Fukushima Daiichi Floods, Shows Lack Of Preparedness
News reports indicated that groundwater at Fukushima Daiichi had risen so high it broke the surface and flowed into the
Read moreNews reports indicated that groundwater at Fukushima Daiichi had risen so high it broke the surface and flowed into the
Read moreTEPCO reported last week that roughly 10% of the frozen wall is not working. Currently only certain sections are being
Read moreStrontium 90 has risen in a number of wells between unit 1 and 2 at Fukushima Daiichi to record levels.
Read moreTEPCO has admitted a new problem with the water management and steel sea wall at Fukushima Daiichi. Salt levels in
Read moreTEPCO announced last week that the steel and concrete sea wall they installed and recently closed the last section of
Read moreTEPCO recently closed the last section of the steel and concrete sea wall built to prevent contaminated groundwater from flowing
Read moreTEPCO has gained approval to dump contaminated groundwater into the ocean. The water is being pumped up from the subdrain
Read moreIn recent weeks TEPCO began reporting about high radiation readings in subdrain pits near the reactor buildings. TEPCO’s original intention was
Read moreTEPCO admitted last week that some subdrain pit wells at the Fukushima Daiichi plant showed a large increase in contamination.
Read moreThe series of groundwater monitoring wells near the sea front have seen continued changes consisting of high levels of various
Read moreCesium levels in well 1-6 near the port jumped on today’s readings. Readings taken at 9:44am JST October 13 (before
Read moreTEPCO and the team of contractors that worked on the underground zeolite wall have released more detail about the validation
Read moreTEPCO thinks the groundwater bypass system they are operating at Fukushima Daiichi may be reducing the contaminated water outflow by
Read moreEfforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.
Read moreNHK is reporting that the groundwater bypass system being used by TEPCO isn’t making a significant change in groundwater levels
Read moreTEPCO has been doing further groundwater investigations at the plant including testing for contamination at various depths to understand what
Read moreTEPCO announced they could begin dumping bypass well water into the sea as early as May 20th. The wells have
Read moreThe Japanese government began funding this project after it was discovered TEPCO had realized the need, yet hid the problem
Read moreTEPCO has gained permission from fishing groups to dump contaminated groundwater into the Pacific as long as it is below
Read moreAfter the recent admission of record high strontium 90 readings being found at the sea front at Fukushima Daiichi, more
Read moreIn an unexplained change of plans TEPCO and the Japanese govt. are back to trying to sell the fishing groups
Read moreGroundwater well 1-16 at Fukushima Daiichi has hit 3.1 million bq of beta radiation. This is a new high for
Read moreWell 1-16 at the seafront has again hit a new high. 2.4 million bq/liter was found in the water of
Read moreTEPCO announced today that contaminated water was found in deep groundwater 25 meters (82 feet) below the unit 4 reactor
Read moreTEPCO released more information about the strontium 90 leak at a press conference today. They have known about the strontium
Read moreTEPCO has yet again changed their statements on cesium contamination in the groundwater testing at the plant. Efforts to gain
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