Fukushima Unit 1 New Cover Building Progress
Work towards installing a new cover building on unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi is under way. A recent report from
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel – All Removed
Another milestone at Fukushima Daiichi was achieved yesterday. On February 26th, 2021 the last of the spent fuel was removed
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Damage Identified
TEPCO has identified twelve fuel assemblies with damaged lifting handles. Further damage can not be identified at this point as
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Fukushima Spent Fuel Update 10.2019
Spent fuel at Fukushima Daiichi has made some slow progress as storage space is strained. 4.9% of the spent fuel
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Fukushima Unit 2 Has A Spent Fuel Removal Plan
TEPCO and the NDF have released documentation describing their plan to remove both the spent fuel and at least some
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Fukushima Unit 2 Spent Fuel Removal Plan May Drastically Change
TEPCO previously announced their plan for removing spent fuel from unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. This involved removing the roof
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Fukushima Unit 2 Refueling Floor Work Progresses, Poses Risks
Work has begun on the unit 2 refueling floor at Fukushima Daiichi. Previously, TEPCO installed a controlled building on the
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Removal To Start Fall Of 2018
TEPCO has installed the fuel removal cover building on unit 3, but not without some glitches. An inverter that controls
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Fukushima Spent Fuel Has Nowhere To Go
TEPCO’s most recent update on the decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi included an update on the movement and storage of
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima Update; September 25, 2017
A number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have
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Fukushima Daiichi; Progress & Problems This Week
TEPCO announced that they would further delay spent fuel removal at unit 3, citing high radiation levels. Spent fuel removal
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Removal Work Begins
The process to remove the spent fuel from the pool at unit 3 will be a long term project but
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Russia Wants To Reprocess Fuel From Fukushima Daiichi
Russia has expressed interest in reprocessing the large amounts of spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi at their Mayak nuclear site.
Read moreFukushima Unit 5 Fuel Removed From Reactor
The fuel assemblies that have been inside the unit 5 reactor vessel since the 2011 disaster have all been moved
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 Fuel Removal To Start Within Year
TEPCO told Yomiuri Shimbun that they expect to begin removing spent fuel at the unit 3 reactor within the 2015
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Japan Nuclear Utilities Ironically Protest Safer Fuel Storage
Asahi Shimbun ran an article recently explaining that some of the nuclear power companies in Japan were resisting a move
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Fukushima Unit 4; 26 fuel assemblies left to go
Unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi has had 1507 fuel assemblies removed. The remaining fuel assemblies in the pool are all
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All Spent Fuel Out Of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4
TEPCO announced they have removed all of the spent fuel from unit 4. They did not provide details about the
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Fukushima Unit 4; 11 Spent Fuel Assemblies Left To Remove From Pool
There are now 11 spent fuel assembles left in the damaged unit 4 spent fuel pool. The other remaining assemblies
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4; 1298 Assemblies Removed
Unit 4 spent fuel removal is at 1298 assemblies removed as of this week. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article would not be
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Work Resumes Tomorrow
TEPCO is reporting that work to remove fuel from the unit 4 spent fuel pool will resume tomorrow. Removal work
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TEPCO Outlines Plan To Remove Damaged Fuel At Unit 4
TEPCO released a short handout this week that explains their plan for removing the damaged fuel at unit 4. One
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Unit 5 Fukushima Remains On Shared Cooling, No Repair Stated; July 14, 2014
TEPCO again has posted no information about the needed repair of the spent fuel pool cooling system on unit 5
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TEPCO Restarts Fukushima Unit 5 Pool Cooling Without Permanent Fix
TEPCO has announced they have restarted the cooling system for unit 5 just days after stopping it due to a
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Clock Ticks On Fukushima Unit 5 Cooling Outage As Typhoon Hits Japan
TEPCO reported over the weekend that they found a leak in a valve that is part of the cooling system
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Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Fuel Removal Suspended For 3 Months
TEPCO announced that work to remove spent fuel from the unit 4 fuel pool will be suspended for 3 months.
Read moreTEPCO Submits Plan For Fuel Removal At Unit 3 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO submitted plans to the NRA for spent fuel removal from unit 3. This included more detail on how they
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Fukushima Unit 4; 1122 Spent Fuel Assemblies Removed
There are 411 spent fuel assemblies left to remove from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. 1122 have been removed as
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Some Spent Fuel From Fukushima Unit 4 To Be Sent To Unit 6
TEPCO is asking for permission to make an unusual change to the removal of spent fuel at unit 4. The
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool Debris Removal Progress
TEPCO has progressed on removing debris from the unit 3 spent fuel pool. The current work is to dismantle the
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Fukushima Unit 4; 968 Fuel Assemblies Removed
968 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Inspection Shows Some More Damaged
TEPCO released a small selection of images of some of the fuel removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool.
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Fukushima Unit 4; 814 Spent Fuel Assemblies Removed
814 spent fuel assemblies have been removed from the spent fuel pool of unit 4 to the common pool. Workers
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Hits Half Way Mark
Don’t pop the champagne quite yet. Removal of spent fuel from the damaged unit 4 fuel pool has crossed the
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Fukushima Spent Fuel Progress Report
Spent fuel processing at Fukushima has made some new progress though much work remains with higher risk work being left
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Fukushima Unit 4; 748 Fuel Assemblies Removed
Unit 4 has had 748 fuel assemblies removed to the common pool as of today. This article would not be
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Fukushima Unit 4; 704 Fuel Assemblies Removed
704 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool as of this
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Fukushima Unit 4; 594 Fuel Assemblies Removed
594 fuel assemblies have been removed to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article
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Fukushima Unit 4; 550 Assemblies Removed
TEPCO has removed 550 assemblies from the spent fuel pool to the common pool as of March 31, 2014. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html
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528 Fuel Assemblies Removed At Fukushima Unit 4
528 fuel assemblies have been moved to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool as of yesterday. This
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