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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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Containment Inspection
Unit 2 pedestal containment inspection.
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New Discovery At Fukushima Unit 3 Provides Clues To Meltdown Severity, Environmental Releases
TEPCO recently published a video of the work to remove spent fuel from the unit 3 fuel pool. In this
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SimplyInfo.org; New Clues To Melt Through At Unit 2
As we work through refining what took place at Fukushima Daiichi, old data can have new meaning in light of
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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 2; New Containment Panorama Photos
A pair of new panoramic photos from inside Fukushima unit 2’s containment have been published. TEPCO provided the photos as
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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 2 Fuel Debris Inspection Results
TEPCO completed another inspection inside unit 2 containment this week. The newest work involved attempting to move and grasp pieces
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TEPCO To Poke Fukushima Unit 2 Fuel With A Stick
TEPCO announced at a meeting with Japan’s NRA that they will conduct a new investigation inside unit 2 around February
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SimplyInfo.org: Unit 2 Fuel Debris Report
New information has been released by TEPCO on unit 2’s missing fuel. This provides significant new clues to the meltdown
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Fukushima Unit 2 Wall Removal Begins
Work has begun to remove a section of wall from the unit 2 reactor building. This is the same area
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The Plans For Fukushima Fuel Removal 2018
TEPCO and the associated research & decommissioning authorities recently published a new report outlining the effort to collect the remains
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SimplyInfo.org Analysis Of Fukushima Unit 2 Pedestal Inspection 2018
Our research team has reviewed the limited information provided by after the most recent inspection of unit 2. While the
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Fukushima Unit 2 To Be Scope Inspected In January
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
TEPCO released additional information related to the pedestal area inspection inside unit 3. Among this new data was some unexpected
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Fukushima Experts Tell All On 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 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
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Experts Tell All On Fukushima 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
The Nuclear Decommissioning Facilitation Corp (NDF) held their annual meeting recently. Presentations by various experts and those involved with the
Read moreNew Fukushima Unit 3 Videos Provide More Clues
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
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
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
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
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
TEPCO announced that the containment inspections for unit 3 will start today. This will include a more direct inspection than
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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 3 To Get Muon Scan End Of April
TEPCO published press handouts that there will be a muon scan of Fukushima unit 3 starting in May of 2017.
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Fukushima Unit 2 Confirmation Of Damage Found
IRID has released additional details about the damage found inside unit 2 on the recent inspections of the containment structures. A
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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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Scorpion Dies In Fukushima Unit 2, Sends Back Data
While the press reported Scorpion’s mission as a failure, it did provide useful data before being abandoned. The robot appears
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Scorpion Enters Fukushima Unit 2
The Scorpion robot entered Fukushima unit 2 containment today and sent back a set of images. TEPCO’s reporting was scant
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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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Scorpion Robot To Make Suicide Mission Inside Fukushima Unit 2
Asahi Shimbun has announced that the Scorpion robot (aka: Sasori) will attempt to enter unit 2’s containment structure by the
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Fukushima Unit 2 High Radiation Damages New Robot
Preparation work with a cleaning robot was abruptly abandoned today. This cleaning robot was preparing an area for the Scorpion robot to
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Fukushima Unit 2 New Radiation Readings From TEPCO
TEPCO has provided more information on the exact location and nature of these radiation readings provided to the press late
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Fukushima Unit 2 Failure Point Found!
NHK produced a stitched together photo of a 2 meter wide hole found in the pedestal area of Fukushima Daiichi
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What The New Fukushima Unit 2 Inspection May Indicate
TEPCO released photos and video of the preliminary scope work inside unit 2’s containment. The first set looked at the
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Fukushima Unit 2 Containment Inspection, What You Need To Know
IRID released a report late in December, 2016 that outlines in great detail, the technical tasks involved in the upcoming
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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 Unit 2 Containment Repair Research Underway
IRID announced details of work that is now underway to determine if a method for repairing the unit 2 suppression
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