Fukushima Daiichi Work Stopped Due To Tsunami Warning
Due to the tsunami warning caused by the earthquake in Chile, work at the plant was called off yesterday. There
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Worker Death At Fukushima Daiichi Completely Preventable
TEPCO released an interim report into the recent construction worker’s death at the plant. The report showed that the worker
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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 ALPS System To Be Offline Indefinitely
Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the ALPS system will be offline for an unknown amount of time. The B train
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SimplyInfo.org Releases Two New Technical Papers On Fukushima
SimplyInfo.org has released two new technical papers on the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The first addresses technical concerns with the reactor
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Big Fukushima Daiichi Update; March 18, 2014
Small bits of information have been coming out in recent weeks regarding Fukushima Daiichi. Here’s what you need to know:
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5 MILLION bq/liter Strontium 90 Found In Well At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released readings for two seafront wells that have not been published before. Wells 1-2 and 1-3 were not on
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264 Fuel Assemblies Removed At Fukushima Unit 4
264 fuel assemblies have been removed to the common pool from unit 4. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/removal4u/index-e.html This article would not be possible
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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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More On Fukushima Unit 3, TEPCO Fails To Explain Levels
TEPCO released two new handouts on the leak at unit 3. This gives some additional insight but still fails to
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Groundwater Well At Fukushima Daiichi Hits 3.1 Million Bq
Groundwater well 1-16 at Fukushima Daiichi has hit 3.1 million bq of beta radiation. This is a new high for
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176 Fuel Assemblies Removed From Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO’s weekly update on fuel removed from Unit 4’s spent fuel pool now sits at 176 spent assemblies removed from
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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
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 11, 2011
An in-house Tepco panel has found that the financially troubled utility paid two to five times more than reasonable levels
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TEPCO Re-Installs Unit 1 Web Camera At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO is reporting they will re-install the web camera near unit 1. The camera is not live yet but will
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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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Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Storage Locations Updated
As part of the larger roadmap document TEPCO has reported some major changes in the location of spent fuel around
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Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Water Treatment System Hits Big Problem
Lack of planning again foils efforts at Fukushima Daiichi. Ex-SKF found the very bad news in a METI report from
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Fukushima Daiichi Groundwater Well Hits 2 Million Bq Beta Radiation
Well 1-16 in the sea front area at Fukushima Daiichi has hit another new record. 2,100,000 bq/liter of beta radiation
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Inspection Of Damaged Fuel Assembly Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released a brief report on the bent fuel assembly in unit 4’s spent fuel pool. The outer box of
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TEPCO Begins Seismic Review Of Unit 3
TEPCO has begun a seismic review of the condition of unit 3. With the debris removed from the refueling floor,
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SimplyInfo.org’s Fukushima Corium Research Experiment Results
In our research we have tried to find ways to help explain some of the behaviors seen in meltdown accidents.
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TEPCO Worried About Vent Tower Stability, 25 Seivert Radiation Found At Base
TEPCO had been inspecting the unit 1/2 vent tower at a distance after damage to the upper structural system was
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Testing On Frozen Wall At Fukushima Daiichi Is Underway
Work has begun to test the frozen underground wall concept at Fukushima Daiichi. A test section was frozen including the
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Panel Urges New Water Responses At Fukushima Daiichi
One of the various panels making suggestions for the response to the mess at Fukushima Daiichi has called for 5
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17.8% Of Unit 1 Spent Fuel Damaged Before Fukushima Disaster
TEPCO is now admitting the number of damaged spent fuel rods in some of their reactors at the Daiichi plant.
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TEPCO Finally Admits Landslide At Fukushima Daiichi 10 Days Later
TEPCO is now admitting publicly, a landslide at the plant that happened 10 days ago. We first heard of the
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SimplyInfo.org Submits Series Of Fukushima Response Proposals To IRID
The Japanese government put out the call for international help with the disaster response at Fukushima Daiichi. The new agency
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Another Typhoon Headed Towards Fukushima Daiichi
Typhoon Wipha is headed towards Fukushima Daiichi. The storm is expected to be a category 1 typhoon as it reaches
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NRA Demands TEPCO Fix Problems, Send Staff From Other Plants To Fukushima
The NRA had nothing good to say to TEPCO president Hirose today. In a rather scathing rebuke of the company, Katsuhiko
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5.9 Shallow Quake Near Daiichi, May Have Challenged SFP Resistance
Today’s quake at Daiichi has been upgraded to a 5.9 04:54 20 September 2013 M5.9 quake strikes Fukushima, no reports
Read moreWhat Is Going On At Fukushima Daiichi Right Now
TEPCO tends to bury bits of information among obscure sources while pushing their distraction of the day at the public.
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New Groundwater Contamination At Daiichi, Problem Out Of Control
A new spot of contaminated water was found Monday at Fukushima Daiichi. What makes this one a bit different is
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Crane Collapse At Fukushima Daiichi
A crane collapsed at Fukushima Daiichi the morning of September 5th. The crane apparently collapsed slowly and before work started
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New Fukushima Tank Leaks, Levels As High As 1.8 Sv/h
Tepco announced three more tank leaks at Daiichi. Two are actually existing tank leaks that have worsened and one is
Read moreTank Leak At Daiichi; More Failures To Come, Direct Route To The Sea
TEPCO reported a leaking tank yesterday that initially sounded like nothing new. They have had minor leaks in these tanks
Read moreNRA To Add Outside Experts At Fukushima As Disaster Spirals Further Out Of Control
NRA announced an increased role at Fukushima Daiichi. “The authority said that it will set up a group of geologists
Read moreTEPCO Proves Again, They Can’t Be Trusted To Operate A Nuclear Reactor
Workers at Fukushima Daiichi lost cooling to unit 6 for 2 hours today. They were performing a test for an
Read moreBlack Stuff Found Around Eastern Japan May Be Fukushima Nuclear Fuel
We have reported extensively on the highly radioactive “black stuff” being found around eastern Japan, as far away as Tokyo.
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