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Fukushima Unit 2 Wall Removal Begins

April 17, 2018April 15, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2018, building, floor, fukushima, inspection, refueling, unit 2

Work has begun to remove a section of wall from the unit 2 reactor building. This is the same area

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Strange Iodine 131 Findings In Fukushima Prefecture

April 16, 2018April 12, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment cancer, fukushima, iodine 131, nihonmatsu, sewage, sludge, thyroid

Where: Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture When: January 2017 to February 2018 This was brought to our attention that some unusual

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Fukushima Frozen Wall Experiences New Problems

April 13, 2018April 11, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2018, frozen wall, fukushima

Certain sections of the frozen wall have been degrading since January. The two end sections and certain portions of the

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TEPCO Admitted Tsunami Risk To Govt. 4 Days Before Disaster

April 12, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment criminal, executives, negligence, NISA, TEPCO, trial, tsunami

A TEPCO official admitted as part of his testimony in the criminal negligence trial of TEPCO execs that they did

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TEPCO Cancelled Tsunami Wall At Fukushima Daiichi

April 11, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment criminal, negligence, TEPCO, trial, tsunami, wall

Testimony in the ongoing criminal negligence trial of TEPCO executives revealed that efforts to build a tsunami wall at Fukushima

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The Plans For Fukushima Fuel Removal 2018

March 26, 2018March 25, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment decommissioning, fuel debris, inspection, removal, research, sample

TEPCO and the associated research & decommissioning authorities recently published a new report outlining the effort to collect the remains

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TEPCO Adds Low Tech Water Injection to Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment injection, spent fuel pool, unit 3, water

TEPCO published a handout covering the recent worker training for a rather low tech system to refill unit 3’s spent

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Researchers Claim To Have Drone Capable Of Fukushima Containment Flight

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, daiichi, drone, fukushima, inspection, SWRI

The Southwest Research Insititute (SwRI) and University of Pennsylvania’s robotics lab claim they have a drone capable of operating inside

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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima 7th Anniversary Report

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 7th anniversary, annual, disaster, fukushima, report

Our annual report on the Fukushima disaster is now available. Read it here via the embedded reader (below) or read

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SimplyInfo.org Analysis Of Fukushima Unit 2 Pedestal Inspection 2018

February 2, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2018, Corium, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, scope, unit 2

Our research team has reviewed the limited information provided by after the most recent inspection of unit 2. While the

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TEPCO Withholds Critical New Fukushima Meltdown Data From Public

January 23, 2018January 22, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2018, contaiment, Corium, fuel, fukushima, pedestal, scope, unit 2

Last week another inspection was conducted inside unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. This new work looked inside the reactor pedestal

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Fukushima Unit 2 Inspection Happens Friday

January 16, 2018 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2018, fukushima, inspection, scope, unit 2

The scope inspection of unit 2 will take place Friday. TEPCO is planning one day for this work. The scope

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Fukushima Unit 2 To Be Scope Inspected In January

December 26, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2018, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, unit 2

TEPCO and IRID announced that a new inspection scope has been developed to look into the unit 2 containment pedestal

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The Surprise Found Inside Fukushima Unit 3

December 19, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment fukushima, inspection, pedestal, reactor. vessel, unit 3

TEPCO released additional information related to the pedestal area inspection inside unit 3. Among this new data was some unexpected

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The Crazy Nuclear Plan Lurking In The Trump – Russia Scandal

November 29, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment enrichment, flynn, Russia, saudi, uranium, US

The plan itself made news as yet another half baked business idea trying to attract attention a few years back.

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SimplyInfo.Org: Fukushima Update November 22, 2017

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment cars, defueling, dialysis, fukushima, GE, lawsuit, olympics, unit 3, update

A group of businesses and doctors from Fukushima prefecture are suing GE in US court over the negligence of their

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TEPCO’s Magic Truck

November 10, 2017November 6, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment FLEX, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, NRA, pump, TEPCO, truck

TEPCO recently presented a pump truck concept to Japan’s nuclear regulator (NRA). The company is trying to use this concept

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New Fukushima Contaminated Soil Storage Sits On River Banks

November 8, 2017November 5, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment contaminated, fukushima, futaba, interim storage, Okuma, soil

The new interim storage site designated for longer term storage of radioactive contaminated soil near Fukushima Daiichi has opened for

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TEPCO Implicated In Paradise Papers Scandal

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment evasion, fukushima, japan, nuclear, paradise papers, tax, TEPCO

A group of newspapers and investigative journalists published a groundbreaking investigation in to tax avoidance schemes of the rich and

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Kobe Steel Scandal May Hit Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Casks, Incinerator

October 17, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment

A data falsification scandal hit Japan’s Kobe Steel in recent weeks. The company admitted widespread falsification of data related to

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Fukushima Experts Tell All On Unit 3

October 12, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, fukushima, NDF, report, unit 3

This is a continuing report on the new findings for the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi from the recent NDF Conference.

