Fukushima Unit 1 Reactor Well Inspection Results
The inspection of the unit 1 reactor well began in July, continuing into the end of August. A trio of
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Fukushima Unit 1 Spent Fuel Pool Inspection
The first inspection of the unit 1 spent fuel pool has been conducted. Workers found visibility of about 7 meters
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Reactor Well Inspections Start At Fukushima Unit 1
TEPCO published preliminary photos July 18th showing the start of inspection work of the reactor well for unit 1. Two
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Unit 1 Containment Inspection
Unit 1 upcoming containment inspection
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New Fukushima Unit 1 Inspection; What You Need To Know
The long planned, next phase of inspection work inside unit 1 has finally been unveiled to the public. The plan
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Fukushima Unit 1 Upcoming Inspection; What You Need To Know
TEPCO and the various entities tasked with dealing with the disaster clean up at Fukushima Daiichi have announced details of
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Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection Update
TEPCO released a report with some new conclusions related to the earlier inspections of unit 1’s containment floor. The new
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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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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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Fukushima Unit 1 TIPS Inspection Done, High Radiation Found
A new inspection attempt of the unit 1 TIPS room has been completed between September and October of 2015. TEPCO
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Fukushima Unit 1 Inspection Work Completed
TEPCO has announced that they have completed all of the work they can do on the unit 1 containment robot
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Report On Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection 2015
Hitachi’s shape changing robot (at least one of them, they have more) is abandoned and dead inside the containment of
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Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Dies In Containment During Inspection
Kyodo News is reporting the robot died inside unit 1’s containment during the inspection. It stopped functioning part way through
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Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection Conducted
TEPCO reports that the work is underway and released three images of the robot being inserted into the containment structure.
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Containment Inspection Starts April 10th
According to a recently released handout from TEPCO and IRID the robot inspection of unit 1’s containment should commence around
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Fukushima Unit 1 Containment Inspection To Begin In April
AP is reporting that Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 will get the first of three anticipated containment inspections in early April
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New Robot Inspection Of Fukushima Unit 1
Two robots, sponsored by IRID conducted an investigation of unit 1. The areas between the 2nd and 3rd floors have
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Fukushima Unit 1 New Torus Room Inspections
What are they doing? TEPCO & Hitachi are apparently looking for damage to the vacuum breaker pipes that run in
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TEPCO Fails To Release Portion Of Unit 1 Torus Inspection
TEPCO recently released videos and reports of their work in the unit 1 torus room. The work was split into
Read moreUnit 1 Access Hatch Inspection Gives Clues
TEPCO sent a pair of robots in to inspect the personnel access hatch for unit 1 recently. Upon reviewing the
Read moreUnit 1 Torus Inspection Review
New work done around February 21 to 22 has been posted by TEPCO and confirmed by workers. The newest work
Read moreUnit 1 Torus Gas Inspection
TEPCO posted a section in a larger roadmap in Japanese about an investigation into the torus of unit 1 over
Read moreTEPCO To Do More Inspections In Unit 1 Containment
Kyodo News is reporting TEPCO will do a series of inspections this week at unit 1 to look inside containment
Read moreAdditional Analysis Of Unit 1 Containment Inspection
Workers did a brief inspection inside the containment of unit 1 earlier this week. We reported the initial findings yesterday.
Read moreUnit 1 Containment Inspection Shows Explosive Debris
TEPCO installed an inspection hole in containment penetration X-100B above the equipment hatch near the monorail. They took a brief
Read moreUnit 1 Torus Inspection: Analysis & New Additional Images
The SimplyInfo team has been reviewing TEPCO’s latest effort to inspect unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi. Work was done by
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Fukushima Unit 1; Site Of Significant New Work
Fukushima Unit 1 has been the site of significant new work on multiple fronts. We outline the new events and
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Drilling Of Internal Door Daiichi Unit 1
TEPCO will drill through the interior door of the X-2 penetration into containment in early June. This will allow full
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Experts Tell All On Fukushima 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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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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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection Preparation Starts
TEPCO published a photo with a short explanation and no handout document. The image shows what TEPCO describes as a
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Fukushima Vent Tower Drone Inspection Completed
TEPCO reported on October 20th that they completed the drone inspections of unit 1-2 vent tower. Minimal data was provided
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New Plan To Inspect Fukushima Unit 1 Unveiled
IRID has published a new plan to complete phase 2 of the robot containment inspection of unit 1 at Fukushima
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Fukushima Unit 3 Second Containment Inspection Results
TEPCO states that data gathered will be released later. They have released some images of the second day of containment
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TEPCO Says Unit 1-2 Vent Tower Probably OK For Now
TEPCO has been doing another round of inspections on the unit 1-2 vent tower. They told Mainichi they didn’t think
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Prepares For Containment Inspection
A newly released document shows progress in the effort to inspect inside unit 2’s containment. At unit 1 they went
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Second Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Investigation Complete
TEPCO/IRID released a very small selection of video clips from the second investigation that took place over two days along
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2nd Robot Enters Fukushima Unit 1 Containment
TEPCO is reporting that the second robot has been put into containment and made 6 of the 11 data stops
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Fukushima Unit 1 Robot Failure, What We Know So Far
Per Yahoo News Japan, the robot died about 2/3 of the way through the planned route. Specifics about what kind
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Fukushima Unit 2 Torus Room Inspection
Hitachi GE conducted robot investigations into unit 2’s torus room on July 17th. The main focus of the work was
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