TEPCO Uses New Laser Decontamination System At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has deployed a laser decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi. This new system is currently being used to decontaminate the
Read moreTEPCO has deployed a laser decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi. This new system is currently being used to decontaminate the
Read moreNew estimates have been released for the expected costs for the Fukushima disaster. These costs are broken down by the
Read moreA decontamination worker went missing in the fall of 2015. A recent tip given to police implicated six workers for
Read moreLoose branches and dead grass being prepared to be loaded into the iconic black bags used for nuclear soil and
Read moreThese amazing new photographs from Fukushima filmmaker and photographer Arkadiusz Podniesiński taken in the evacuation zone in 2015 tell a compelling
Read moreThe government announced a delay in reopening the town of Naraha near Fukushima Daiichi. The reopening would be delayed a few
Read moreAs June wanes we find more delays, more problems and new admissions about the extent of the disaster. TEPCO introduced
Read moreAs part of reviewing IRID’s updates on work progress for Fukushima Daiichi, new information about robots to be used and
Read moreTEPCO announced they are putting the new improved version of the ALPS decontamination system into daily operation. It will operate
Read moreThe new and improved version of ALPS has begun test operations. TEPCO announced the first of the two units has
Read moreA second ALPS decontamination system is being installed at Fukushima Daiichi and will begin test operations in early September. NRA
Read moreEfforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.
Read moreTEPCO has begun the further decontamination of the first floor of unit 3. Robots Meister and Sora are doing the
Read moreThis may be a first. The town of Naraha has demanded the central government decontaminate the town to what would be
Read moreThis was found in a report on robotic decontamination work being conducted inside unit 3. Workers have had to innovate
Read moreThe NY Times published an article today looking at the limbo Fukushima evacuees live in. Most in Namie and other
Read moreIn an exchange that was shocking even for all we have seen in the 2+ years since the disaster, the
Read moreWhile the Abe government has announce they will accelerate decontamination efforts Asahi Shimbun has found out that the opposite is
Read moreAsahi Shimbun reports on the prolific problems of the Yakuza in the layers of contractors used to conduct decontamination work
Read moreVideo on the Asahi Shimbun website shows the minister, Nobuaki Ishihara making a brief statement and rushing away from the podium
Read moreThe New York Times discusses more on the decontamination problems in Japan. They point out how many local and foreign
Read moreAsahi Shimbun has published a second article on the illegal decontamination practices going on in Fukushima. The follow up focuses
Read moreAsahi Shimbun has revealed a widespread series of problems with the decontamination program in Fukushima. The Environment Ministry hired groups
Read moreTEPCO has announced a delay in the start up of the new decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi. The system was
Read moreThe new nuclear agency in Japan, the NRA has announced changes to nuclear disaster response. They plan to move emergency
Read moreThe current plan as expressed by minister Edano. Decontamination will be billed to TEPCO, TEPCO asks for money from the
Read morePolicy in Japan has made a rather abrupt turn to the admission that permanent evacuation for many in Fukushima may
Read moreThe cost of decontaminating impacted areas is far exceeding estimates. The initial estimate to decontaminate a small home is 700,000
Read moreAn experimental project to determine if spraying zeolite and potassium onto the rice fields will aid in the prevention of
Read moreGreenpeace expert Ike Teuling did an on the ground investigation at Fukushima City, 60km from the nuclear plant. His investigation
Read moreJAEA invited the media to watch their decontamination efforts at Okuma, 4km from Fukushima Daiichi. The crew pictured is “decontaminating”
Read moreThe Japanese government is considering buying the land in areas where the contamination is the worst. The more important comment
Read moreMany experts have expressed doubt about the decontamination strategy in Japan. This involves power spraying roofs and similar structures, removing
Read moreYou don’t always see such a contrast in the same week. Fukushima City convinced 110 volunteers to help the decontaminate
Read moreAnyone with a power washer and a lack of morals seems to be setting up shop around Fukushima prefecture to
Read moreThe mindboggling magnitude of the clean up efforts are starting to be realized. Just soil contamination alone for the 4
Read moreThe Dounreay nuclear plant on the coast of northern Scotland leaked radiation into the sea and coastline for twenty years.
Read moreResidents nearest the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi power plant expressed their anger and frustration with the situation in their home towns.
Read moreA news report today mentions new concerns about the decontamination effort. Some of the tactics have caused radiation to concentrate
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