The Real Risks At Sendai
The Sendai nuclear power plant located in Kagoshima Japan has been selected as the one Japanese authorities would focus on
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German Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Plant To Shut Down Early Over Financial Woes
The Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant will shut down 7 months earlier than planned due to a poor economic outlook for continuing to
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Japan Power Companies Shift Focus To Non Nuclear Power
Japan’s power companies have been quietly shifting their focus to building new or restarting thermal power generation facilities. The country
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A Weekend Of Fukushima & Nuclear Protests In Japan
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster site took to the streets in Tokyo to demand fair treatment and safer
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German Nuclear Industry Faces Slew Of New Problems
An unpublished report from experts in Germany has identified unaccounted for earthquake risk in two German nuclear reactors. Germany is
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Nuclear Establishment Takes Over Fukushima Medical University
More agreements have been inked between Fukushima Medical University and the international nuclear mafia. Fukushima Medical University has signed an
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WIPP Nuclear Site Leaks To The Environment, FOIA Filed By Local Press
The environmental center charged with monitoring around the WIPP plutonium storage facility in New Mexico has detected plutonium and americium
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Radiation Leak At WIPP Considered To Be Waste Leak
Reuters is reporting that the alarm at the WIPP nuclear storage site in New Mexico is now considered to be
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Fukushima Cooling Water Leak Caused By Bad Installation
TEPCO announced earlier this week that a pipe carrying cooling water for the reactors was leaking. The accompanying photo of
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool Debris Removal Update
METI has reported some progress and a plan for removing debris out of the unit 3 spent fuel pool. Initial
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Nuclear Evacuation Risks Still Unsolvable In Japan
The NRA has issued a number of improvements for evacuation planning in the event of a nuclear disaster. They have
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TEPCO Tries To Sell Failed Bypass System Again
In an unexplained change of plans TEPCO and the Japanese govt. are back to trying to sell the fishing groups
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 27, 2014
Nuclear power utilities bought political fundraising tickets with power customer cash. They spent just enough on tickets to be under
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48th Anniversary Of Palomares Nuclear Disaster
Friday was the 48th anniversary of the Palomares nuclear disaster. A US B52 collided with a refueling plane over southern
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 17, 2014
Japan 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
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Town To Be Built Near Fukushima Daiichi
Municipal authorities announced there is a plan to build a town with the capacity to house 3000 people in Okuma.
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Japan Nuclear Evacuations Would Take 12+ Hours To More Than 6 Days
An independent study in Japan showed it would take at least 12 or more hours to evacuate a 30km zone
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NRA Releases New Radiation Zone Maps
The NRA has released new radiation “fly over” maps. The newest scans were done in September of 2013. They showed
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Former Japan PM: We Were Lied To About Nuclear Power
In a recent editorial in the Asahi Shimbun former PM Koizumi makes an unusual and candid statement: “Denjiren (the Federation
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 11, 2011
An in-house Tepco panel has found that the financially troubled utility paid two to five times more than reasonable levels
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Polar Vortex Takes Out Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Plant
The unusually cold weather in the US midwest forced Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant to shut down a little over 2
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The Nuclear Victims You Don’t Know About
Dr. Robert Jacobs has a new paper in the Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (November 2013). His paper looks at the
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Unit 3 Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Data
There have been a number of unsubstantiated rumors going around about “new problems” at unit 3. Information is always better
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Inspection Of Damaged Fuel Assembly Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released a brief report on the bent fuel assembly in unit 4’s spent fuel pool. The outer box of
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What Power Companies Do When Nuclear Is No Longer An Easy Option
MidAmerican Energy in the US tried for years to force Iowa residents to pre-pay for a nuclear power plant. Those
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 16, 2013
Banks that have been lending money to TEPCO say they will cut off new loans after this upcoming ones for
Read moreNuclear Whoppers
A recent NY Times oped resurrects yet again a number of logical fallacies about radiation risk and Fukushima. Probably the
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Toxic Assets: Japan Govt. To Make Fukushima & Nuclear Industry Taxpayer’s Problem As TEPCO Flounders
The LDP has hatched a new scheme to solve all of their inconvenient nuclear problems. TEPCO and all the other
Read moreTaiwan’s Nuclear Nightmare
Taiwan, a country that is about 1/3 the land mass of the state of Kentucky has over 23 million residents.
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Abe Vows More Nuclear and Deregulation
Because the lack of regulation worked so well at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan PM Abe announced his plan to deregulate business
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Japan Govt. “Wants To Lower Dependence On Nuclear Power”
Not what anyone expected to hear out of the current LDP government in Japan. The current head of METI made
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Oi Reactor Shuts Down, Japan Nuke Free, Typhoon Bears Down On Fukushima
The last operating nuclear reactor in Japan has shut down, leaving Japan again nuclear power free. Last year Japan briefly
Read moreWhat Is Going On At Fukushima Daiichi Right Now
TEPCO tends to bury bits of information among obscure sources while pushing their distraction of the day at the public.
Read moreFatal Flaws In Fukushima Radioactive Water Tanks Found
TEPCO has given out more information about the design of 300+ tanks being used on site to hold highly radioactive
Read moreIrony; US Nuclear Bomb Plant To Be Wind Powered
The US Pantex nuclear bomb plant will be running on wind power soon. It was announced this week that the
Read moreNew TEPCO Admission On Damage To Reactors; July 29, 2013
TEPCO buried new admissions about the reactor units and their damage in a couple of obscure reports. New unit 1
Read moreTEPCO Needs To Disclose Melted Fuel Locations
TEPCO released some rather rosy estimations of the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi back in November 2011. These estimations at the
Read moreTEPCO Hides Unit 3 Data, Who Watches TEPCO?
After months of data about water and little else, TEPCO remains mum on unit 3. Considerable progress has been made
Read moreGerman Nuclear, Gas & Coal Plants Can’t Compete, May Shut Down
German conventional power plants are being shut down because they can no longer compete against renewables. The price for electricity
Read moreNRA Begins Inspections, JAPCO Defies NRA Orders
The NRA has begun their process to review applications to restart nuclear reactors in Japan. Utilities will be required to
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