TEPCO Gains Permission To Dump Contaminated Water – What You Need To Know
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga gave TEPCO permission to dump contaminated water into the sea on Tuesday. Japanese fishing, environmental
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Water Tanks At Fukushima Daiichi Found Damaged By Recent Quake
There have been multiple problems at Fukushima Daiichi in the contaminated water tanks farms. Initial reporting after the February earthquake
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SimplyInfo.org; Fukushima Update November 2020
Below are some of the more notable new information related to Fukushima Daiichi from recent weeks. We will have more
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Work To Reduce Risk From Mega Float To Be Completed
Work to reduce the risk of the mega float from tsunami is expected to be completed by mid fiscal year
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Fukushima Unit 3 Suppression Chamber To Be Drained
Fukushima unit 3 will have contaminated water removed from the suppression chamber to help improve the earthquake resistance of the
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TEPCO Admits Treated Water Not Safe To Dump
The Associated Press reported from a TEPCO press conference held late last week that treated water TEPCO has been trying
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Fukushima Vent Tower 1-2 Water Drain Sampling Results
TEPCO has successfully obtained a sample and water depth for the sump drain connected to the unit 1-2 vent tower.
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Fukushima Unit 1 Discharge Canal Has Record Contaminated Water Spike
Contamination levels rose again in the unit 1 discharge canal near the reactor building. Our records show this may have
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Rain May Have Caused Radiation Spike At Fukushima Drainage Canal
TEPCO reported a small radiation spike at the K drainage canal on June 6th. Levels went up on the 6th
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New Leak At Daiichi Used Known Weak Hose
TEPCO’s latest contaminated water leak at least partially made it to the sea. TEPCO eventually closed the drainage canals and
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Fukushima Daiichi Cleans Most Contaminated Water, Not Really
TEPCO announced that they have cleaned most of the contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi. But the details show they are
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TEPCO Admits Recent Leaks Came From Contaminated Water Tanks
TEPCO admitted that water recently leaked from the H4 tank farm is loose in the groundwater at the plant. Monitoring
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Radiation Spike At Fukushima Daiichi Discharge Canal
A significant spike in contaminated water levels at Fukushima Daiichi in the unit 1 discharge canal was reported today. Readings
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Mobile Strontium 90 Removal Equipment At Fukushima Appears To Work
The US company that supplied a mobile strontium 90 filtration system is saying it met target goals of performance at
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TEPCO’s Trench Saga Could Have Unintended Consequences
TEPCO has made multiple attempts to deal with the unit 2 trench full of highly contaminated water. In 2011 they
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TEPCO Declares Effort To Drain Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Trench Futile
TEPCO drained 200,000 liters of water out of the unit 2 trench after they declared the end near the turbine
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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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Fukushima Underground Zeolite Wall Explained
TEPCO and the team of contractors that worked on the underground zeolite wall have released more detail about the validation
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Fukushima Fisherman Balk At New Contaminated Water Release Plan
Fishermen have raised concerns with TEPCO’s new plan to dump treated water into the sea. The group is not convinced
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Underground Zeolite Wall Installed At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO announced the completion of the installation of an 80 meter wide underground zeolite wall at Fukushima Daiichi. This wall’s
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39,000,000 Bq/liter Of Beta Radiation Found At Fukushima Daiichi
The July 9th reading for monitoring well 1-2 at the sea front had this startling reading. 39,000,000 bq/liter of beta
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NRA Makes Faulty Assumption About Fukushima Leaks
A report issued this week by the NRA cites that two monitoring points outside the plant serve as indicators for
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Fukushima Reactor Water Pump Switch Mistaken For Air Conditioner
TEPCO still has not completely ruled out this being a deliberate act, but is assuming it may have been a
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Fukushima Daiichi Radioactive Tank Leak To Pacific Far Worse Than Admitted
TEPCO has admitted that the radioactive sludge leak from the H4 tank farm last August was more than three times
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Unit 2 Frozen Trench Installation Begins At Fukushima Daiichi
Work has begun to freeze the unit 2 trench at Fukushima Daiichi. This has been a problematic area since the
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TEPCO Admits Withholding Stronitum 90 Readings
TEPCO has admitted they knew about the extremely high strontium 90 readings and the issues with their testing equipment back
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TEPCO Fails To Follow Regulations In Dumping Contaminated Typhoon Water To Pacific
TEPCO released to the sea, rainwater that had built up behind the concrete barrier around the contaminated water tanks at
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