More progress made overhauling site than decommissioning reactors at Fukushima Daiichi
In the three years since the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster there has been a plethora of drastic changes made to the landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant including;…
TEPCO finds falling debris damaged shield plug at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3
This week TEPCO released new photos which show the progress made removing debris off of the top of the Unit 3 reactor building. These photos show some of the damage to the operating…
Leak of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 may have international safety impact
On Saturday, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan were operating a remote-controlled robot to remove debris on the first floor of the Unit 3 reactor building when they discovered…
March 23rd, 2011 – Over 9,000 lbs of salt added each day to reactor pressure vessels of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 and Unit 3
An analysis of salt accumulation in Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 and Unit 3 reactor pressure vessels conducted by Dr. Mitchell T. Farmer, Reactor Safety Experimentation Section Manager at Argonne National Laboratory. March 23rd,…
April 29th, 2011 – Consortium of Industrial and Governmental Organizations analysis of TEPCO Roadmap at Fukushima Daiichi
In April of 2011, a consortium of industrial and governmental organizations established to provide advice to Japan in its efforts to stabilize the conditions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, authored an…
TEPCO releases infrared images of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3
TEPCO workers used an infrared-thermographic camera over the weekend to capture images of the top floor of the Unit 3 reactor building where steam was observed last week. The camera was positioned between…
Steam emitting from Fukushima Daiichi reactor halts work
TEPCO announced that while workers were conducting debris removal operations with remotely operated cranes positioned atop the crippled Unit 3 reactor building at Fukushima Daiichi steam began emanating from near the primary containment…
March 31st, 2011 – TEPCO’s assessment of structural damage to Unit 1, 3, and 4 reactor buildings
March 31st, 2011 – TEPCO’s Assessment of Structural Damage to Unit 1, 3, And 4 Reactor Buildings by Enformable
Highly radioactive debris recovered from atop crippled Fukushima Daiichi reactor
Workers at Fukushima Daiichi were working this week to remove rubble from atop the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 reactor building with remote-controlled cranes, when they discovered the radiation dose from a piece…
TEPCO installs cover at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool
For the last year and a half, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been working to clear debris from atop the decimated reactor building. After an explosion ripped the building…
TEPCO still unable to restore power at all affected facilities
Monday night, a power outage at the Main Anti-Earthquake Building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station suspended operations at three spent fuel pool cooling systems and other critical plant facilities. TEPCO was…
TEPCO releases video footage of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3 spent fuel pool
TEPCO released video footage of an investigation into the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3 spent fuel pool, after workers performing debris removal operations knocked the fuel handling machine mast into the spent fuel pool….
TEPCO workers find fuel handling mast atop spent fuel storage racks in Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3
TEPCO workers sent an underwater camera into the Unit 3 spent fuel pool to determine the final resting place of the fuel handling machine mast, which was knocked into the Unit 3 spent…
TEPCO reports problems with debris removal operations at Fukushima Daiichi
This week TEPCO workers have been working to remove debris from the top of the Unit 3 reactor building, clearing the way to begin construction of additional protective covering structures and eventual removal…
TEPCO releases trove of images taken during early days of Fukushima Daiichi disaster
Today, TEPCO published nearly two thousand photos of the first weeks of the response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. During the early days of the accident workers were temporarily evacuated multiple times…
March 24th, 2011 – Neutron source found 1 mile from Fukushima Daiichi – Maybe from Unit 3 explosion
Male Participant: You know, we do believe that based on information from TEPCO and identification of neutron sources, you know, found at the one mile from the plant that some fuel may have…
Radiation levels in Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3 more than doubled in many locations since measured last year
TEPCO announced that the robot used to enter the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 Reactor Building measured radiation levels up to 4,780 mSv per hour, nearly three times the 1,300 mSv reading taking in…
TEPCO releases new data related to white smoke from Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3
NHK journalists who were investigating the radiation data from the Fukushima nuclear disaster found abnormalities in the radiation data from Fukushima Daini. After asking TEPCO for clarification, the utility revealed the existence of…
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…
In-Focus: Fukushima – TEPCO working to remove steel beam from Unit 3 SFP
TEPCO working to remove steel beam from Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3 Spent Fuel Pool Source: TEPCO Source: JiJi Press TEPCO to expand decontamination personnel Source: NHK Source: JiJi Press Chronic personnel shortages in…
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