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SimplyInfo.org: Fukushima Reactors Face More Setbacks

October 4, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment cover, decommissioning, fukushima, muon, removal, roof, simplyinfo, unit 1, unit 2, unit 3

TEPCO and the decommissioning authorities have reported on the ongoing delays at Fukushima Daiichi. As we reviewed these reports we

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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima Update; September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment court, daiichi, evacuation, evacuees, futaba, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, NRA, road, spent fuel, TEPCO, zone

A number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have

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8 Japan Nuclear Reactors At High Risk Of Volcano Damage, NRA Confirms

September 19, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment ash, japan, NRA, nuclear, reactor, risk, volcano

We outlined concerns about this back in 2014. It started with the Sendai nuclear reactors and their risk for damage

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South Texas Nuclear Plant Experienced Flooding On Site

September 2, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, flooding, harvey, houston, south texas nuclear, south texas nuclear project, stp

The power company and staff that operates a nuclear plant in Texas, recently hit by hurricane Harvey claimed the site

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GE May Be Sued Over Fukushima Disaster

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment fukushima, GE, lawsuit

GE may finally be sued for their role in the 2011 Fukushima Disaster. A second lawsuit filed in the US

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Fukushima Decomm Plans Solidified

August 22, 2017August 21, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, decommissioning, draft, fuel removal, fukushima, plan

NDF (Nuclear Decommissioning Fukushima) has published a draft report that outlines the plan for decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi. The plan solidifies

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Experts Tell All On Fukushima Unit 2

August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, fukushima, NDF, simplyinfo.org, status, unit 2

This is a continuing report on the new findings for the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi from the recent NDF Conference.

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Experts Tell All On Fukushima Unit 1

August 10, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Fukuleaks.org, fukushima, investigation, NDF, research, simplyinfo.org, unit 1

The Nuclear Decommissioning Facilitation Corp (NDF) held their annual meeting recently. Presentations by various experts and those involved with the

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New Fukushima Unit 3 Videos Provide More Clues

August 1, 2017August 1, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment

TEPCO released two videos days after inspections inside unit 3 took place. These videos along with the related still images

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TEPCO Revises Fukushima Unit 2 Radiation Readings

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, fukushima, inspection, radiation, revision, unit 2

TEPCO has revised earlier radiation readings for unit 2’s containment inspection done earlier in 2017. They claimed a set of

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Fukushima Unit 3 Muon Scan Finds NO FUEL In Reactor Vessel

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, fukushima, muon, muon scan, unit 3

TEPCO announced late Friday the preliminary results of the unit 3 reactor muon scan. The muon scan is capable of

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Fukushima Unit 3 Inspections Find More Melted Fuel

July 22, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, Corium, day 3, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, ROV, unit 3

Day 3 of the inspections inside the unit 3 pedestal have been concluded. TEPCO did not report if the ROV

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Fuel Residue Found In Fukushima Unit 3

July 22, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Containment, Corium, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, robot, ROV, sunfish, unit 3

TEPCO has announced that they have found what they believe is fuel residues inside the pedestal area of unit 3.

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Fukushima Unit 3 Containment Inspection Starts With A Surprise

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, Containment, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, robot, ROV, sunfish, unit 3

TEPCO announced that the containment inspections for unit 3 will start today. This will include a more direct inspection than

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Authority Confirms Dry Removal Plan For Fukushima Daiichi

July 6, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment Corium, daiichi, decommissioning, dry, fuel, fukushima, method, removal

The decommissioning authority (NDF) for Fukushima Daiichi has confirmed they will likely use a method to attempt to remove melted

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TEPCO Execs Trial Starts Over Fukushima Negligence

June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment criminal, executives, fukushima, negligence, TEPCO, trial

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

May 30, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, farm, fukushima, h4, removal, tank

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

May 11, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment cave in, collapse, hanford, PUREX, tunnel, US

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

May 4, 2017May 4, 2017 Nancy Foust 0 Comment 2017, floor, fukushima, inspection, reactor well, refueling, unit 1

Investigations of the unit 1 refueling floor area took place between November 2016 and February 2017. This area has been

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