Record radiation levels found in fish at Fukushima Daiichi
Due to concerns that sea life was allowed to travel freely in and out of the port at Fukushima Daiichi after finding high levels of cesium in fish and shellfish caught in the…
Fukushima Daiichi disaster proved nuclear reactors are a potential Pandora’s Box for proliferation
Concerns over nuclear weapons proliferation has re-emphasized the need for swift and accurate detection of nuclear tests conducted anywhere in the world. Most nuclear weapons states publicly declare their nuclear status by way…
Radioactive cesium in calves found higher than mothers after Fukushima Daiichi disaster
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster released enormous amounts of radiation into the environment, scientists and researchers in Japan began monitoring the concentration of Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 in the organs of 79 abandoned…
Record contamination detected in fish caught inside of Fukushima Daiichi harbor
TEPCO announced that it had captured a Murasoi fish from inside of the harbor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Analysis detected 254,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in the…
Contaminated rice found outside of Fukushima Prefecture
The Miyagi Prefectural government announced that cesium levels in rice grown in Kurihara had been found contaminated up to 240 becquerels of cesium per kilogram. Kurihara is mostly farmland, mostly known for its…
Levels of radiation around Fukushima Daiichi remain stable rather than falling off as predicted
The University of Tokyo hosted a conference this week on the 12th and 13th of November, where researched presented data which revealed that the levels of radioactivity in the ocean waters around the…
In-Focus: Fukushima – TEPCO to construct cover over Unit 3 – Cesium contamination discovered in several products
TEPCO to construct cover over Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3 TEPCO has released designs for a cover to construct around the crippled Unit 3 reactor building in order to allow the utility to remove…
TEPCO says cannot deny Fukushima Daiichi may still be leaking radiation into ocean
After a article published in the US academic journal Science by Ken Buesseler, a senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute revealed that cesium levels in fish had not declined in the last…
In-Focus: Japan – CSIS President calls for Japan to restart reactors – Of 506 vessels swept away by March 11th disaster, only 85 recovered
President of US Center for Strategic and International Studies calls for Japan to restart nuclear reactors Source: JiJi Press Shimizu Corporation develops tsunami evacuation building Source: JiJI Press Japan’s efforts to draft energy…
In-Focus: Japan – Safety zones around nuclear plants may not be large enough – New active fault found 14 km from future nuclear power station
New active fault found 14 km from Oma nuclear site in Aomori Prefecture Source: The Daily Yomiuri All of melted nuclear fuel in Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1 fell into containment Source: JNES 30-km…
In-Focus: Japan – Combustible Iwate debris to be disposed of in 4 Shizuoka Prefecture cities – Contamination found in beef and rice
Combustible Iwate debris to be disposed of in 4 Shizuoka Prefecture cities The four cities are Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Susono and Shimada. Source: The Japan Times Beef from Miyagi Prefecture found with cesium contamination…
Japan’s government stymied by persistent resistance to disposal site selection process
Japanese officials are working to select sites for the permanent disposal of more than 50,000 tons of sewage sludge and incinerated ash contaminated by fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Currently the government…
In-Focus Japan: Globalization of energy innovation – IAEA Launches Fukushima Radiation Database
Majority of debris from March 11th disaster still not disposed of Some 80 percent of the estimated 24 million tons of disaster debris remains to be disposed of, Jiji Press reported Tuesday. Japanese…
Japanese government to fund algae decontamination project at over 100 contaminated sites
OriginOil has announced that its research partner in Japan has received government funding approval for a program to use the company’s algae harvester to clean the radioactive waste from contaminated sites in Fukushima where the…
April 22nd, 2011 – Enforced Plan on Environmental Monitoring
Pages From ML12145A060 – April 22nd, 2011 – Enforced Plan on Environmental Monitoring
In-Focus Japan: Recent cesium contamination in fish may indicate underwater hot spots – First terrorist attack drill held at TEPCO nuclear power plant
Recent high levels of Cesium in fish indicate hot spots under the sea needing further investigation This week, fish caught off the coast of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, were found to…
More contaminated water found leaking at Fukushima Daiichi
A worker at Fukushima Daiichi was moving about the disaster site Tuesday, when he noticed that there was a pool of water covering the floor on the first floor of the Unit 4…
Russia to send new expedition to study post-Fukushima radiation levels around Sea of Japan
The Akademik Shokalsky will traverse the Sea of Japan, entering the Pacific Ocean through the Sangar Strait, proceed along the Kuril-Kamchatka range and return to the Sea of Japan though La Perouse Strait…
In-Focus Japan: Cesium found in freshwater and saltwater fish – Standards revealed for Japan’s new nuclear regulator
Standards revealed for new Japanese nuclear regulatory body Japan’s central government has been working to create a new nuclear safety commission to replace the embattled Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, which has been…
Japan sets much more stringent limits on radioactivity in swimming spots
The Environment Ministry will introduce more stringent radioactivity limits covering swimming spots, including a new threshold for radioactive cesium, which will be set at 10 becquerels per liter, substantially less than the current 50…
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