SimplyInfo.org; Fukushima News Roundup, July 12, 2015
NRA has begun work to consider BWR (boiling water reactors) for potential restarts. The initial push for restarts has
Read moreNRA has begun work to consider BWR (boiling water reactors) for potential restarts. The initial push for restarts has
Read moreA new study looked into the media behavior in reporting on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The study found that
Read moreJapan’s central government to offer 300 billion yen over 30 years for towns near Fukushima Daiichi to host nuclear debris
Read moreSome Okuma residents have given up on the idea of returning home and are requesting compensation for their property. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140704_04.html
Read moreTEPCO 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
Read moreNuclear waste (mostly soil and plant matter) piles up around Japan with nowhere to go. Twitter user hitsuji44 shared the
Read moreTritium levels at the Fukushima Daiichi site have jumped by 17 trillion becquerels since January. There is new concern that
Read moreThe new manager of Fukushima Daiichi admitted the string of failures at the plant were embarrassing and that the plant was
Read moreUniversity students will become involved in some of the IRID research efforts to decommission Fukushima Daiichi. They are also going
Read moreSapporo in Hokkaido has made a plan to use hotels to hold up to 50,000 evacuees if there is a
Read moreA radioactive bus from Japan is causing problems in Jamaica. The bus was found to be contaminated when it arrived
Read moreTEPCO admits 1 ton an hour of water injected into reactors is leaking but they don’t know where or how.
Read moreNuclear power utilities bought political fundraising tickets with power customer cash. They spent just enough on tickets to be under
Read moreJapan ruling government to wait on decision on nuclear energy policy until after Tokyo governors race http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/politics/news/CK2014011702000199.html Candidate for Tokyo
Read moreAn in-house Tepco panel has found that the financially troubled utility paid two to five times more than reasonable levels
Read moreGreenpeace made efforts to find out the nature of the companies that built Fukushima Daiichi and now benefit from the
Read moreMasami Yoshizawa is fighting to keep his cattle. He lives in the evacuation zone, defying the government order. Now the
Read moreReuters put out a special feature story on how the homeless are being recruited to do decontamination work in Fukushima
Read moreThere have been a number of things going on at the plant in recent weeks that do not make the
Read moreBanks that have been lending money to TEPCO say they will cut off new loans after this upcoming ones for
Read moreSchool bullying in Japan is up 180% with a significantly higher rate in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. The ministry
Read moreThe current LDP government in Japan is proposing splitting TEPCO into two companies. One would focus on decommissioning the plant
Read moreContaminated groundwater found 6m from the sea at Fukushima Daiichi. TEPCO still insists the plant isn’t leaking into the sea. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/30/national/toxic-groundwater-found-in-fukushima-no-1-well-just-6-meters-from-pacific/#.UdBR3zuLZu5
Read moreHigh levels of tritium were found near the unit 1 section of the water discharge canal at Fukushima Daiichi. The
Read moreResearchers found that rockfish near Fukushima Daiichi were highly contaminated during the early months after the disaster. By looking at
Read moreTEPCO asks for more money, fishermen still can’t fish in today’s news roundup. (graphic by 281_antinuke) TEPCO asks for another
Read moreTEPCO’s stock does a dive and Fukushima has far reaching impact on uranium industry worldwide. TEPCO’s stock shot up last
Read moreThe head of the JAEA that runs the Monju reactor program has resigned after a massive string of failures and
Read moreSo far about 3000 people have reached settlements with TEPCO, the news report does not say if any of these
Read moreAll the news you need to know for this week. TEPCO is considering spending more money at Kashiwazaki Kariwa on
Read moreNHK made a new discovery about the early hours of the meltdowns at Fukushima. Through discussions and experiments conducted with
Read moreTEPCO has been working in the torus of unit 1, they have gathered video, readings and sediment samples. Check back
Read moreThere seems to be more and more of these lately. Worldwide it wasn’t a good week for nuclear power. Japan
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Read moreNews Roundup June 30 – 2011 Cesium found in the urine of children in Fukushima 120,000 tons of contaminated water
Read moreFrom Today’s JAIF Earthquake Report. Details, such as they are, in the PDF. http://www.jaif.or.jp NHK news regarding status of Fukushima
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