Category Archives: TEPCO

Accident at Fukushima: 880 pound piece of unmanned crane falls into spent fuel pool

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Robert Singleton

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 →

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Japanese court holds TEPCO responsible for woman’s suicide after Fukushima evacuation

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Robert Singleton

(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 →

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Japan to establish interim nuclear storage facility in Fukushima

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Robert Singleton

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 →

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Test results are in: Birds, monkeys, butterflies show effects of Fukushima radiation

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Robert Singleton

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 →

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South Korea to return cesium-contaminated scrap steel to Japan

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Robert Singleton

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 →

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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

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Robert Singleton

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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TEPCO storing radioactive water at Fukushima in used tanks designed for mud storage

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Robert Singleton

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

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Robert Singleton

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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Another mistake in Fukushima cleanup: Over a ton of radioactive water overflows container

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Robert Singleton

The website Manufacturing.net carried a story from the Kyodo News Agency today: Around 1.1 tons of radioactive water overflowed Wednesday from a container during cleansing of a water treatment system at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, plant operator … Continue reading →

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Fukushima cleanup team pumps 200 tons of radioactive water into wrong building

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Robert Singleton

The Japan Daily Press reported today: Approximately 200 tons of highly radioactive water were redirected to the wrong building at the disaster stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant on April 14 when pumps that were not supposed to be used were … Continue reading →

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