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
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 New Containment Leaks
New problems have been found related to the containment damage at unit 3 caused by the February 2021 earthquake. TEPCO
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Pressure Drop at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1
More problems from the recent earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture are being found. Water leaks were discovered at units 1 and
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Unit 3 Receives New Turbine Building Cover
The unit 3 turbine building suffered roof damage during the 2011 explosion at that reactor. A temporary cover had been
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SimplyInfo.org; A Fukushima Update 10.10.19
We round up recent news from Fukushima Daiichi and related events. TEPCO has continued to delay the completion of a
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TEPCO Releases Fukushima Waste Stream Data
TEPCO released a report in July on various waste streams at Fukushima Daiichi. This rather dry sounding report contains some
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TEPCO Admits Almost 200 Billion Bq In Undeclared Water Contamination
Kyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all
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TEPCO Adds Low Tech Water Injection to Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool
TEPCO published a handout covering the recent worker training for a rather low tech system to refill unit 3’s spent
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1 Billion USD Lawsuit Over Hitachi Fukushima Cleanup Contracts
Purolite company based in the US has sued Hitachi for 1 billion USD in a US court over theft of
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NRA Tells TEPCO To Reduce Radioactive Water In Reactor Buildings At Fukushima
NRA has instructed TEPCO to deal with the radioactive water in the reactor building basements at Fukushima Daiichi. The request
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TEPCO Curiously Avoids Prosecution On Contaminated Water Leak
A court case that went after TEPCO for causing a major contaminated water leak, part of which leaked to the
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Two New Leaks At Fukushima Daiichi
Two new leaks happened at Fukushima Daiichi recently. Both were contained within the buildings where they happened. The first was
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Fukushima Pacific Plume Reaches Predicted Levels
A press release from Woods Hole announced today that new radiation readings for the Pacific off the North American coast
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Fukushima Unit 1 Discharge Canal Begins Filtration
The discharge canal of unit 1 has been the site of ongoing high levels of contamination since the initial disaster.
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Fukushima Unit 3 New Hatch Investigation
TEPCO sent the small 3D printed robot equipped with a smart phone into inspect the unit 3 containment hatch a
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TEPCO To Finish Closing Sea Wall By End Of October
TEPCO announced the timeline to close the steel piling sea wall. This wall has been under construction for years. An
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Fukushima Tritium Removal Technology Moves To Next Phase
Industry insiders and the IAEA told Japan to just dump their tritium laced water at Fukushima Daiichi into the Pacific.
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Fukushima Radiation Found In Tap Water Around Japan
Testing conducted in February and March of 2015 found cesium in many tap water samples collected around Japan. While the
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Unit 1 Basement Shows Highly Contaminated Water Remains
TEPCO is making an effort to lower the water level in some of the basement rooms of the unit 1
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TEPCO Under Fire For Leaks At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has again been receiving growing criticism over their handling of contaminated water at the plant. The first leak, from
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TEPCO Begins Concreting Unit 3 Trench
TEPCO concreted the unit 3 trench in some unannounced work at Fukushima Daiichi. The unit 2 cable trench had been
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Japan NRA Admits Fukushima Daiichi Still Leaking Into Pacific
The head of Japan’s NRA stated that the contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi is continuing to seep into the ground
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Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 3; Testing The Goo
IRID has made some progress on their research to find ways to seal the containment structures at Fukushima Daiichi. The
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Fukushima Groundwater Contamination Rises To Nearly Double Previous Reading
Seafront well 1-6 began to rise again after it had begun to drop after the most recent typhoon. It nearly
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ALPS 2.0 Begins Test Operations At Fukushima Daiichi
The new and improved version of ALPS has begun test operations. TEPCO announced the first of the two units has
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2nd ALPS Decontamination System Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
A second ALPS decontamination system is being installed at Fukushima Daiichi and will begin test operations in early September. NRA
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TEPCO To Try Two New Tactics To Stem Radioactive Tide At Fukushima Daiichi
Efforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.
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Fukushima Contaminated Water Problems Worsen
TEPCO announced this week that they wanted to begin pumping up water from the sub drains near the reactor buildings.
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TEPCO Claims ALPS Decontamination System To Be Operational By End Of Year
TEPCO hopes to have two new installations of ALPS completed in September and October of this year. The company is
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TEPCO’s Bolt Together Tanks Were Known To Leak Before Installation
The manufacturer that sold TEPCO used bolt together tanks for use at Fukushima Daiichi said that the tanks were known
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Welded Water Tanks Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
Welded water tanks to replace the miles of leaking bolt together tanks at Fukushima Daiichi are being installed. The tanks
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TEPCO Admits Deep Groundwater Contamination & Leak To Sea
TEPCO has been doing further groundwater investigations at the plant including testing for contamination at various depths to understand what
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NRA Discovers Major Radioactive Tank Leak At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO missed it but NRA officials that were at the plant found a 4 ton leak of radioactive water. Not
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Scandal
The Japanese government began funding this project after it was discovered TEPCO had realized the need, yet hid the problem
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Fukushima Reactor Water Leak Sources Admitted By TEPCO
Buried in the most recent Roadmap document is some useful information about how and where reactor water is leaking out
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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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Fukushima Highly Radioactive Water Accidentally Released From Reactor Basement
TEPCO has admitted that highly radioactive water from reactor building basements was pumped out of the buildings into the basements
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Fukushima Unit 1 To Undergo Spent Fuel Pool Desalination
TEPCO reported they will now remove the salt from the unit 1 spent fuel pool. Maybe you are asking why
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TEPCO To Resume Dumping Groundwater Into The Sea At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has obtained permission from two local fishing cooperatives to dump contaminated groundwater into the Pacific. The cooperatives said they
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima Proposals To Be Validation Tested In Japan
METI announced today in an email and press release that four ideas brought about by the IRID call for proposals
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