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TEPCO Uses New Laser Decontamination System At Fukushima Daiichi

September 3, 2019August 28, 2019 Editor 0 Comments bolt together, daiichi, decontamination, fukushima, laser, water tanks

TEPCO has deployed a laser decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi. This new system is currently being used to decontaminate the

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Fukushima Disaster Costs Soar

November 29, 2016 Editor 0 Comments compensation, costs, daiichi, decontamination, disaster, fukushima, interim storage

New estimates have been released for the expected costs for the Fukushima disaster. These costs are broken down by the

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Fukushima Decontamination Company Employees Arrested For Murder

May 17, 2016 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, fukushima, Iwaki, murder, workers

A decontamination worker went missing in the fall of 2015. A recent tip given to police implicated six workers for

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Fire At Namie Nuclear Waste Site

March 6, 2016 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, fire, Namie, site, waste

Loose branches and dead grass being prepared to be loaded into the iconic black bags used for nuclear soil and

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The Tour Of Fukushima You Need To See

October 2, 2015September 29, 2015 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuation zone, fukushima, futaba, photography, soil

These amazing new photographs from Fukushima filmmaker and photographer Arkadiusz Podniesiński taken in the evacuation zone in 2015 tell a compelling

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Naraha Reopening Delay Exposes Complex Problems With Returning Evacuees

July 7, 2015February 15, 2016 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuees, naraha, return

The government announced a delay in reopening the town of Naraha near Fukushima Daiichi. The reopening would be delayed a few

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New Problems & Challenges Plague Fukushima

June 23, 2015February 15, 2016 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, decontamination, evacuation, evacuees, fukushima, naraha, roadmap, soil bags, thyroid

As June wanes we find more delays, more problems and new admissions about the extent of the disaster. TEPCO introduced

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Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 2; New Robots & Work

November 18, 2014November 16, 2014 Editor 0 Comments Containment, decontamination, Fukushima Daiichi, IRID, report, robots, torus

As part of reviewing IRID’s updates on work progress for Fukushima Daiichi, new information about robots to be used and

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TEPCO Puts ALPS 2.0 Into Partial Operation

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 Editor 0 Comments alps, contaminated water, decontamination, fukushima, TEPCO

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

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 Editor 0 Comments alps, daiichi, decontamination, fukushima, multi nuclide, water

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

August 28, 2014 Editor 0 Comments alps, daiichi, decontamination, fukushima, toshiba, water

A second ALPS decontamination system is being installed at Fukushima Daiichi and will begin test operations in early September. NRA

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TEPCO To Try Two New Tactics To Stem Radioactive Tide At Fukushima Daiichi

August 20, 2014 Editor 0 Comments contaminated, decontamination, frozen trench, Fukushima Daiichi, groundwater, hitachi, sub drain, water

Efforts to freeze a trench near unit 2 in order to remove highly radioactive water has continued to have problems.

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TEPCO Begins Decontamination Of Unit 3 First Floor

June 24, 2014June 23, 2014 Editor 0 Comments 2014, decontamination, fukushima, meister, robots, sora, unit 3

TEPCO has begun the further decontamination of the first floor of unit 3. Robots Meister and Sora are doing the

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Fukushima Town Demands Decontamination To Pre-Disaster Levels

May 14, 2014February 15, 2016 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuation zone, fukushima, naraha, reopen

This may be a first. The town of Naraha has demanded the central government decontaminate the town to what would be

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Fukushima’s Atomic Shopping Basket

April 11, 2014April 10, 2014 Editor 0 Comments basket, decontamination, fukushima, robots

This was found in a report on robotic decontamination work being conducted inside unit 3. Workers have had to innovate

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The Fukushima Elephant In The Room

October 2, 2013 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuees, japan, Namie, politics

The NY Times published an article today looking at the limbo Fukushima evacuees live in. Most in Namie and other

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Government To Fukushima Evacuees, Offer Dosimeters Rather Than Clean Up

July 1, 2013July 1, 2013 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, disaster, evacuees, fukushima, nuclear, tamura

In an exchange that was shocking even for all we have seen in the 2+ years since the disaster, the

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Japan Govt. Secretly Backtracks On Decontamination Efforts

June 16, 2013 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, disaster, fukushima, nuclear

