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Category Archives: Fukushima
Accident at Fukushima: 880 pound piece of unmanned crane falls into spent fuel pool
The Independent Online reported this morning: A 400kg (880pounds) machine part fell into a nuclear fuel pool at Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant on Friday, the operator said. Friday’s incident occurred shortly after noon during a remotely controlled operation to remove … Continue reading
Japanese court holds TEPCO responsible for woman’s suicide after Fukushima evacuation
(The banners read “Victory” and “TEPCO is guilty.” All: The Japan Times reported today: The Fukushima District Court ruled Tuesday that Tokyo Electric Power Co. was responsible for a woman’s suicide following the March 2011 nuclear disaster, ordering the utility … Continue reading
Japan to establish interim nuclear storage facility in Fukushima
The Asahi Shimbun reported this morning: Fukushima Prefecture is set to accept the construction of an interim facility to store radioactive waste from cleanup work due to the nuclear disaster, advancing the stalled process of decontaminating the affected areas. Negotiations … Continue reading
TEPCO concedes that Fukushima ‘ice plug’ isn’t working
According to an article in today’s issue of The Telegraph: The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has conceded defeat in its effort to create a frozen plug in a tunnel to stop water flowing into the No. 2 … Continue reading
Test results are in: Birds, monkeys, butterflies show effects of Fukushima radiation
I previously reported that monkeys and other animals around Fukushima are being tested for effects of exposure to radiation from the accident. Some of those effects are now known. Colorado’s Summit County Citizens Voice reported today: The disastrous 2011 meltdown … Continue reading
Posted in Fukushima, Japan, Radiation exposure, Radiation leak, TEPCO
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South Korea to return cesium-contaminated scrap steel to Japan
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported today: South Korea has found radiation-contaminated metal imports from Japan and will return them, the country’s nuclear safety commission said Monday. The contaminated products were included in a 20-ton shipment of scrap metal that … Continue reading
Posted in Fukushima, Japan, Radioactive material, South Korea, Steel, TEPCO
Tagged cesium, fukushima, Japan, radioactive material, South Korea, steel, TEPCO
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TEPCO revises damage estimates: All of the fuel in reactor 3 melted down in 2011 accident, key emergency cooling system stopped working earlier than previously reported
The Japan Times reported yesterday: Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Wednesday that its new estimate shows that all the fuel rods in reactor 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant apparently melted down and fell onto the … Continue reading
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Japanese nuclear utility paid kickbacks to Japanese prime ministers for almost two decades, according to former KEPCO exec
The Asahi Shimbun reported yesterday: A former top official at Kansai Electric Power Co. has come forward to reveal a nearly 20-year history of doling out “top secret” huge donations to Japanese prime ministers, funded on the backs of ratepayers. … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Kansai, KEPCO, nuclear power, payment to politicians
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TEPCO storing radioactive water at Fukushima in used tanks designed for mud storage
The Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported today: Roughly 20 or more of the water tanks holding radioactively contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant are secondhand, it has been learned — a fact that plant owner Tokyo … Continue reading
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New cooling system leak affecting the spent fuel pool at Fukushima reactor 5
The Asahi Shimbun reported today: A leak of radioactive water was found in the piping of water used to cool the spent fuel pool in the undamaged No. 5 reactor building of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, its … Continue reading
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Tagged coolant leak, fukushima, Japan, nuclear power, TEPCO, Unit 5
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