Examples In Leadership: Masao Yoshida
Written by fukuleaks.org/web member Peter Melzer, this article originally appeared on his blog. 山は動かない [武田 信玄]。 Last Tuesday, Jul. 9,
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Reactor Restarts & Why TEPCO Should Die To Spare Japan
TEPCO has started another PR effort. The current president of TEPCO met with local mayors near Kashiwazaki Kariwa, the nuclear
Read moreTEPCO Sets ALPS Operation For September
TEPCO sent a press release announcing their plan to attempt to operate ALPS by September of this year. ———————————- Email
Read moreUpdate On Strontium 90 Leaks At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released more information about the strontium 90 leak at a press conference today. They have known about the strontium
Read moreGreenpeace & Shareholders To Urge TEPCO To Sue GE Over Fukushima Failures
Greenpeace and TEPCO shareholders are poised to urge TEPCO to investigate the Fukushima disaster further and to sue GE, Toshiba
Read moreTEPCO Shows Off Work To Press, Still Doesn’t Know Where Melted Fuel Is
TEPCO did another event for the selected press to come see certain parts of Fukushima Daiichi. The tour appears to
Read moreUN Human Rights Report On Fukushima Finds Considerable Problems
The UN Human Rights Council report issued this month in an advanced edition spells out many issues that exist after
Read moreFukushima Daiichi To Get Frozen Wall To Contain Reactors
The Japanese government is poised to order TEPCO to implement a plan to install an underground frozen wall system around
Read moreTEPCO Finishes Defueling Building On Unit 4, Plans To Remove Fuel In June
TEPCO has announced the completion of the frame for the unit 4 defueling building. The handout shows at least some
Read moreTEPCO To Build Real Sized Reactor Model To Determine Fuel Removal Plan
TEPCO plans to build a mock reactor in Fukushima to work out issues related to removing fuel and dismantling the
Read moreTEPCO To Remove Cover On Unit 1 This Fall
TEPCO will remove the cover on unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi this fall. The cover was hastily put over the
Read moreHighly Radioactive Debris Found On Unit 3 Refueling Floor
TEPCO has announced that a piece of highly radioactive debris has been pulled off of the refueling floor of unit
Read moreCurrent Challenges & Progress At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO’s testing of the ALPS system intended to remove all contamination except tritium continues but now it is not expected
Read moreSisyphus With A Paper Cup; TEPCO’s Enormous Water Problem
The contaminated water problems at Fukushima Daiichi have been plaguing the plant since day one. In recent months the problems
Read moreRats Vs. TEPCO, The Rats Are Winning
TEPCO’s new arch nemesis, the influx of rats that have taken up residence at the plant, are causing more problems.
Read moreStrontium 90 Will Contaminate Coastal Groundwater In 10 Years
Strontium 90 found to be leaking out of the ponds installed by TEPCO is expected to contaminate the coastal groundwater
Read moreFukushima Nuclear News Roundup – Monday April 15, 2013
TEPCO is still not ruling out the option of dumping radioactive water into the ocean. Something that would cause obvious
Read moreHow TEPCO Manages A Disaster
This is how TEPCO solves a highly radioactive water leak. These pipes are part of the pond system that was
Read moreWater Leaks At Daiichi Expose New Widescale Failures At TEPCO
The extent of the problems at Fukushima Daiichi has come to light in the past few weeks as multiple failures
Read moreMore Problems Come To Light At Fukushima Daiichi
More information has come out today in relation to the pond failures and leaks at Fukushima Daiichi. Third confirmed pond
Read morePre-Tsunami Damage At Unit 1 Fukushima Daiichi
Concerns about damage to unit 1 and possibly other units having happened before the tsunami hit the plant still exist
Read moreSilt Fence At Daiichi Fails, May Have Released Highly Radioactive Fish
TEPCO is reporting that the silt fence at the plant that has also been serving to keep highly radioactive fish
Read morePond Liner Used At Fukushima Daiichi Equal To Trash Bag Plastic
Asahi Shimbun mentions in one of their reports on the pond tank leakage at Fukushima Daiichi that the HDPE plastic
Read moreCompany Involved In Decontamination Scandal Built Daiichi Pit Tanks
The company that built the now leaking pit tanks at Fukushima Daiichi was also involved in the recent scandal involving
Read moreANOTHER Leak In A Pit Tank At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO is now reporting another leak in one of the pit tanks at Fukushima Daiichi. The number 3 pit tank
Read moreUpdate On Water Leak At Fukushima Daiichi
We documented the early information on the radioactive water leak at Daiichi here. TEPCO and the Japanese media have released
Read moreHigh Level Water Leak At Fukushima Daiichi
Update: Reporting from various sources that were following the press conference. TEPCO plans to move the water from the leaking
Read moreNew Power Outage Caused By Workers
Workers were installing a piece of wire mesh inside an energized high voltage panel at Fukushima Daiichi in an attempt
Read moreTemporary Power Failure At Fukushima Daiichi, Not A Repeat From Last Week
Unit 3 lost power to the spent fuel pool cooling system yet again. So far no cause has been admitted
Read moreAbe Stacks Deck To Obtain Nuclear Restarts
PM Abe tossed out six panel members with anti-nuclear views from the government’s energy policy advisory council in mid March
Read moreOi Nuclear Plant To Get Interim Safety Check, Japan Power Co’s Denied Full Rate Hike
Oi will receive an interim safety check by the NRA as part of a plan to allow them to operate
Read moreJapan Nuclear Society Admits Their Bias
As a side note in a recent NHK story the Atomic Energy Society of Japan polled their members who admitted
Read moreJapan May Limit Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
After missing a deadline to outline their future plan for Japan’s plutonium stockpile the AEC has announced a possible change
Read moreTEPCO Admits Rat Caused Widespread Power Outage
TEPCO is now citing the rat found in the electrical distribution panels as the cause of the entire outage, not
Read moreCanadian Embassy In Tokyo Radiation Readings – Source Material
A paper published in the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry details the findings of soil samples taken in March and May
Read moreKEPCO To Take Delivery Of MOX Fuel
KEPCO will be receiving a shipment of MOX fuel from France around April. What is not clear is what they
Read moreMiyagi Thyroid Testing Raises Doubts About Government Claims
Marumori town in Miyagi prefecture, just north of Fukushima has conducted their own independent thyroid exam survey. The survey involved
Read moreFukushima Daiichi Power Taken Out By A Mouse
The third power distribution panel at Fukushima Daiichi that has yet to be repaired appears to have been taken out
Read moreSpent Fuel Pool Cooling Restored, Other Systems Remain Offline
Kyodo is reporting the spent fuel pools now all have cooling.They did not elaborate if this included both primary and
Read morePower Partially Restored To Fuel Pools At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has restored some power at the spent fuel pools at Daiichi Information from various media sources is conflicting. The
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