Damage Found At Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Plant
TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata was discovered to have concerning structural damage to the Unit 6 reactor
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TEPCO Sets 2019 Kashiwazaki Kariwa Restart, New Niigata Gov. Says Not So Fast
The newly elected governor of Niigata has effectively put a stop to the new TEPCO attempt to restart the massive
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Japan NRA Moves TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa To Front Of The Restart Line
Japan’s NRA has put two reactors at the Kashwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant on their “priority” list for restart screenings. The
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NRA; TEPCO Is Incompetent, Fukushima & Kashiwazaki Kariwa Restart Joined At The Hip
Japan’s nuclear regulator had scathing criticism of TEPCO at their meeting today. They also stated that the handling of the
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TEPCO Has Filed A Restart Application For Kashiwazaki Kariwa With The NRA
Newsflash on 47 News below. Safety review application TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant of TEPCO, has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory
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TEPCO Restart Of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Appearing Less Likely
With TEPCO mired in an out of control contaminated water problem at Fukushima Daiichi, the prospect of restarting Kashiwazaki Kariwa
Read moreTEPCO’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Plant Unlikely To Restart, Why This Matters
A TEPCO report now admits the faults under all of the reactor units at their Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant are
Read moreTEPCO’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Plant May Be Over Active Faults
Japan’s nuclear regulator says the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant may be sited over active faults. If the faults are found
Read moreNRA To Investigate Kashiwazaki Kariwa and Hamaoka Nuclear Plants Next
Jiji is reporting that NRA head Toshikazu Tanaka has stated they will be possibly investigating the structures and quake faults
Read moreTsruga Impossible To Restart, Issues At Kashiwazaki Raise Concerns
Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission stated it would be impossible to restart the units at Tsruga nuclear plant. Multiple fault lines
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Fukushima Water Dumping Plan Causes International Uproar
Japan’s plan to allow TEPCO to dump contaminated water into the Pacific has caused international uproar. Other governments, environmental groups,
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Workers
This is one section of our annual report, the full report can be found here. We will be posting a
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SimplyInfo.org; A Fukushima Update 10.10.19
We round up recent news from Fukushima Daiichi and related events. TEPCO has continued to delay the completion of a
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TEPCO’s Magic 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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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima Update; September 25, 2017
A number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have
Read moreA Fukushima Update June 2017
Significant new information has been slow in coming. We expect the muon scan results for unit 3 at any moment
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Fukushima Disaster To Be Dumped On Taxpayers
As the costs for the disaster response escalate, the Japanese government has been looking for a way to deal with
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Japan’s Nuclear Industry Takes A Last Ditch Defensive Position
A series of announcements this week signal major upheaval in Japan’s nuclear industry. METI has proposed that TEPCO should start
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Niigata Election Throws Wrench In Japan Nuclear Plans
This surprising news requires a bit of back story. The sitting Niigata prefecture governor, Hirohiko Izumida has been blocking the
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A Fukushima Update; September 7, 2016
A number of individual events have taken place related to the disaster. They are worth noting but didn’t warrant their
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Japan Is NOT Trying To Restart Fukushima Daiichi
A factually incorrect article published at OilPrice.com (Update: they have corrected the erroneous claim about restarting Fukushima Daiichi but left a
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Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Takes A Horrible Turn
NHK reports that the decommissioning authority in charge of dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster is now considering
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5 At TEPCO Home Office Knew Of Meltdown Manual
TEPCO admitted via Asahi Shimbun that 5 people at TEPCO’s home office in Tokyo knew of the meltdown manual as
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Two Days Of Earthquakes Near Japan’s Operating Reactors
UPDATE: Mt. Aso near the fault line generating these earthquakes has had a small eruption. Strong earthquakes have been hitting
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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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Failed Projects, Skyrocketing Costs, TEPCO Urged To Sue Fukushima Daiichi Contractors
A board of audit overseeing the Fukushima disaster is urging TEPCO to sue some of their contractors over failed projects.
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TEPCO Issues Empty Threat Over Nuclear Plant Shutdowns
TEPCO issued the threat of a rate hike if they were not allowed to restart their reactors at Kashiwazaki Kariwa.
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3rd Worker Injury In Two Days At TEPCO Nuclear Plants
After two workers were injured then died of their injuries, TEPCO has admitted a third incident that lead to serious
Read moreGovernor Shuts Down Talk Of Restarting TEPCO Nuclear Plant
The governor of Niigata has shut down any discussion of restarting TEPCO’s massive 7 unit nuclear plant. His main point
Read moreSimplyInfo Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Nov 2, 2014
Tsunami evacuees caught in $30 billion Japan money trap http://www.trust.org/item/20141031005413-ux955/?source=leadCarousel OPPD employee raked in 1.2 million while the plant failed
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Japan’s Nuclear Utilities Face Problems All Around
Two Japanese nuclear power utilities have received bail outs from Japan’s state backed bank. Hokkaido and Kyushu power companies both
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; 3.24.14
Sapporo in Hokkaido has made a plan to use hotels to hold up to 50,000 evacuees if there is a
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The Plan For Japan
Besides the effort to declare arbitrary state secrets there have been a number of other disturbing efforts in the government
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Japan To Turn TEPCO Into Holding Company, May Join International Nuclear Liability Treaty
The Japanese government has announced they will turn TEPCO into a holding company. This would shift the decommissioning work into
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Toxic Assets: Japan Govt. To Make Fukushima & Nuclear Industry Taxpayer’s Problem As TEPCO Flounders
The LDP has hatched a new scheme to solve all of their inconvenient nuclear problems. TEPCO and all the other
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Japan Conducts Nuclear Evacuation Drill, Exposes Fleeing Citizens
As part of the effort to restart Kashiwazaki Kariwa the nearby city of Nagaoka held an evacuation drill. JAEA and Niigata
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Fukushima; Dysfunction Olympics
Workers are stressed, nobody is being held accountable, solutions remain out of grasp with the Olympics as a looming distraction.
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TEPCO; Like The Last Days Of Rome
So what happens to TEPCO? It is painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that the corporate management structure is incompetent
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NRA Demands TEPCO Fix Problems, Send Staff From Other Plants To Fukushima
The NRA had nothing good to say to TEPCO president Hirose today. In a rather scathing rebuke of the company, Katsuhiko
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TEPCO Has Excess Winter Capacity, Restarts Serve Only Business Interests
In this report to METI TEPCO admits that with all of their nuclear plants offline they have excess power generation
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