Pre-Tsunami Damage At Unit 1 Fukushima Daiichi
Concerns about damage to unit 1 and possibly other units having happened before the tsunami hit the plant still exist
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Silt Fence At Daiichi Fails, May Have Released Highly Radioactive Fish
TEPCO is reporting that the silt fence at the plant that has also been serving to keep highly radioactive fish
Read morePond Liner Used At Fukushima Daiichi Equal To Trash Bag Plastic
Asahi Shimbun mentions in one of their reports on the pond tank leakage at Fukushima Daiichi that the HDPE plastic
Read moreAll Pit Tanks May Be Leaking At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO had previously announced two pit tanks leaking at the plant over the weekend. Now a newer handout shows even
Read moreCompany Involved In Decontamination Scandal Built Daiichi Pit Tanks
The company that built the now leaking pit tanks at Fukushima Daiichi was also involved in the recent scandal involving
Read moreANOTHER Leak In A Pit Tank At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO is now reporting another leak in one of the pit tanks at Fukushima Daiichi. The number 3 pit tank
Read moreHigh Level Water Leak At Fukushima Daiichi
Update: Reporting from various sources that were following the press conference. TEPCO plans to move the water from the leaking
Read moreNRA To Give 5 Year Waiver On Nuclear Safety Facility At Plants
NRA has announced they will give a five year waiver for certain safety buildings at nuclear plants in Japan. The
Read moreTemporary Power Failure At Fukushima Daiichi, Not A Repeat From Last Week
Unit 3 lost power to the spent fuel pool cooling system yet again. So far no cause has been admitted
Read moreArkansas One Accident Update
Some additional information has come out about the accident over the weekend at Arkansas One nuclear plant. Precision Surveillance Corporation of
Read moreDetails On The Arkansas One Nuclear Accident
Over the weekend there was an incident on the “non-nuclear” side of the Arkansas One nuclear plant. Seven workers were
Read moreRumor Still Blamed For Fukushima Food Problems
“Harmful rumor” is still being blamed for the economic problems among food producers in Fukushima. Prices have not recovered and
Read moreTEPCO Cites 6 Years For Total Property Loss
Six Years For Total Loss On Fukushima Properties TEPCO has admitted a time frame for total loss on property claims.
Read moreTEPCO’s Image Rehab Game
The media jumped all over TEPCO’s latest excuse without a moment of investigation. TEPCO announced that the disaster happened because
Read moreAbe Stacks Deck To Obtain Nuclear Restarts
PM Abe tossed out six panel members with anti-nuclear views from the government’s energy policy advisory council in mid March
Read moreReader Questions; Can You Test Blood & Saliva For Radiation Exposure?
We solicited (and continue to) readers to send in their questions for us to try to answer. There are so
Read moreNew Fukushima Investigation To Look Deeper Into Technical Disaster
The recently announced NRA investigation of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will look deeper into the technical details of the disaster.
Read moreOi Nuclear Plant To Get Interim Safety Check, Japan Power Co’s Denied Full Rate Hike
Oi will receive an interim safety check by the NRA as part of a plan to allow them to operate
Read moreUS Hires Nuclear Industry To Determine Nuclear Disaster Clean Up Policy
The US government has paid the NCRP, a private company largely sponsored by the nuclear industry to draw up new
Read moreJapan Nuclear Society Admits Their Bias
As a side note in a recent NHK story the Atomic Energy Society of Japan polled their members who admitted
Read moreMainichi Exposes Widespread Nuclear Dark Money In Japan
In a trio of articles Mainichi has exposed even more widespread dark money influence into groups assumed by the public
Read moreJapan May Limit Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
After missing a deadline to outline their future plan for Japan’s plutonium stockpile the AEC has announced a possible change
Read moreTEPCO Admits Rat Caused Widespread Power Outage
TEPCO is now citing the rat found in the electrical distribution panels as the cause of the entire outage, not
Read moreTEPCO Dumps Large Cache Of Radiation Readings From Daiichi Buildings
TEPCO released a document of radiation readings for an extensive list of locations in the reactor buildings, related buildings and
Read moreAbenomics To Blame For Fukushima
William Pesek at Bloomberg makes an interesting proposition that the policies of the LDP in Japan are part of the
Read moreCanadian Embassy In Tokyo Radiation Readings – Source Material
A paper published in the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry details the findings of soil samples taken in March and May
Read moreRadiation Contamination In US Food Supply
This has been known to those closely following the issue since 2011. It isn’t just about the contamination of domestic
Read moreMiyagi Thyroid Testing Raises Doubts About Government Claims
Marumori town in Miyagi prefecture, just north of Fukushima has conducted their own independent thyroid exam survey. The survey involved
Read moreFukushima Daiichi Power Taken Out By A Mouse
The third power distribution panel at Fukushima Daiichi that has yet to be repaired appears to have been taken out
Read moreAnimal Rescuers Jailed In Political Struggle With Fukushima Government
We have reported before on the Hoshi family and their work in the evacuation zone rescuing and feeding abandoned pets.
Read morePower Partially Restored To Fuel Pools At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has restored some power at the spent fuel pools at Daiichi Information from various media sources is conflicting. The
Read moreA Better Understanding Of The Sailors Lawsuit With TEPCO
The initial reporting on these lawsuits was very light on detail. Most had referred to the Tomodochi radiation registry that
Read moreUpdate On Power Outage At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has released a document confirming a few things and with some additional information. These facilities are still out: Units
Read moreDr. Robert Jacobs On Fukushima Situation Today
Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute (and fukuleaks.org/web member) on RT TV discussing the situation in Fukushima two
Read moreUnit 2 Final Investigation Of Torus
TEPCO has completed the last portion of the investigation of the torus and downcomer pipes in unit 2. The walking
Read moreFukushima News Roundup March 17, 2013
All the news you need to know for this week. TEPCO is considering spending more money at Kashiwazaki Kariwa on
Read moreGermany To Work With Japan On Nuclear Phase Out
Germany’s energy minister says his country will increase efforts with Japan on smart grid and energy storage technologies to work
Read moreRecovered SPEEDI Data From Evacuation Zone – In English
Radiation data was recovered recently from the radiation stations within the evacuation zone. The data was put out but only
Read moreUnit 2 Torus Inspection March 13, 2013
TEPCO inspected another section of the torus of unit 2 today. It appears TEPCO intends to eventually inspect the entire
Read moreRadiation Survey Shows Danger Outside Evacuation Zone
Greenpeace did a survey of contamination levels outside the evacuation zone in Fukushima. For reference .5 uSv/h was considered an
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