A Fukushima Update June 2017
Significant new information has been slow in coming. We expect the muon scan results for unit 3 at any moment
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TEPCO Execs Trial Starts Over Fukushima Negligence
The trial of three key TEPCO executives who were in charge during the Fukushima disaster began this week. The three
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H4 Tank Farm Removed At Fukushima Daiichi
The notorious H4 tank farm at Fukushima Daiichi has been completely removed. TEPCO mentions that this included some soil remediation
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Hanford Tunnel Failure, What You Need To Know
A storage tunnel at the Hanford National Lab collapsed Tuesday. This tunnel was built in the 1950’s and was used
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Fukushima Unit 1 Refueling Floor Inspection Results
Investigations of the unit 1 refueling floor area took place between November 2016 and February 2017. This area has been
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Forest Fires In Fukushima Pose New Risk
Forest fires in Namie, Fukushima within the areas of highest contamination dubbed the “difficult to return zone” have burned since
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Fukushima Unit 2 Decomm Progresses
TEPCO has been quite secretive about the decommissioning work for unit 2’s refueling floor. A platform has been under construction
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TEPCO Sets 2019 Kashiwazaki Kariwa Restart, New Niigata Gov. Says Not So Fast
The newly elected governor of Niigata has effectively put a stop to the new TEPCO attempt to restart the massive
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Fukushima Unit 3 To Get Muon Scan End Of April
TEPCO published press handouts that there will be a muon scan of Fukushima unit 3 starting in May of 2017.
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Fukushima Reconstruction Minister Resigns
Reconstruction minister Masahiro Imamura has resigned after another insulting remark about people in Fukushima and the Tohoku region. During a party
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Fukushima Fuel Removal Model Unveiled
GE Hitachi and IRID have published photos and basic information about a new mock-up model for one of the Fukushima
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Fukushima Evacuees Future Laid Bare
Japan’s government has used 2017 as the year they pretend the Fukushima disaster is over. Compensation and housing programs are
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Fukushima Unit 2 Confirmation Of Damage Found
IRID has released additional details about the damage found inside unit 2 on the recent inspections of the containment structures. A
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SimplyInfo.org 2017 Food & Radiation Report
SimplyInfo.org 2017 Report; Food And Environmental Contamination Related To The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Over the last six years understanding
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Fukushima Unit 1 More Questions Than Answers From New Inspection
TEPCO has completed a multiple day inspection of unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi. This new work used the PMORPH robot
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Court Finds TEPCO & Japan Government Guilty In Fukushima Disaster
A group of evacuees had sued both TEPCO and the Japanese government in Maebashi District Court. The ruling is the first
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SimplyInfo.Org 6th Anniversary Report Now Available For Kindle, iPad & Android
Our 6th Anniversary report is now available in the following options: Buy it on Amazon here. It can also be
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The Semi-Secret Plan To Tunnel Under Fukushima Daiichi
Quietly buried in technical reports was this interesting plan. Researchers have developed a method to tunnel under the reactor buildings
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SimplyInfo.Org Fukushima 6th Anniversary Report
Our Fukushima 6th Anniversary Report is now available here. We cover the technical, environmental and humanitarian evolution of the disaster
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Radiation Imaging Drone Introduced At Fukushima Daiichi
A new quadcopter drone has been introduced for use at Fukushima Daiichi. The RISER quadcopter is currently in use to
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Scorpion Dies In Fukushima Unit 2, Sends Back Data
While the press reported Scorpion’s mission as a failure, it did provide useful data before being abandoned. The robot appears
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Scorpion Enters Fukushima Unit 2
The Scorpion robot entered Fukushima unit 2 containment today and sent back a set of images. TEPCO’s reporting was scant
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Pmorph Robot Prepares For Fukushima Unit 1 Entry
An improved version of the Hitachi shape changing robot previously used at unit 1 has been unveiled by IRID. The
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Scorpion Robot To Make Suicide Mission Inside Fukushima Unit 2
Asahi Shimbun has announced that the Scorpion robot (aka: Sasori) will attempt to enter unit 2’s containment structure by the
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Fukushima Unit 2 High Radiation Damages New Robot
Preparation work with a cleaning robot was abruptly abandoned today. This cleaning robot was preparing an area for the Scorpion robot to
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Fukushima Unit 2 New Radiation Readings From TEPCO
TEPCO has provided more information on the exact location and nature of these radiation readings provided to the press late
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No, Fukushima Daiichi Did Not See A Radiation Spike
There have been news reports going around claiming there were “spikes” of radiation at Fukushima Daiichi and attributing this to
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Fukushima Unit 2 Robot May Not Go In Due To Dangerous Conditions
TEPCO released further information on the scope inspection of unit 2. This included confirmation that our previous estimations of the
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Fukushima Unit 2 Failure Point Found!
NHK produced a stitched together photo of a 2 meter wide hole found in the pedestal area of Fukushima Daiichi
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What The New Fukushima Unit 2 Inspection May Indicate
TEPCO released photos and video of the preliminary scope work inside unit 2’s containment. The first set looked at the
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Fukushima Daiichi; Progress & Problems This Week
TEPCO announced that they would further delay spent fuel removal at unit 3, citing high radiation levels. Spent fuel removal
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Fukushima Frozen Wall Progress 2017
This map of the frozen wall, published January 17th shows the current status of the project. Most of the sea
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15 Fukushima Workers Have Cancer
A new report out of TEPCO and the various parties involved in decommissioning documents that 15 workers from Fukushima Daiichi
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Fukushima Unit 3 Cover Building Installation Underway
The cover building installation for unit 3 is currently underway. A TEPCO handout from January 17th shows a “stopper” bracket
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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Starts Jan 18th
TEPCO relayed verbally in the Monday press conference that the initial phase of the inspection of unit 2 containment will
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NRA Puts Stop To Plan To Reuse Contaminated Soil
Japan’s Environment Ministry had a plan. They were going to solve the problem of the massive piles of radioactive soil
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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection, What You Need To Know
IRID released a report late in December, 2016 that outlines in great detail, the technical tasks involved in the upcoming
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Fukushima Radioactive Boar Create New Problems
Wild boar are a problem across Japan, damaging crops and showing up in populated areas. The boar in Fukushima are
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Frozen Wall Failures Signal Drastic Changes at Fukushima Daiichi
Recent meetings that included TEPCO and Japan’s NRA debated the impact of the frozen wall on groundwater levels at the
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Chaos Breaks Out At Fukushima Food Meeting In Taiwan
A public meeting on the Taiwan government’s plan to ease a food ban on prefectures in Japan impacted by the
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