TEPCO confirms Fukushima Daiichi groundwater contaminated with strontium and tritium
TEPCO finally revealed that groundwater testing at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant found elevated levels of radioactive Strontium-90, a by-product of the fission process, at more than 30 times the legal…
More radioactive leaks at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have found that the newly-installed Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) designed by Toshiba, the system which is supposed to be filtering 62 different radioactive substances…
Six workers identified in goldfish “prank” at Perry Nuclear Power Plant
On May 2nd, workers at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant were taking apart scaffolding in a steam tunnel when they discovered two goldfish in a lemonade pitcher full of radioactive water in a…
Fukushima compensation scheme accused of denying hundreds of claims
Just under 700 residents from the Hippo district of Miyagi prefecture have sounded the alarm that they have been unjustly denied full compensation because the government’s basic compensation scheme only covers Fukushima residents,…
TEPCO admits failing to meet decommissioning and decontamination goals at Fukushima Daiichi
At a press conference this week, a Vice President from TEPCO admitted that TEPCO was falling short of their goals to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and decontaminate the accumulating amounts…
More contaminated water leaks at Fukushima Daiichi reported
TEPCO announced that more radioactive water had leaked on Thursday at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant while workers were transferring contaminated water between leaking underground storage pits. The incident happened one day…
Fukushima Daiichi still in precarious state says nuclear regulation chairman
Last week, problems at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reminded citizens around the world of the precarious state the decommissioning work is being conducted in. Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka…
TEPCO admits contaminated water leaking from multiple temporary storage pits at Fukushima Daiichi
Last week, TEPCO announced that radioactive water was leaking from temporary underground storage pits, and was likely to continue until the water could be transferred. The first reported leak occurred in a tank…
Two years have passed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
This year, on the second anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the author would like to pose the following questions, and invite the reader to do the same. The Fukushima Disaster is…
Severity of damage found at Fukushima Daiichi forcing TEPCO to reanalyze approach to disaster
The reactor containment structures which house the nuclear reactors at Fukushima made by GE, Hitachi, and Toshiba, have so many holes in them that they are preventing workers from making any substantial progress…
GE Hitachi robot developed to blast radioactive materials at Fukushima Daiichi
While the Fukushima Daiichi disaster is having a profound impact on Japan’s economy, with over 1,100 companies filing bankruptcy for disaster-related reasons in the last two years, but some companies are working to…
Study published in American Journal may link occupational radiation exposure to brain tumors
A new study published in the American Journal of Cardiology may point out a link between occupational radiation exposure and brain tumors, after results showed disproportionate reports of left-sided brain tumors among interventional…
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…
Washington Governor confirms radioactive waste leaking from underground tanks at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
On Friday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee confirmed that radioactive liquids are leaking from tanks at the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States at Hanford, further heightening concerns experts have shared…
Toshiba develops new decontamination vacuum robot to aid efforts at Fukushima Daiichi
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may bring about a small revival to Japan’s robotics industry, which had long been losing ground with consumers as they worked on developing robots which could carry out…
The resignation of Steven Chu
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced his resignation last week after four years of pushing nuclear power, although he promoted energy efficiency and safe, renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind, too….
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…
April 3rd, 2011- NRC PMT – Surface radioactivity screening levels
Attached is a pdf of screening values for release of materials with surface contamination from the draft ANSI/HPS N13.12 Surface and Volume Radioactivity Standards for Clearance. The radioactivity concentration (screening value) for Cs-137…
TEPCO plans to dump water stored at Fukushima Daiichi into Pacific
TEPCO has announced that it plans to dump contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean after processing it to reduce radioactive materials to legally permissible levels. By “processing”, TEPCO means once-high radioactive content has…
Japan working to speed up decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi reactors
On Wednesday, an official from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, addressed workers at the new reconstruction headquarters in Fukushima Prefecture and told them that the central government would work…
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