Fukushima Unit 2 Fuel Debris Inspection Results
TEPCO completed another inspection inside unit 2 containment this week. The newest work involved attempting to move and grasp pieces
Read moreTEPCO completed another inspection inside unit 2 containment this week. The newest work involved attempting to move and grasp pieces
Read moreProsecutors have asked for 5 year prison sentences for the TEPCO executives on trial for criminal negligence. The three executives
Read moreMako Oshidori reported from a recent TEPCO press conference that the company has admitted to finding hydrogen sulfide in some
Read moreMayors from five cities in Chiba prefecture requested for an 8th time that the central government deal with high level
Read moreTEPCO announced at a meeting with Japan’s NRA that they will conduct a new investigation inside unit 2 around February
Read moreConcerns and disputes over the safety of food from Fukushima and other nearby prefectures subject to fallout from the nuclear
Read moreSince the initial disaster TEPCO has been injecting water into the damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. Questions around the long
Read moreTEPCO has reported on the frozen wall nine months after Japan’s nuclear regulator expressed skepticism about the wall’s effectiveness. Japan’s
Read moreTEPCO released a report in July on various waste streams at Fukushima Daiichi. This rather dry sounding report contains some
Read moreEarlier this month ex-TEPCO VP Sakae Muto testified in the criminal negligence trial where he and two other TEPCO execs face
Read moreThe negligence trial of TEPCO executives continues on. In recent weeks the executives take the stand to give testimony. This
Read moreA detailed TEPCO document from July 2018 gives some important new insight into the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and the
Read moreThe Associated Press reported from a TEPCO press conference held late last week that treated water TEPCO has been trying
Read moreIn the years since the initial disaster there have been disparities between the official radiation exposure estimates and the subsequent
Read moreKyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all
Read moreWe reported in late July that TEPCO would take additional readings inside unit 2’s refueling floor level. Those readings have now
Read moreWork has begun on the unit 2 refueling floor at Fukushima Daiichi. Previously, TEPCO installed a controlled building on the
Read moreTEPCO has installed the fuel removal cover building on unit 3, but not without some glitches. An inverter that controls
Read moreOne of the most dangerous places at Fukushima Daiichi may undergo work to reduce the ongoing risk. Soon after the
Read moreTEPCO’s most recent update on the decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi included an update on the movement and storage of
Read moreTEPCO released a periodic update on the research towards removing the fuel debris from the reactors. The report contained some
Read moreA Japanese NGO posted these photos to social media showing signs installed on the newly opened highway 114 near Fukushima
Read moreNHK’s new documentary, Meltdown: Cooling Water Crisis provides new insight into a series of less known events in the Fukushima disaster.
Read moreNew information has been released by TEPCO on unit 2’s missing fuel. This provides significant new clues to the meltdown
Read moreWork has begun to remove a section of wall from the unit 2 reactor building. This is the same area
Read moreWhere: Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture When: January 2017 to February 2018 This was brought to our attention that some unusual
Read moreCertain sections of the frozen wall have been degrading since January. The two end sections and certain portions of the
Read moreA TEPCO official admitted as part of his testimony in the criminal negligence trial of TEPCO execs that they did
Read moreTestimony in the ongoing criminal negligence trial of TEPCO executives revealed that efforts to build a tsunami wall at Fukushima
Read moreThe chat server is back up as of this evening CST 3.31.18 If the server is not back up in
Read moreTEPCO and the associated research & decommissioning authorities recently published a new report outlining the effort to collect the remains
Read moreTEPCO published a handout covering the recent worker training for a rather low tech system to refill unit 3’s spent
Read moreThe Southwest Research Insititute (SwRI) and University of Pennsylvania’s robotics lab claim they have a drone capable of operating inside
Read moreOur annual report on the Fukushima disaster is now available. Read it here via the embedded reader (below) or read
Read moreOur research team has reviewed the limited information provided by after the most recent inspection of unit 2. While the
Read moreLast week another inspection was conducted inside unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. This new work looked inside the reactor pedestal
Read moreThe scope inspection of unit 2 will take place Friday. TEPCO is planning one day for this work. The scope
Read moreTEPCO and IRID announced that a new inspection scope has been developed to look into the unit 2 containment pedestal
Read moreTEPCO released additional information related to the pedestal area inspection inside unit 3. Among this new data was some unexpected
Read moreThe plan itself made news as yet another half baked business idea trying to attract attention a few years back.
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