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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Interim Fukushima Contaminated Soil Storage Won’t Start Until 2020
Yomiuri Shimbun is reporting that the effort to establish an interim soil storage site for the mountains of contaminated soil
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Japanese Govt. To Reuse Fukushima Contaminated Soil
The Environment Ministry has announced they plan to “reuse” contaminated soil in public construction projects. Last week they announced that
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Fukushima Daiichi Tank Dismantling Explained
TEPCO provided more information about how they will go about taking down the many bolt together tanks at the disaster
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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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Prefabricated Tanks Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
As part of the efforts by the government and METI to improve the contaminated water problem at Fukushima Daiichi new
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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 Daiichi Fuel Storage Locations Updated
As part of the larger roadmap document TEPCO has reported some major changes in the location of spent fuel around
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Japan To Locate Nuclear Waste Site Without Local Approval, TEPCO Scraps Units 5 & 6
METI has indicated that the Japanese government plans to create high level nuclear waste sites in the country but without
Read moreSisyphus With A Paper Cup; TEPCO’s Enormous Water Problem
The contaminated water problems at Fukushima Daiichi have been plaguing the plant since day one. In recent months the problems
Read moreUS Nuclear Waste Plan May Be Illegal
The GAO has determined that aspects of the planned nuclear waste disposal program are likely illegal. The GAO says the
Read moreSpent Fuel Worldwide Unsolved Problem
The New York Times recently ran a piece proclaiming the issue of spent nuclear fuel as a major problem. The
Read moreThe Condensate Storage Tanks At Fukushima Daiichi
There have been questions about the role the condensate storage tanks played in the early hours of the disaster at
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