Update: Fukushima Unit 1 & 3 Containment Leaks
New information was published by TEPCO updating details about the new containment water leaks caused by the February earthquake. At
Read moreNew information was published by TEPCO updating details about the new containment water leaks caused by the February earthquake. At
Read moreNew problems have been found related to the containment damage at unit 3 caused by the February 2021 earthquake. TEPCO
Read moreMore problems from the recent earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture are being found. Water leaks were discovered at units 1 and
Read moreThe unit 3 turbine building suffered roof damage during the 2011 explosion at that reactor. A temporary cover had been
Read moreWe round up recent news from Fukushima Daiichi and related events. TEPCO has continued to delay the completion of a
Read moreTEPCO released a report in July on various waste streams at Fukushima Daiichi. This rather dry sounding report contains some
Read moreKyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all
Read moreTEPCO published a handout covering the recent worker training for a rather low tech system to refill unit 3’s spent
Read morePurolite company based in the US has sued Hitachi for 1 billion USD in a US court over theft of
Read moreNRA has instructed TEPCO to deal with the radioactive water in the reactor building basements at Fukushima Daiichi. The request
Read moreA court case that went after TEPCO for causing a major contaminated water leak, part of which leaked to the
Read moreTwo new leaks happened at Fukushima Daiichi recently. Both were contained within the buildings where they happened. The first was
Read moreA press release from Woods Hole announced today that new radiation readings for the Pacific off the North American coast
Read moreThe discharge canal of unit 1 has been the site of ongoing high levels of contamination since the initial disaster.
Read moreTEPCO sent the small 3D printed robot equipped with a smart phone into inspect the unit 3 containment hatch a
Read moreTEPCO announced the timeline to close the steel piling sea wall. This wall has been under construction for years. An
Read moreIndustry insiders and the IAEA told Japan to just dump their tritium laced water at Fukushima Daiichi into the Pacific.
Read moreTesting conducted in February and March of 2015 found cesium in many tap water samples collected around Japan. While the
Read moreTEPCO is making an effort to lower the water level in some of the basement rooms of the unit 1
Read moreTEPCO has again been receiving growing criticism over their handling of contaminated water at the plant. The first leak, from
Read moreTEPCO concreted the unit 3 trench in some unannounced work at Fukushima Daiichi. The unit 2 cable trench had been
Read moreThe head of Japan’s NRA stated that the contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi is continuing to seep into the ground
Read moreIRID has made some progress on their research to find ways to seal the containment structures at Fukushima Daiichi. The
Read moreSeafront well 1-6 began to rise again after it had begun to drop after the most recent typhoon. It nearly
Read moreThe new and improved version of ALPS has begun test operations. TEPCO announced the first of the two units has
Read moreA second ALPS decontamination system is being installed at Fukushima Daiichi and will begin test operations in early September. NRA
Read moreEfforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.
Read moreTEPCO announced this week that they wanted to begin pumping up water from the sub drains near the reactor buildings.
Read moreTEPCO hopes to have two new installations of ALPS completed in September and October of this year. The company is
Read moreThe manufacturer that sold TEPCO used bolt together tanks for use at Fukushima Daiichi said that the tanks were known
Read moreWelded water tanks to replace the miles of leaking bolt together tanks at Fukushima Daiichi are being installed. The tanks
Read moreTEPCO has been doing further groundwater investigations at the plant including testing for contamination at various depths to understand what
Read moreTEPCO missed it but NRA officials that were at the plant found a 4 ton leak of radioactive water. Not
Read moreThe Japanese government began funding this project after it was discovered TEPCO had realized the need, yet hid the problem
Read moreBuried in the most recent Roadmap document is some useful information about how and where reactor water is leaking out
Read moreAs part of the efforts by the government and METI to improve the contaminated water problem at Fukushima Daiichi new
Read moreTEPCO has admitted that highly radioactive water from reactor building basements was pumped out of the buildings into the basements
Read moreTEPCO reported they will now remove the salt from the unit 1 spent fuel pool. Maybe you are asking why
Read moreTEPCO has obtained permission from two local fishing cooperatives to dump contaminated groundwater into the Pacific. The cooperatives said they
Read moreMETI announced today in an email and press release that four ideas brought about by the IRID call for proposals
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