Typhoon Nanmadol To Hit Sendai Nuclear Plant
A historically strong category 5 hurricane is set to cross over the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Japan. The
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Japan Attempts Nuclear Reboot After Fukushima
Japan’s current Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida recently stated the country will attempt to restart its nuclear plants in an attempt
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On The Anniversary of The Fukushima Disaster, Remember This
Much of the reporting on the 10th anniversary of the triple disaster on 3-11 focuses on the empty towns, and
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Pressure Drop at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1
More problems from the recent earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture are being found. Water leaks were discovered at units 1 and
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Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Suffer Containment Damage In Quake
A report published by TEPCO today shows new containment damage suffered by units 1 and 3 at Fukushima Daiichi as
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Japan’s Nuclear Safety Rules Found To Be Flawed
A Japanese court found that Japan’s nuclear regulator’s decision to allow the Oi nuclear plant to restart was unreasonable and
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UN Bans Nuclear Weapons, Goes Into Effect January 22
The UN achieved the needed countries for ratification of an international ban on nuclear weapons on Saturday. The treaty goes
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Another Nuclear Power Scandal In Japan
The recent gifts scandal at Kansai Electric shows details of a corporate culture on the take. These problems were well
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Extremely Strong Typhoon Headed For Fukushima Daiichi
An extremely strong typhoon is headed directly at Fukushima Daiichi. Typhoon Hagibis is currently making landfall near Tokyo and Chiba
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Fukushima Disaster At Center Of Evolving South Korea vs. Japan Feud
Diplomatic relations between the two countries have been problematic in recent years. Fights over WWII human rights abuses, trade disputes
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Fukushima Food Fight Continues
Concerns and disputes over the safety of food from Fukushima and other nearby prefectures subject to fallout from the nuclear
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TEPCO Implicated In Paradise Papers Scandal
A group of newspapers and investigative journalists published a groundbreaking investigation in to tax avoidance schemes of the rich and
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8 Japan Nuclear Reactors At High Risk Of Volcano Damage, NRA Confirms
We outlined concerns about this back in 2014. It started with the Sendai nuclear reactors and their risk for damage
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SimplyInfo.org 2017 Food & Radiation Report
SimplyInfo.org 2017 Report; Food And Environmental Contamination Related To The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Over the last six years understanding
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Public To Shoulder Fukushima Decontamination Costs While Waste Piles Up
As of early December 2016 there were more than 9 million radioactive waste bags piled up in Fukushima prefecture alone.
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Fukushima Contaminated Potato Chips Found In Japan
A citizen food testing project found Fukushima related radioactive contamination in a bag of Japanese potato chips. The chips were
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Japan Finds Itself Backed Into An Atomic Corner
As Japan begins addressing some of their older nuclear facilities they are discovering the pain other nuclear nations have put
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Japanese Government Plans New Nuclear Reactor In Secret
The Asahi Shimbun has outed a closed door meeting between the current Japanese government and parties within the nuclear industry.
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Japan’s Nuclear Industry Takes A Last Ditch Defensive Position
A series of announcements this week signal major upheaval in Japan’s nuclear industry. METI has proposed that TEPCO should start
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Pokemon Spotted At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has reported Pokemon have been spotted on the grounds of Fukushima Daiichi. They did not specify what ones were
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Japan’s Business Lobby Bails On Nuclear
We have tracked this issue since 2011, but this is an unexpected turn. Japan’s business lobby(Keidanren) has been loudly pushing
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Japan’s Nuclear Industry Takes Two Major Hits
Just this week, Japan’s nuclear industry has seen two major hits to the restart plans. Anti-nuclear advocate Satoshi Mitazono was elected
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Ex NRA Head Blasts Japan’s Nuclear Safety Screening
Former regulator and seismologist Kunihiko Shimazaki blasted the current safety screening methods being used by Japan’s NRA. He cites that the
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Fukushima Soil Road Reuse Plan Ignores Significant Risks
The government plan would take any contaminated soil under the 8000 bq/kg hazardous waste limit and use it to build
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Japan; Still Radioactive (Video)
Asuperdry reported quite a bit during 2011 when the disaster hit, showing people radiation readings and other information. This new
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Japan Citizen Radiation Testing Labs Join Forces To Show Data
Various citizen based radiation testing labs that have been established since the 2011 Fukushima disaster have joined forces to make
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Fukushima Pacific Contamination Will Show Back Up In Japan 2-3 Years
Oceanographer Michio Aoyama presented an estimate at an international conference recently showing that the cesium 137 contamination in the Pacific will
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Japan Sees Another Reactor Permanently Shut Down
The Ikata unit 1 reactor will be permanently shut down. The nearly 40 year old reactor needs 200 billion yen
Read moreTakahama Reactor Fails Days After Restart
An issue in the turbine systems caused unit 4 at the Takahama nuclear plant in Japan to automatically shut down just
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The Problems With Takahama
Takahama unit 3 is the most recent nuclear reactor to attempt a restart in Japan. It is also one of
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Japan’s Craziest Nuclear Idea To Date
The Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry is exploring the idea of storing their high level nuclear waste under the
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How The US & Japan See India As Ripe For Nuclear Exploitation
The groundwork goes back decades. After WWII the US looked to shed the reputation gained after the bombings of Hiroshima
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Fukushima Contamination Found In Tap Water; New Report
The report for July to September of 2015 again found traces of Fukushima contamination in tap water in certain cities
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Municipal Drinking Water In Japan Still Show Traces Of Fukushima Contamination
A recent Health Ministry report showed that a number of Japanese cities were still finding traces of Fukushima related contamination
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Sakurajima Alert Raised To 5, Other Signs Of Possible Eruption
UPDATE: Volcanic gas found bubbling up in the water 5km from the volcano. Image of the eruptions below from FNN.
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Taiwan May Ease Japanese Food Restrictions
Taiwan is considering easing current restrictions on Japanese imports of food products from areas hit by radioactive contamination from the
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Japan NRA Moves TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa To Front Of The Restart Line
Japan’s NRA has put two reactors at the Kashwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant on their “priority” list for restart screenings. The
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Japanese Companies In Taiwan Fukushima Food Scandal Banned From Importing
Taiwan has announced that those companies that falsified origin labels to bypass importation regulations on Japanese foods will be banned
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Sendai Reactor May Restart August 10th
NHK is reporting that Sendai nuclear plant may restart as early as August 10th. This also happens to be around
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This Week’s Japanese Nuclear Industry Scandals
As Japan’s current government tries to force through reactor restarts, the process is running into some harsh reality. The NRA
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