Japan too eager to export nuclear tech despite lack answers about safety
The government’s nuclear power development and plant export policies were put on hold under the administration of then Prime Minister Naoto Kan following the March 11 outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima…
Fukushima researchers to use wild monkeys to perform fallout monitoring
Fukushima University researchers plan to measure forest radiation levels in Fukushima Prefecture by placing special monitoring collars on wild monkeys, in light of the nuclear crisis. Researchers from Fukushima University have designed special…
TEPCO facing 200 – 500 cubic meter per day accumulation of contaminated water
(TEPCO) has dropped plans — at least for now — to release low-level radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean after protests from fishermen. The workers are…
Fukushima Residents Exposure Readings Alarming – Still Not Complete
Half of Fukushima examinees exposed to radiation above annual limit Residents in three municipalities near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been exposed to up to some 37 millisieverts of radiation…
Fukushima – Three Mile Island – The Long Road Ahead
Members from the Osaka Prefectural Government held the talks to discuss rules for processing possible shipments of March 11 tsunami debris from the Tohoku region, including how to deal with radioactive materials if…
Japanese Government Mulling Intervention as TEPCO Fails to React
Tokyo Electric Power Co. will consider canceling the construction of new thermal power plants and selling some existing ones to secure compensation funds for the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power…
Japanese Government sends 900 Self-Defense Troops to Fukushima Daiichi Area
About 900 Ground Self-Defense Force troops began decontaminating local government buildings on Wednesday in areas around the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The troops started to clean up municipal…
Japan Government Faces Mounting Issues After Nuclear Crisis
A government panel charged with reviewing and mapping out Japan’s basic energy policy started on Dec. 6 to debate how best the resource-poor country could meet its energy needs, with opinions sharply divided…
Response to Nuclear Crisis Reveals Bias All Around
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) released an interim report in which the company said there was no significant damage caused to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by the March 11 earthquake. The…
Cesium found in Japanese Powdered Milk
TOKYO - Radioactive cesium was found in milk powder made by a Meiji Holdings Co. unit, causing the shares to fall the most in eight months and raising concern that nuclear radiation is contaminating…
Evaluation Status of Reactor Core Damage at Fukushima Daiichi
Summary Regarding the reactor core status at Units 1 to 3, we announced the following analysis results: Concerning the Unit 1, the fuel pellets have melted, falling to the bottom of the reactor…
3 breathtaking stories emerge from workers at Fukushima
TOKYO — The embattled operator of Japan‘s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has released workers’ accounts of the desperate moments surrounding the huge earthquake and tsunami that triggered an atomic crisis. Source:…
Japan Headlines – Nuclear safety inadequate – TEPCO blames Tsunami
1. Diet panel approves civil nuclear pacts A committee of Japan‘s Lower House has approved civil nuclear cooperation treaties with 4 countries. The foreign affairs committee gave majority support on Friday for the…
Cesium levels around Fukushima Daiichi exceed 50,000 bq/kg in many areas
Nuclide analysis results of ocean soil – inside the Port entrance of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Data summarized on December 1 [Reference]Nuclide analysis results of ocean soil – inside the Port entrance…
TEPCO – Incorrect data for Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1 PCV pressure
Incorrect data for pressure at Primary Containment Vessel of Unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station （Brief Overview）November 29, 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Company 1. Event We noticed discrepancy of data for…
Hopitalized Fukushima head told workers to disregard TEPCO orders
Masao Yoshida, who has drawn media attention for continuing the seawater injection despite Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s decision to suspend the measure, told workers not to obey his ensuing instruction before going on…
More than 85% of fuel escaped Reactor 1 RPV into Containment
A new study by the Ministry of Energy announced that the RPV of Reactor 1 has failed, and over between 85% and 90% of unit 1′s fuel fell down into the primary containment…
Radiation Levels Jump in Chiba Prefecture – 450,000 bq/kg – 5-10 cm under surface
The Ministry has confirmed problem has been detected in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, locally high radiation doses of about 450,000 becquerels per kilogram of Cesium were detected in the highest stratum of 5-10 cm depth…
TEPCO Sheds Assets and Shares in mobile telecommunications – natural gas
In by far the largest deal, Tepco said after the close of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday that it will sell its entire stake—more than 10%—in mobile telecommunications company KDDI Corp. for ¥521,000 (about $6,700)…
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