TEPCO Begins Dumping Contaminated Water
TEPCO began dumping contaminated water at 1pm Thursday (Japan time). International opposition and outcry have not been resolved. We document
Read moreTEPCO began dumping contaminated water at 1pm Thursday (Japan time). International opposition and outcry have not been resolved. We document
Read moreA series of recent inspections inside unit 1 has confirmed the extent of the damage to unit 1 and the
Read moreOur 11th Anniversary Report is available! Find out what happened and where things are headed in 2023 related to the
Read moreNew admissions featured in an Asahi Shimbun article highlight the extent of the problem discovered on the pedestal inspections of
Read moreThe understanding of the triple meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi has evolved since the early years after the initial disaster. The
Read moreA pair of earthquakes hit the Fukushima region today. A magnitude 7.3 followed by a slightly weaker quake hit offshore
Read moreWhat was found in this most recent round of inspections inside unit 1 was worse than any of our worst-case
Read moreTEPCO has released some initial reporting on damage at Fukushima Daiichi. The seafront water intake equipment for units 5 &
Read moreUpdate 1.16.22 (10 am US CST) Japan has lifted all tsunami advisories and warnings. No information out of TEPCO or
Read moreTEPCO has been progressing with the preparation work for the eventual removal of the spent fuel from unit 2 at
Read moreSpent fuel removal at Unit 2 Fukushima Daiichi is scheduled to begin in 2024 and continue to 2026. This article
Read moreTEPCO’s long-term plan to dump contaminated water into the Pacific has progressed closer to reality. Regulators have given initial approvals
Read moreTEPCO estimates they will have the discharge pipe/tunnel for dumping contaminated water into the Pacific completed by 2023. This article
Read moreTEPCO documented that the unit 3-4 shared vent tower at Fukushima Daiichi will be removed in 2022. The information was
Read moreRemoval of the units 3-4 shared vent tower as preparation for fuel debris removal work. This article would not be
Read moreAn inspection of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 in June of 2021 shows a fatal design flaw of the BWR reactors
Read moreJapan’s nuclear regulator, aka the NRA, conducted an unpublicized inspection of unit 1 in late November. This inspection appears to
Read moreTEPCO announced that the next phase of containment inspections inside unit 1 will finally take place in early 2022. This
Read moreTEPCO reported in late November on some ongoing work to inspect the remaining fuel and equipment in the Unit 3
Read moreIn a little-publicized civil trial, shareholders sued TEPCO’s executives for their roles in the 2011 nuclear disaster. The trio was
Read moreA section of the frozen wall at Fukushima Daiichi has melted. The portion south of unit 4 has had problems
Read moreNHK is reporting that the containment inspection for Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 will finally take place in January 2022. The
Read moreVolcanic floating pumice stones have been causing problems for coastal communities in Japan since August. The floating pumice began showing
Read moreThe US NRC has been approving operating license extensions for US nuclear reactors for up to 80 years. There were
Read moreCourt-appointed lawyers representing the victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster appealed the original ruling in the criminal negligence case against
Read moreTEPCO published new information about solid radioactive waste containers in September. This took place after a container leaked highly radioactive
Read moreTEPCO announced they will remove the vent pipes that connected units 1 and 2 to the shared vent tower. These
Read moreWork towards installing a new cover building on unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi is under way. A recent report from
Read moreA study in July of 2021 calculated the longevity of the buried zeolite wall at Fukushima Daiichi. The zeolite wall
Read moreJapan’s NRA announced that 31 waste containers at Fukushima Daiichi have exceeded their life span. The containers in question hold
Read moreTEPCO released a small set of radiation readings in May 2021. The new readings give some insight into the persistence
Read moreAfter the February 2021 earthquake at Fukushima Daiichi, workers discovered elevated levels of radiation in one of the storm water
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 moreJapan’s plan to allow TEPCO to dump contaminated water into the Pacific has caused international uproar. Other governments, environmental groups,
Read moreJapanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga gave TEPCO permission to dump contaminated water into the sea on Tuesday. Japanese fishing, environmental
Read moreInspections and response efforts from the February 2021 earthquake were still underway when another earthquake hit on March 20th. Due
Read moreNew information was published by TEPCO updating details about the new containment water leaks caused by the February earthquake. At
Read moreNew problems have been found related to the containment damage at unit 3 caused by the February 2021 earthquake. TEPCO
Read moreThere have been multiple problems at Fukushima Daiichi in the contaminated water tanks farms. Initial reporting after the February earthquake
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