Troubled Fukushima Daiichi Waste Containers Have A New Problem
Japan’s NRA announced that 31 waste containers at Fukushima Daiichi has exceeded their life span. The containers in question hold
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TEPCO Releases Fukushima Waste Stream Data
TEPCO released a report in July on various waste streams at Fukushima Daiichi. This rather dry sounding report contains some
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TEPCO Admits Almost 200 Billion Bq In Undeclared Water Contamination
Kyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all
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Two New Leaks At Fukushima Daiichi
Two new leaks happened at Fukushima Daiichi recently. Both were contained within the buildings where they happened. The first was
Read moreFukushima ALPS System Secret Revealed
TEPCO and their contract partners have been fairly secretive about what exactly makes the ALPS system work. While they have
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Waste Storage Tanks At Fukushima Daiichi At Risk Of Explosion
Filter waste containers stored at Fukushima Daiichi are at risk of having hydrogen explosions. TEPCO released documents on Friday detailing
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TEPCO Puts ALPS 2.0 Into Partial Operation
TEPCO announced they are putting the new improved version of the ALPS decontamination system into daily operation. It will operate
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ALPS 2.0 Begins Test Operations At Fukushima Daiichi
The new and improved version of ALPS has begun test operations. TEPCO announced the first of the two units has
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2nd ALPS Decontamination System Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
A second ALPS decontamination system is being installed at Fukushima Daiichi and will begin test operations in early September. NRA
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Fukushima Contaminated Water Problems Worsen
TEPCO announced this week that they wanted to begin pumping up water from the sub drains near the reactor buildings.
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TEPCO Claims ALPS Decontamination System To Be Operational By End Of Year
TEPCO hopes to have two new installations of ALPS completed in September and October of this year. The company is
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High Level Water Leak At Fukushima ALPS System
NHK is reporting the leak of water being injected into a high impact storage container at the ALPS decontamination system.
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Fukushima ALPS System To Be Offline Indefinitely
Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the ALPS system will be offline for an unknown amount of time. The B train
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ALPS Still Not Meeting Targets, Operation Date Uncertain
NRA is saying that ALPS is still not meeting the radiation removal targets claimed for the system. A problem with
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NRA Japan Saves The US West Coast And The Rest Of The World
NRA demanded that TEPCO drop test waste canisters to be used to hold highly radioactive sludge from the ALPS processing
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Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Water Treatment System Hits Big Problem
Lack of planning again foils efforts at Fukushima Daiichi. Ex-SKF found the very bad news in a METI report from
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ALPS Runs Then Dies, Workers Forgot A Rubber Mat Inside Tank
ALPS restarted briefly then shut down over the the weekend. The cause? Workers left a rubber mat used to give
Read moreTEPCO Declares ALPS Tank Leak As Corrosion, Likely Not
TEPCO told NHK the leaks in the ALPS tanks were due to corrosion. The tanks are relatively new, being put
Read moreTEPCO Sets ALPS Operation For September
TEPCO sent a press release announcing their plan to attempt to operate ALPS by September of this year. ———————————- Email
Read moreFukushima News Roundup June 18, 2013
The NRA has announced that they do not consider quake damage to be the cause of the isolation condenser failure
Read moreALPS System Fails To Remove All Contamination As Planned
Testing of the ALPS decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi has failed a critical test of the filtration system. Minyu-Net is
Read moreCurrent Challenges & Progress At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO’s testing of the ALPS system intended to remove all contamination except tritium continues but now it is not expected
Read moreSisyphus With A Paper Cup; TEPCO’s Enormous Water Problem
The contaminated water problems at Fukushima Daiichi have been plaguing the plant since day one. In recent months the problems
Read moreANOTHER Leak In A Pit Tank At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO is now reporting another leak in one of the pit tanks at Fukushima Daiichi. The number 3 pit tank
Read moreTEPCO’s New Decontamination System Delayed By Tank Failures
TEPCO has announced a delay in the start up of the new decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi. The system was
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