
Read moreI report from late September showed that mushrooms cultivated for home consumption were still very high in cesium contamination. Mushrooms
Read moreA presentation given at a recent American Chemical Society meeting outlined the discovery of Fukushima radioactive contamination in food soon
Read moreAs news came out about yet another finding of Fukushima radioactive contamination offshore of North America, TEPCO published a rather
Read moreWoods Hole’s radiation mapping program has found Fukushima identified cesium 150km off the shore of Eureka California. A press release
Read moreTEPCO hasn’t released radiation readings for the set of discharge canals for well over a year. This location has been
Read moreTEPCO admitted last week that some subdrain pit wells at the Fukushima Daiichi plant showed a large increase in contamination.
Read moreAnnual testing of sheep and reindeer for cesium 137 contamination found an abrupt spike this year. Ongoing testing still finds
Read moreVongfong passed over Fukushima Daiichi as a fairly sedate tropical storm. This didn’t leave the plant completely unscathed. We reported
Read moreCesium levels in well 1-6 near the port jumped on today’s readings. Readings taken at 9:44am JST October 13 (before
Read moreTEPCO’s report on contaminated dust dispersal that ended up contaminating rice fields north of the damaged nuclear site may indicate
Read moreYesterday we reported on TEPCO’s admission of ongoing daily sea releases of contaminated water to the Pacific. The TEPCO rep
Read moreA new study of Japanese snow monkeys shows that they may be suffering from damage from radiation exposure. Researchers found
Read moreThe rice fields were contaminated in August of 2013, the Agriculture Ministry didn’t inform TEPCO until March 2014 and never
Read moreTEPCO has admitted to re-contaminating the area around Minamisoma after being confronted by the agriculture ministry. Rice in Minamisoma was
Read moreTEPCO has been doing further groundwater investigations at the plant including testing for contamination at various depths to understand what
Read moreContaminated soil on the sea floor was found a few kilometers south of Fukushima Daiichi. The samples were collected in
Read moreKelp Watch has released their first batch of testing results. The program is a mash up of university, national lab
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