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Fukushima Status

TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Status

Reactor 4 The Latest 

Unit 4 Cover Building Construction Progress

January 15, 2013 Editor 0 Comments construction, daiichi, fukushima, spent fuel, TEPCO, unit 4

TEPCO released a brief handout and photo showing the progress made so far in constructing the cover building at unit

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Reactor 1 The Latest 

What The Melted Fuel At Fukushima Unit 1 Looked Like In The Pedestal

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 Editor 0 Comments Corium, fuel, meltdown, unit 1

A recent report by Sandia National Lab indicated that about 140,000kg of melted fuel and debris was released out of

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Reactor 3 Reactor 4 The Latest 

Unit 3 SFP Inspection, Reactor Cap Removed At Unit 4

September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, unit 3, unit 4

TEPCO has been progressing on work at Fukushima Daiichi to deal with units 3 and 4. The reactor (RPV) cap

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Reactor 1 The Latest 

Hydrogen Increases At Unit 1 Daiichi

September 7, 2012September 7, 2012 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, fukushima, hydrogen, krypton, nitrogen, unit 1, water, xenon

On September 5th hydrogen concentrations in Unit 1 jumped to .54%, the reading the previous day showed 0% hydrogen for

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Plant Status The Latest 

A Look At The Power That Failed At Fukushima

November 13, 2011November 13, 2011 Editor 0 Comments diagram, lines, power, TEPCO, tower

UPDATE:  Some additional images and diagrams found by Peter Melzer in the IAEA reports on Fukushima have been added below.

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Plant Status The Latest 

620 mSv/h Found In Unit 3

November 6, 2011November 6, 2011 Editor 0 Comments radiation, TEPCO, unit 3

TEPCO announced that they have found 620 mSv/h in unit 3 by robots. These levels are high enough to restrict

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Plant Status The Latest 

TEPCO Backpeddles On Criticality, Provides Questionable Reasons For Cause

November 3, 2011November 3, 2011 Editor 0 Comments criticality, fission, TEPCO, unit 2

TEPCO has changed their stance on the incidents recently at Fukushima Daiichi. Now they are claiming that the re-criticalities are

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Plant Status The Latest 

TEPCO And Contractors Fail To Pay Some Workers Proper Danger Pay

November 2, 2011November 2, 2011 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, TEPCO, workers

TEPCO and the contractors working at the plant have not been paying some workers the proper danger pay. These workers

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Plant Status The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 2 Xenon Found Indicating New Fission

November 2, 2011November 2, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fission, fukushima, unit 2, xenon

NHK is reporting that Xenon and other substances are being detected at unit 2 indicating some amount of fission is

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Plant Status The Latest 

Two Workers Injured In Crane Accident At Fukushima Daiichi

October 30, 2011 Editor 0 Comments accident, crane

Two workers were injured when dismantling a crane. One required airlift to an emergency room and was operated on at

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Plant Status The Latest 

Unit 4 Still Poses Considerable Risk, Expert Calls For Independent Safety Inspection

October 30, 2011October 30, 2011 Editor 0 Comments spent fuel pool, unit 4

A Canadian nuclear expert is calling for an independent review of unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi where inspectors from outside

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Plant Status The Latest 

TEPCO Confirms Steam Leaking Out Of Ground

October 18, 2011October 18, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, ground, steam, TEPCO, unit 1

TEPCO has admitted to the issue of steam leaking out of the ground around Unit 1. Water in the basement

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Fukushima Status The Latest 

Fukushima Daiichi Update: High Radiation And Mountains Of Radioactive Waste

October 16, 2011 Editor 0 Comments contamination, daiichi, fukushima, nuclear waste, radiation levels, workers

Information has come out about the current goings on at Fukushima Daiichi. It is reported that 480,000 pieces of contaminated

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Plant Status The Latest 

TEPCO Maintenance, Repairs With Duct Tape, Bailing Wire And More Orphaned Shoes

September 28, 2011October 29, 2013 Editor 3 Comments photos, reactor, TEPCO

This TEPCO photograph of the pedestal area of unit 5 at Fukushima Daiichii. Unit 5 is the same design as

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Plant Status The Latest 

New Images And Video Inside Units 2 And 3

September 24, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, images, TEPCO, video

TEPCO released two crane videos. One viewing in the hole of unit 2 and the other some views of the

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Plant Status The Latest 

VIDEO: Crane topples at Fukushima Daiichi

September 22, 2011 Editor 0 Comments crane, fukushima, Roke

One of the cranes fell over during the storm today. Nuckelchenblogde has the video on YouTube of it falling. It

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Plant Status The Latest 

Researcher Says Recriticality In July & August At Fukushima

September 17, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, recriticality

EX-SKF found a very interesting article regarding the disaster is a rather unusual place, The Weekly Playboy Japan, link to

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Plant Status The Latest 

TEPCO Progresses On Unit 1 Cover

September 17, 2011 Editor 0 Comments cover, reactor, TEPCO

TEPCO has a considerable portion of the work done towards installing a cover over the unit 1 reactor at Fukushima

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Plant Status The Latest 

Time Lapse Video Of Unit 1 Cover Construction

September 12, 2011September 11, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, unit 1

This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org

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Plant Status The Latest 

Nuclear Expert Warns Unit 1 Fuel May Be Out Of The Reactor Building

September 10, 2011September 10, 2011 Editor 0 Comments explosion, fuel, Fukushima Daiichi, steam, TEPCO, unit 1

