Fukushima Unit 5 Spent Fuel Pool On Alternative Cooling
Yesterday TEPCO reported that they had restarted the regular cooling system of unit 5’s spent fuel pool. The report indicated
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New Robot Inspection Of Fukushima Unit 1
Two robots, sponsored by IRID conducted an investigation of unit 1. The areas between the 2nd and 3rd floors have
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TEPCO Restarts Fukushima Unit 5 Pool Cooling Without Permanent Fix
TEPCO has announced they have restarted the cooling system for unit 5 just days after stopping it due to a
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Clock Ticks On Fukushima Unit 5 Cooling Outage As Typhoon Hits Japan
TEPCO reported over the weekend that they found a leak in a valve that is part of the cooling system
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Welded Water Tanks Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
Welded water tanks to replace the miles of leaking bolt together tanks at Fukushima Daiichi are being installed. The tanks
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Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Fuel Removal Suspended For 3 Months
TEPCO announced that work to remove spent fuel from the unit 4 fuel pool will be suspended for 3 months.
Read moreTEPCO Submits Plan For Fuel Removal At Unit 3 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO submitted plans to the NRA for spent fuel removal from unit 3. This included more detail on how they
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Fukushima Corium Experiment Creates Unexpected Result
As part of an ongoing series of corium experiments our research team has been doing, the newest experiment created a
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; June 29, 2014
METI will solicit more research work for ways to remove the melted fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi reactors including ways
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Fukushima Unit 4; 1122 Spent Fuel Assemblies Removed
There are 411 spent fuel assemblies left to remove from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. 1122 have been removed as
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TEPCO Begins Decontamination Of Unit 3 First Floor
TEPCO has begun the further decontamination of the first floor of unit 3. Robots Meister and Sora are doing the
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TEPCO’s Tents For Tanks Plan At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has told the NRA that they intend to cover contaminated water tanks at Fukushima Daiichi with some form of
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Some Spent Fuel From Fukushima Unit 4 To Be Sent To Unit 6
TEPCO is asking for permission to make an unusual change to the removal of spent fuel at unit 4. The
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Japanese Govt.; Evacuating Around Fukushima Daiichi Would Take 5 Days
Interviews given to the government investigation of the Fukushima disaster and released by Asahi Shimbun showed the reality of evacuation
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New Work At Fukushima Unit 1
Inspection work inside unit 1’s torus room to check pipe penetrations into the turbine building have been completed. Clay was
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High Radiation Found On Seabed South Of Fukushima Daiichi
Contaminated soil on the sea floor was found a few kilometers south of Fukushima Daiichi. The samples were collected in
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4; 1078 Fuel Assemblies Removed
1078 fuel assemblies have been removed from unit 4 and transferred to the common pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article would not
Read moreUS Taxpayers May End Up Paying For Fukushima Disaster
The US and Japanese governments are one step closer to a liability agreement that would put US taxpayers on the
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TEPCO shareholders demand Fukushima interviews be released to the public, threaten to take it to court if needed. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4; 1034 Fuel Assemblies Removed
1034 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool. There are 499
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New Strontium 90 Removal System To Be Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
Kurion will provide a truck back filter system to remove strontium 90 from contaminated water currently held in storage tanks
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NRA Discovers Major Radioactive Tank Leak At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO missed it but NRA officials that were at the plant found a 4 ton leak of radioactive water. Not
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Japan’s Nuclear Regulator Ignores Scientists Warnings Again
It truly is a Hollywood cliche, ignore the scientists until it is too late. This is the newest issue related
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool Debris Removal Progress
TEPCO has progressed on removing debris from the unit 3 spent fuel pool. The current work is to dismantle the
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New Unit 1 Findings Indicate Contamination Path
TEPCO’s new reports on the unit 1 torus room already showed that a vacuum breaker caused an issue. Now they
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Frozen Wall Installation Begins By Unit 1
Work has begun to install the frozen wall around the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. The first section to be done
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Fukushima Unit 4; 968 Fuel Assemblies Removed
968 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article
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Hosono Confirms TEPCO Corporate Wanted To Abandon Fukushima Daiichi
In a rare interview prompted by the recent Asahi Shimbun article series on the statements of late Fukushima Daiichi plant
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Fukushima Daiichi Frozen Wall Install Begins Monday
Now that the NRA has approved the frozen walls around the reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi, construction will start on
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Fukushima Unit 1 New Torus Room Inspections
What are they doing? TEPCO & Hitachi are apparently looking for damage to the vacuum breaker pipes that run in
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Naraha Near Fukushima Daiichi To Reopen Next Year
Officials are hoping to reopen Naraha next year after decontamination work is completed. City officials are working on efforts to
Read moreCorium Experiments; Pedestal Behaviors Using Lead Part II
Following the initial published findings of our corium experiments in lead, an additional run was done. Read about the initial
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Asahi Shimbun Releases Yoshida Testimony On Fukushima Daiichi
Asahi Shimbun has continued to release portions of an interview between the late Fukushima Daiichi plant manager Masao Yoshida and
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Fukushima Ice Wall Gets Go Ahead
The NRA in Japan has given the go ahead for installation of the ice wall around the reactor buildings. There
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Fukushima Unit 4; 924 Fuel Assemblies Removed
924 fuel assemblies have been removed from the spent fuel pool of unit 4 and placed into the common pool
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New Documents Released Admit Concerning Events During Fukushima Disaster
Asahi Shimbun obtained a copy of Masao Yoshida’s testimony to the government investigation into the nuclear disaster. Yoshida was the
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Fukushima Butterfly Mutation Study Follow Up
A previous well publicized study on butterfly mutations in Fukushima has seen a follow up study published. The initial study
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Fukushima Unit 4; 880 Fuel Assemblies Removed
880 fuel assemblies have been removed from unit 4 to the common pool as of Monday. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article would
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Fukushima Unit 3 Leak Found, Unit 1 Loses Containment Pressure Monitoring
Two significant admissions were made by TEPCO at the end of the week. Unit 3 Scope work into the unit
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Fukushima Thyroid Cancers Increase Again
Update: The current suspected cases sit at 39, with the previous total being 41. Some suspected cases had been moved
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