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Day: February 14, 2013

TEPCO finds high radiation levels in Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 torus

TEPCO workers carried out efforts at the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 reactor to drill a hole through the concrete containment and steel containment liner in order to insert a camera to investigate where the melted nuclear fuel may be currently located and how much water is being provided to cool it. Four feet from the […]

NRA conducting investigation at Monju fast breeder after safety violations

Earlier this year an investigation of inspection records of key safety equipment at the Monju fast-breeder prototype station revealed over 10,000 irregularities in the documentation of checkups and operations management efforts.  Originally the utility operating the station, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, had claimed to have conducted proper inspections and documentation, but admitted earlier this […]