SimplyInfo.org; NRA Inspects Fukushima Unit 1
Japan’s nuclear regulator, aka the NRA, conducted an unpublicized inspection of unit 1 in late November. This inspection appears to
Read moreJapan’s nuclear regulator, aka the NRA, conducted an unpublicized inspection of unit 1 in late November. This inspection appears to
Read moreA Japanese court found that Japan’s nuclear regulator’s decision to allow the Oi nuclear plant to restart was unreasonable and
Read moreTEPCO recently presented a pump truck concept to Japan’s nuclear regulator (NRA). The company is trying to use this concept
Read moreA number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have
Read moreWe outlined concerns about this back in 2014. It started with the Sendai nuclear reactors and their risk for damage
Read moreJapan’s Environment Ministry had a plan. They were going to solve the problem of the massive piles of radioactive soil
Read moreRecent meetings that included TEPCO and Japan’s NRA debated the impact of the frozen wall on groundwater levels at the
Read moreNRA has instructed TEPCO to deal with the radioactive water in the reactor building basements at Fukushima Daiichi. The request
Read moreFormer regulator and seismologist Kunihiko Shimazaki blasted the current safety screening methods being used by Japan’s NRA. He cites that the
Read moreThe Hamaoka nuclear plant sits near one of the most dangerous earthquake faults in Japan. If this wasn’t concerning enough,
Read moreThere has been a bit of a shake up at Japan’s nuclear regulator, the NRA. The IAEA issued a report
Read moreThe Kyushu region of Japan has been hit by a series of major earthquakes and aftershocks since late last week.
Read moreAn Associated Press story made the rounds this week quoting various experts regarding potential tritium dumping at Fukushima Daiichi. Some
Read moreA court case that went after TEPCO for causing a major contaminated water leak, part of which leaked to the
Read moreMany media reports tried to document the 5th anniversary of the 3-11 disaster. Some gave it superficial coverage. Others tried
Read moreAn issue in the turbine systems caused unit 4 at the Takahama nuclear plant in Japan to automatically shut down just
Read moreTEPCO and NRA have come to an agreement to being operation of the frozen wall. TEPCO wanted to freeze the
Read moreThe NRA in Japan has put a stop to implementation of the frozen wall. Our ongoing reporting on the frozen
Read moreShouganai has again hit Fukushima Daiichi. The notion that “it can’t be helped” was cited by NRA when confronted with
Read moreUPDATE: Volcanic gas found bubbling up in the water 5km from the volcano. Image of the eruptions below from FNN.
Read moreNRA is doing pre-restart inspections on Takahama unit 3, even after the potential restart of the reactor was blocked by
Read moreScientists have tried to warn Japan’s NRA and other decision makers of the high risk for volcano danger to impact
Read moreUPDATE: AP has reported that Sendai has restarted. One of the reactors at Sendai nuclear plant prepares to restart Tuesday
Read moreNHK is reporting that Sendai nuclear plant may restart as early as August 10th. This also happens to be around
Read moreTEPCO was reprimanded by the NRA after being caught lying about the use of the now failed transfer hose at
Read moreJAEA ignored an alarm on a radioactive liquid waste tank for a year, allowing the waste to leak. The incident
Read moreMultiple significant safety issues are being ignored while Japan appears to be rushing into a restart of their nuclear power
Read moreThe response from the government picked volcano expert wasn’t kind. He made it very clear that the Sendai nuclear reactors
Read moreJapan’s NRA is expected to give restart approval for the Sendai nuclear plant this week. The reactors still would not
Read moreAsahi Shimbun announced via the Facebook page that KEPCO would be decommissioning two of the three units at Mihama nuclear
Read moreJapan’s NRA declared that they would not revisit their ruling that the fault under the Tsuruga #2 reactor is active. Japanese
Read moreWithout saying how this might impact the potential restart of the Sendai Nuclear Plant, NRA said it would take about
Read moreNRA began their review of nuclear safety related to volcano’s this week. This would be considered a good thing for
Read moreJapan’s NRA has established a panel to investigate volcano risks to nuclear plants, on the heels of their claim that
Read moreJapan’s NRA gave an initial approval towards the Sendai nuclear plant meeting government “safety standards”. There are still other aspects
Read moreContaminated soil on the sea floor was found a few kilometers south of Fukushima Daiichi. The samples were collected in
Read moreThe NRA in Japan has given the go ahead for installation of the ice wall around the reactor buildings. There
Read moreA report issued this week by the NRA cites that two monitoring points outside the plant serve as indicators for
Read moreThe Sendai nuclear power plant located in Kagoshima Japan has been selected as the one Japanese authorities would focus on
Read moreNRA is saying that ALPS is still not meeting the radiation removal targets claimed for the system. A problem with
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