Unit 1 Containment Scope New Images & Video
TEPCO has released more information about the ongoing inspection of unit 1 this week. Water was found inside at about
Read moreTEPCO has released more information about the ongoing inspection of unit 1 this week. Water was found inside at about
Read moreWhile preparing for an inspection inside unit 2’s reactor well, workers found new damage. The reactor cavity differential pressure adjustment
Read moreA report published by TEPCO today shows new containment damage suffered by units 1 and 3 at Fukushima Daiichi as
Read moreThis is one section of our annual report, the full report can be found here. We will be posting a
Read moreTEPCO published preliminary photos July 18th showing the start of inspection work of the reactor well for unit 1. Two
Read moreTEPCO and the associated research & decommissioning authorities recently published a new report outlining the effort to collect the remains
Read moreTEPCO and IRID announced that a new inspection scope has been developed to look into the unit 2 containment pedestal
Read moreThe Nuclear Decommissioning Facilitation Corp (NDF) held their annual meeting recently. Presentations by various experts and those involved with the
Read moreTEPCO has announced that they have found what they believe is fuel residues inside the pedestal area of unit 3.
Read moreInvestigations of the unit 1 refueling floor area took place between November 2016 and February 2017. This area has been
Read moreWhile the press reported Scorpion’s mission as a failure, it did provide useful data before being abandoned. The robot appears
Read moreThe Scorpion robot entered Fukushima unit 2 containment today and sent back a set of images. TEPCO’s reporting was scant
Read moreAsahi Shimbun has announced that the Scorpion robot (aka: Sasori) will attempt to enter unit 2’s containment structure by the
Read moreTEPCO has provided more information on the exact location and nature of these radiation readings provided to the press late
Read moreTEPCO released photos and video of the preliminary scope work inside unit 2’s containment. The first set looked at the
Read moreTEPCO relayed verbally in the Monday press conference that the initial phase of the inspection of unit 2 containment will
Read moreIRID released a report late in December, 2016 that outlines in great detail, the technical tasks involved in the upcoming
Read moreThe decommissioning work at unit 2 of Fukushima Daiichi has been moving at a significant pace in recent years. Unit
Read moreTEPCO sent the small 3D printed robot equipped with a smart phone into inspect the unit 3 containment hatch a
Read moreA couple of stories came out over the last week or so that were worth mentioning. Toshiba showed off their
Read moreTEPCO/IRID released a very small selection of video clips from the second investigation that took place over two days along
Read moreHitachi’s shape changing robot (at least one of them, they have more) is abandoned and dead inside the containment of
Read moreTEPCO reports that the work is underway and released three images of the robot being inserted into the containment structure.
Read moreAccording to a recently released handout from TEPCO and IRID the robot inspection of unit 1’s containment should commence around
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Report 2015 By The SimplyInfo Research Team Dean Wilkie – Author Edano San MD –
Read moreIRID released a number of progress updates in recent weeks. In this part we cover what is new information about efforts to
Read moreTwo significant admissions were made by TEPCO at the end of the week. Unit 3 Scope work into the unit
Read moreDetails of the new upcoming effort to investigate the containment structures of the melted reactors at Fukushima Daiichi have been
Read moreThese events and new information were found on unit 2 within the last year. TEPCO announced in July that they
Read moreTEPCO released two new handouts on the leak at unit 3. This gives some additional insight but still fails to
Read more“Computer simulations show the melted fuel in Unit 1, whose core damage was the most extensive, has breached the bottom
Read more7 days ago TEPCO took radiation readings along with temperature readings inside unit 2. This was part of an effort
Read moreTEPCO finally released the video of the pedestal inspection of unit 2. This showed more than the initial images given
Read moreTEPCO buried new admissions about the reactor units and their damage in a couple of obscure reports. New unit 1
Read moreOur review of the second year’s events surrounding the 3-11 disaster is broken into three parts. The first part covers
Read moreTEPCO announced a plan that should enable them to look inside unit 2 and inspect the reactor vessel directly. TEPCO
Read more2012 brought considerable progress in attempts to understand the disaster at Daiichi. We saw the first grainy peek into unit
Read moreVideos released by TEPCO yesterday included a scope investigation underwater. The water itself was surprisingly clear with a small layer
Read moreUpdate: The source for unit 1 torus radiation had an incorrect link. The correct link has been added to the
Read moreWorkers did a brief inspection inside the containment of unit 1 earlier this week. We reported the initial findings yesterday.
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