Euronews reports that a group of hunger strikers camped outside the Ministry of Economy in central Toyko for the last week are protesting against the Japanese government’s plans to restart two of the country’s nuclear reactors. One demonstrator said he wanted last year’s Fukushima disaster never to be repeated again. Related Articles on Page 2… […]
The total loss of power at Fukushima Daiichi after the March 11th earthquake was worsened by a receiving circuit breaker of Okuma Line which despite being deemed “quake-prone” in 1978 remained installed and in use for more than 30 years. The circuit breaker at the plant was located at the Switchyard, collapsed in the magnitude […]
The Seacost Online reported on a meeting this week between NextEra Energy, operators of the Seabrook nuclear plant, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday in Bethesda, Md., in which the utility reported that the cause of concrete degradation at Seabrook Station is more pervasive than originally stated, has already brought some of the […]
The amounts of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi have been increasing tremendously from groundwater and precipitation over the last year; mixing with the highly radioactive coolant water which is accumulating in the reactor buildings, turbine buildings and basements of the complex after leaking from the destroyed reactor vessels. Koydo News reports TEPCO announced it began […]
An April 19th report by the EPA Inspector General’s Office casts more doubt on an already embattled radiation monitoring system in the United States after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. This week in retort, the EPA stated emphatically that it stands by its radiation detection work in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. […]
In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese officials from Osaka have said that a system should be put in place so that power companies form safety agreements with prefectural governments that are located within 100 kilometers of nuclear plants. Hashimoto and Matsui also called on the central government to establish the structure needed […]
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency will request the operators of the Tomari plant in Hokkaido, Tsuruga and Monju plants in Fukui Prefecture and the Shimane plant in Shimane, to re-examine the effects of seismic activities that it says became more active after the March 2011 earthquake in northern Japan. NISA says the risk has […]