Fukushima Daiichi Earthquake Damage Update 3.30.21
Inspections and response efforts from the February 2021 earthquake were still underway when another earthquake hit on March 20th. Due
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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 New Containment Leaks
New problems have been found related to the containment damage at unit 3 caused by the February 2021 earthquake. TEPCO
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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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Pressure Drop at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1
More problems from the recent earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture are being found. Water leaks were discovered at units 1 and
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Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Suffer Containment Damage In Quake
A report published by TEPCO today shows new containment damage suffered by units 1 and 3 at Fukushima Daiichi as
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Runaway Bus Causes Damage At Fukushima Daiichi
The bus used as a remote command center for the work to cut down the unit 1-2 vent tower took
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Damage Identified
TEPCO has identified twelve fuel assemblies with damaged lifting handles. Further damage can not be identified at this point as
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Fukushima Daiichi Water Infiltration From Typhoon
Typhoon Hagibis has mostly cleared from Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO published a series of reports of water infiltration at the plant
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Fukushima Unit 5, New Tsunami Damage Evidence
TEPCO has published new information about units 5 and 6 at Fukushima Daiichi. Work has begun to repair and use
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Kyushu Earthquakes Expose Unaddressed Nuclear Reactor Risks
The Kyushu region of Japan has been hit by a series of major earthquakes and aftershocks since late last week.
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TEPCO Says Unit 1-2 Vent Tower Probably OK For Now
TEPCO has been doing another round of inspections on the unit 1-2 vent tower. They told Mainichi they didn’t think
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Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool Gate Damaged
NHK is reporting that TEPCO has admitted that two spent fuel pool gates at unit 3 are damaged. They described the first
Read moreSimplyInfo.org WIPP Update; July 28, 2014
The Albuquerque Journal discovered that the contractor for WIPP received a 1.9 million dollar performance bonus… after the WIPP fire
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New Unit 1 Findings Indicate Contamination Path
TEPCO’s new reports on the unit 1 torus room already showed that a vacuum breaker caused an issue. Now they
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Fukushima Butterfly Mutation Study Follow Up
A previous well publicized study on butterfly mutations in Fukushima has seen a follow up study published. The initial study
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Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Inspection Shows Some More Damaged
TEPCO released a small selection of images of some of the fuel removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool.
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Damage Inside Fukushima Unit 4 Containment
Yomiuri has released a more detailed article after yanking an earlier version. Two Yomiuri reporters were allowed into unit 4’s
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Fukushima Unit 3 Equipment Hatch Damaged
The upper floors of the equipment hatch at unit 3 were found to have some damage on a recent inspection.
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New Fuel Damage Found At Fukushima Unit 4
TEPCO did inspections on a damaged fuel assembly in the unit 4 spent fuel pool. The series of videos showed
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Fukushima Unit 3 MSIV Room Door Blown In
News 24 is reporting that TEPCO has admitted that the steel door for the MSIV room was found to be
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Inspection Of Damaged Fuel Assembly Unit 4 Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released a brief report on the bent fuel assembly in unit 4’s spent fuel pool. The outer box of
Read morePre-Tsunami Damage At Unit 1 Fukushima Daiichi
Concerns about damage to unit 1 and possibly other units having happened before the tsunami hit the plant still exist
Read moreNew Paper: Gamma Radiation Damage To Fukushima Units 1- 4 Spent Fuel Pools
fukuleaks.org/web has released another new paper taking an in depth look into the ongoing challenges at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
Read moreTEPCO Soundness Report On Unit 4 Admits Larger Failures
TEPCO released two reports in Japanese last week on order of NISA to explain the soundness of unit 4. Our
Read moreSeismologist Predicted Fukushima
Seismologist Katsuhiko Ishibashi spent two decades warning of the high risk of a major earthquake and a resulting nuclear accident
Read moreReporter Visited Fukushima – Unit 4 Very Exposed, 10 Ambulance Calls Per Day
Reporter Mr.Imanishi of Shukan Asahi appeared recently on TV explaining the details of his trip to Fukushima Daiichi. He mentions that the
Read moreUnit 4 Damaged In 7.3 Quake
July 10, the Fukushima region suffered a 7.3 quake. TEPCO announced no damage to the plant. By visual inspection two
Read moreEyewitness Accounts; Fukushima Pipes Burst, Reactors Damaged By Quake
Jake Adelstein and David McNeill authored a ground breaking piece that debunks TEPCO’s claim that the damage at Fukushima was
Read moreLarge Ground Fissure Found Near Unit 1 Fukushima Daiichi
fukuleaks.org/web researcher Elaine Kirk found this image that was posted on the TEPCO website on June 14th of Unit #1
Read moreBroken Exhaust Vent After Quake At Fukushima
Elaine’s keen eye found this piece of information. The exhaust tower in question is the multiple stack tower near the
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