SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 6.2.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.30.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.29.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.28.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.27.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.25.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.24.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.23.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.22.2020
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SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 5.21.2020
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Fukushima Daiichi New Effort To Locate Nuclear Fuel Announced
TEPCO revealed some new plans in the long term effort to find the melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima Daiichi. IRID,
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New High Risk Work For Fukushima Daiichi Announced
TEPCO has announced new work at Fukushima Daiichi related to the unit 1-2 vent tower. This location has the highest
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Pandemic Risks & Disruption At World’s Nuclear Plants
The pandemic has caused some very real safety threats to the nuclear industry worldwide. The disruption and a distracted public
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New Fukushima Daiichi Hot Spot Found & Trillion Yen Fuel Debris Clean Up
TEPCO says it will cost $12.6 billion USD to remove fuel at the units 2 and 3 reactors at Fukushima
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report: Conclusion
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Political
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Health
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Social
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Environment
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Workers
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Plant Facilities
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SimplyInfo.org; Annual Report – Units 4, 5 & 6
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Unit 3
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Unit 2
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SimplyInfo.org; Annual Report – Unit 1
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SimplyInfo.org; Annual Report – Reactor Technical Developments
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima 9th Anniversary Report Now Available
Our annual report is now available. For those who don’t want to read it in the full PDF format, we
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Onagawa Nuclear Plant Given Restart Permission
The Onagawa nuclear plant north of Fukushima Daiichi has been given permission to restart by Japan’s nuclear regulator. The plant’s
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Coronavirus Causes Unanticipated Problem At Fukushima Daiichi
The type of tyvek suit workers use at Fukushima Daiichi is suddenly in short supply world wide. The same air
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TEPCO Delays Unit 1 Inspection Indefinitely
NHK is reporting that TEPCO will indefinitely delay the containment inspection work inside unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi. Concerns about
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Fukushima Unit 3 – New Unanswered Questions
The new inspections at Fukushima unit 3 by Japan’s nuclear regulator (NRA) has raised new questions and brought some old
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Fukushima Radioactive Sump Water Disappears
Radioactive water in the sump pit at the base of the unit 1-2 vent tower at Fukushima Daiichi escaped in
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Runaway Bus Causes Damage At Fukushima Daiichi
The bus used as a remote command center for the work to cut down the unit 1-2 vent tower took
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Fukushima Unit 1 New “Plan B” To Remove Spent Fuel
TEPCO has added an additional option to their plans for the removal of spent fuel from unit 1 at Fukushima
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Damage Identified
TEPCO has identified twelve fuel assemblies with damaged lifting handles. Further damage can not be identified at this point as
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Fukushima Unit 6 Cooling Pump Fails
An RHR (reactor heat removal) pump at Fukushima Daiichi unit 6 failed on November 19th. The suppression chamber suction valve
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TEPCO Mangles Fuel Rod At Fukushima Daiichi
An unused fuel rod from the unit 6 reactor was damaged in late November according to TEPCO’s most recent roadmap
Read moreFirst Photos of Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Cap
TEPCO released these photos as part of the end of the month report. This is the first look at the
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Fukushima Spent Fuel Update 10.2019
Spent fuel at Fukushima Daiichi has made some slow progress as storage space is strained. 4.9% of the spent fuel
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Fukushima Unit 2 Has A Spent Fuel Removal Plan
TEPCO and the NDF have released documentation describing their plan to remove both the spent fuel and at least some
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