We documented in mid-August that the melted reactor fuel (corium) may have relocated and could be leaving the unit 1

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Plant Status TEPCO The Latest 

TEPCO To Begin Removing Debris From Unit 3 Deck

September 10, 2011 Editor 0 Comments Demolition, fukushima, TEPCO

TEPCO will begin the process to remove debris from the top of unit 3. Since the work would expose workers

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Plant Status Technical Documents TEPCO The Latest 

Specialists Have New Theory On Fukushima Daiichi Meltdowns

September 10, 2011 Editor 0 Comments Reactors, technical, TEPCO, timeline

Many thanks to Ob_Li for translating this for us!  The original website : http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4822557.html Nuclear energy specialists team analyzed Fukushima Daiichi

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Plant Status Technical Documents The Latest 

Fukushima Daiichi, The First Hours

September 6, 2011 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, documents, fukushima, time line

English language blog Gakuranman chronicled the early events after the great east earthquake. This included the melt downs at Fukushima

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Featured Plant Status TEPCO The Latest 

Kan Interview, TEPCO Planned To Abandon Fukushima Daiichi

September 6, 2011September 6, 2011 Editor 0 Comments Abandon, Fukushima Daiichi, Interview, Kan, TEPCO

Sense of Crisis – Possible Catastrophe in Metropolis Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, stepped down his position as of September

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Plant Status The Latest 

Fukushima Reactor Building Detail Solved

September 3, 2011September 2, 2011 Editor 1 Comment doors, fukushima, images, photos, removable, unit 2

There were questions early on about possible large access doors in the top building sections of the reactors at Fukushima

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Plant Status Weather 

Talas Typhoon Update

September 2, 2011 Editor 0 Comments talas, typhoon, weather

Talas’ track is again more westerly then previously forecast(good for fuku npp!), the centre is about to cross the coast.

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Plant Status Weather 

Talas Bad Weather Hits Tohoku Region, Fukushima Daiichi

September 2, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, talas, weather

Weather warnings are being issued for the region around Fukushima Daiichi including heavy rain, ground loosening, winds, gales and storm

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Fukushima Status The Latest Weather 

Typhoon Talas Hitting Japan – Current Conditions

September 2, 2011 Editor 0 Comments talas, typhoon, weather

Various NHK reports state the following conditions now in Japan: At 1am on 9/3 (JST), the center of Typhoon Talas

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TEPCO’s Plan To Extract Melted Reactor Fuel

September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, fuel, fukushima, video

TEPCO has a plan to remove the melted fuel from the reactors. It involves flooding containment with water and extracting

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Humanitarian Plant Status The Latest 

Worker Sprayed With Radioactive Water, 100000 cpm at Fukushima

August 31, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments exposure, fukushima, radiation, worker

TEPCO mentioned in a press conference that a worker was sprayed with highly radioactive water while moving a hose. The

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Workers Exposed To Penetrating Beta Radiation At Fukushima

August 30, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments exposure, fukushima, radiation, workers

Two workers and possibly a third were exposed to penetrating beta radiation while changing filters in the water clean up

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Daiichi NPP The Latest 

Why the Fukushima disaster is worse than Chernobyl

August 29, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments chernobyl, contamination, fukushima

Closing in on half a year later, The Independent outlines the reality of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The government failures

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TEPCO Fukushima Radiation Leaks Into The Sea May Violate International Law

August 29, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments contamination, fukushima, international, pacific, sea, water

The Marquette University Law Blog explains how the leaks at Fukushima Daiichi may put Japan in violation of international law.

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Daiichi NPP Plant Status Reactor 3 Reactor 4 The Latest 

TEPCO Releases Document Claiming Unit 3 Blew Up Unit 4

August 27, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments explosion, fukushima, hydrogen, unit 3, unit 4

TEPCO released a schematic claiming it explains that unit 3 caused the explosion in unit 4. It shows high radiation

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Japan Nuclear Disaster Models From 2002

August 26, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments exposure, health, JAEI, radiation, reactor

A Japan Atomic Energy Institute paper from 2002 recently surfaced online. This paper was the technical estimations of what would

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Plant Status The Latest 

TEPCO Wants To Restart Units 5 & 6 At Fukushima Daiichi

August 25, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, reactor, status

This is no joke but it sure sounds like one. TEPCO has been quietly planning to restart units 5 &

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Plant Status The Latest 

6.3 Earthquake Causes 17 Sv/h Radiation Jump Unit 1, Changes In Other Reactors

August 20, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments earthquake, fukushima, radiation

On August 19, at 14:36 JST there was a 6.3 earthquake near Fukushima Daiichi. This was yet another in a

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New 57 (Sv/h) Radiation Increase In Unit 1 After Aug 17 Quake Near Fukushima Daiichi

August 18, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, earthquake, fukushima, radiation

A new significant earthquake ( 6.2) occurred at Fukushima Daiichi on August 17th . In our previous report we explained

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Fukushima Daiichi Leaking 1 Billion Becquerels Per Hour

August 17, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments Air, contamination, fukushima, radiation

According to a news report by NHK today Fukushima Daiichi has lowered the emissions from the damaged plant. Even with

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Plant Status The Latest 

RT Covers fukuleaks.org/web Technical Analysis of Fukushima Daiichi

August 17, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, melt down

RT television interviewed Dr. Robert Jacobs today about the current situation at Fukushima Daiichi and the fukuleaks.org/web findings regarding the

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