TEPCO Begins Dumping Contaminated Water
TEPCO began dumping contaminated water at 1pm Thursday (Japan time). International opposition and outcry have not been resolved. We document
Read moreTEPCO began dumping contaminated water at 1pm Thursday (Japan time). International opposition and outcry have not been resolved. We document
Read moreA pair of earthquakes hit the Fukushima region today. A magnitude 7.3 followed by a slightly weaker quake hit offshore
Read moreTEPCO estimates they will have the discharge pipe/tunnel for dumping contaminated water into the Pacific completed by 2023. This article
Read moreIn a little-publicized civil trial, shareholders sued TEPCO’s executives for their roles in the 2011 nuclear disaster. The trio was
Read moreNHK reports that all three TEPCO execs were found not guilty this morning in the conclusion of the years long
Read moreTEPCO will drill through the interior door of the X-2 penetration into containment in early June. This will allow full
Read moreTEPCO Roadmap meeting is held around the 25th of every month. TEPCO releases related documents same or next day in
Read moreProsecutors have asked for 5 year prison sentences for the TEPCO executives on trial for criminal negligence. The three executives
Read moreEarlier this month ex-TEPCO VP Sakae Muto testified in the criminal negligence trial where he and two other TEPCO execs face
Read moreThe negligence trial of TEPCO executives continues on. In recent weeks the executives take the stand to give testimony. This
Read moreKyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all
Read moreA TEPCO official admitted as part of his testimony in the criminal negligence trial of TEPCO execs that they did
Read moreTestimony in the ongoing criminal negligence trial of TEPCO executives revealed that efforts to build a tsunami wall at Fukushima
Read moreTEPCO recently presented a pump truck concept to Japan’s nuclear regulator (NRA). The company is trying to use this concept
Read moreA group of newspapers and investigative journalists published a groundbreaking investigation in to tax avoidance schemes of the rich and
Read moreA number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have
Read moreThe trial of three key TEPCO executives who were in charge during the Fukushima disaster began this week. The three
Read moreThe newly elected governor of Niigata has effectively put a stop to the new TEPCO attempt to restart the massive
Read moreA group of evacuees had sued both TEPCO and the Japanese government in Maebashi District Court. The ruling is the first
Read moreAs of early December 2016 there were more than 9 million radioactive waste bags piled up in Fukushima prefecture alone.
Read moreAs the costs for the disaster response escalate, the Japanese government has been looking for a way to deal with
Read moreA series of announcements this week signal major upheaval in Japan’s nuclear industry. METI has proposed that TEPCO should start
Read moreThis surprising news requires a bit of back story. The sitting Niigata prefecture governor, Hirohiko Izumida has been blocking the
Read moreOver five years later TEPCO is just now starting the process to remove debris from the sea floor up to
Read moreTEPCO lost 750,000 customers and has seen their profits drop by 37% in their newest financial reports. This is a
Read moreAs we process the information released related to the second muon scan of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 a number of
Read more“I would say it was a cover-up,” Hirose told a news conference. “It’s extremely regrettable.” TEPCO put out a press
Read moreThe recent TEPCO investigation into events during the early phase of the Fukushima Disaster raised a few questions. TEPCO claims
Read moreTEPCO’s “third party” investigation of their actions during the initial disaster has landed them in more trouble. The report insinuated
Read moreThe 3rd party investigation prompted by Niigata prefecture concluded that TEPCO’s president instructed company officials to not mention the word
Read moreTEPCO reported last week that roughly 10% of the frozen wall is not working. Currently only certain sections are being
Read moreTEPCO admitted via Asahi Shimbun that 5 people at TEPCO’s home office in Tokyo knew of the meltdown manual as
Read moreFukushima Daiichi decommissioning chief, Naohiro Masuda spoke with Australia ABC TV this week about where the melted fuel is. Masuda
Read moreThree electronics companies were raided by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission last year and now face steep fines for bid rigging
Read moreTEPCO announced they will halt all decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi during the G-7 Summit. The summit will be held
Read moreLast week TEPCO admitted that the frozen wall would not fully contain groundwater flowing through the plant. Original estimates of
Read moreAsahi Shimbun has reported that Yuichi Okamura, the senior director of nuclear power generation knew. In a recent press conference he said
Read moreA court case that went after TEPCO for causing a major contaminated water leak, part of which leaked to the
Read moreThree TEPCO executives were successfully indicted on Monday in Tokyo. The three are Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75, chairman of TEPCO at
Read moreTEPCO has admitted that they failed to officially notify the government of the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and that they
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