While the Abe government has announce they will accelerate decontamination efforts Asahi Shimbun has found out that the opposite is

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To The Surprise Of Absolutely No One, Yakuza Involved In Decontamination Work

May 7, 2013May 7, 2013 Editor 0 Comments contractors, decontamination, disaster, fukushima, nuclear, workers, yakuza

Asahi Shimbun reports on the prolific problems of the Yakuza in the layers of contractors used to conduct decontamination work

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Japan Environment Minister Cuts Short Press Conference On Decontamination Fiasco

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 Editor 1 Comment decontamination, environment, japan

Video on the Asahi Shimbun website shows the minister, Nobuaki Ishihara making a brief statement and rushing away from the podium

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Decontamination Official Rejected Technology As “Foreigners Might Scare The Locals”

January 8, 2013January 8, 2013 Editor 0 Comments decontamination

The New York Times discusses more on the decontamination problems in Japan. They point out how many local and foreign

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Corrupt Decontamination Part 2

January 7, 2013February 16, 2016 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, environment, fukushima, ministry, naraha

Asahi Shimbun has published a second article on the illegal decontamination practices going on in Fukushima. The follow up focuses

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Fukushima Decontamination Misconduct Puts Entire Program In Question

January 4, 2013 Editor 0 Comments contractors, decontamination, fukushima

Asahi Shimbun has revealed a widespread series of problems with the decontamination program in Fukushima. The Environment Ministry hired groups

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TEPCO’s New Decontamination System Delayed By Tank Failures

December 26, 2012January 8, 2014 Editor 2 Comments alps, cask, daiichi, decontamination, drop, Energy Solutions, fukushima, NRA, TEPCO, Testing

TEPCO has announced a delay in the start up of the new decontamination system at Fukushima Daiichi. The system was

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Change And Stagnation Over Nuclear Issues In Japan.

October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuees, fukushima, helicopter, Oma

The new nuclear agency in Japan, the NRA has announced changes to nuclear disaster response. They plan to move emergency

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Fukushima Decontamination May Be Paid For By People Of Japan

May 14, 2012May 14, 2012 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, TEPCO

The current plan as expressed by minister Edano. Decontamination will be billed to TEPCO, TEPCO asks for money from the

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Officials Now Considering Evacuation Over Decontamination

April 26, 2012 Editor 0 Comments chernobyl, decontamination, fukushima, zone

Policy in Japan has made a rather abrupt turn to the admission that permanent evacuation for many in Fukushima may

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Decontamination Costs Exceed Estimates

December 23, 2011December 22, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination

The cost of decontaminating impacted areas is far exceeding estimates. The initial estimate to decontaminate a small home is 700,000

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Experimental Zeolite Rice Paddy Project In Date City

December 9, 2011December 9, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, potassium, rice, zeolite

An experimental project to determine if spraying zeolite and potassium onto the rice fields will aid in the prevention of

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Criticism Of Fukushima Disaster Response Grows Worldwide

December 8, 2011December 8, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuees, pacific, water

Greenpeace expert Ike Teuling did an on the ground investigation at Fukushima City, 60km from the nuclear plant. His investigation

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Decontamination Follies

December 6, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination

 JAEA invited the media to watch their decontamination efforts at Okuma, 4km from Fukushima Daiichi. The crew pictured is “decontaminating”

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Government Admits Some Will Never Return Home, Considers Buying Land

November 25, 2011November 25, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, evacuation

The Japanese government is considering buying the land in areas where the contamination is the worst. The more important comment

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Decontamination Strategy In Doubt

November 10, 2011November 10, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination

Many experts have expressed doubt about the decontamination strategy in Japan. This involves power spraying roofs and similar structures, removing

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Fukushima, Some Give In, Others Fight Back

October 31, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, fukushima, Lawyers

You don’t always see such a contrast in the same week. Fukushima City convinced 110 volunteers to help the decontaminate

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Fukushima Area Impact The Latest 

$13,000 To Wash Your Roof, Decontamination Scams Abound In Fukushima

October 20, 2011October 20, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, scams

Anyone with a power washer and a lack of morals seems to be setting up shop around Fukushima prefecture to

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The Enormity Of Decontaminating Japan And Decommissioning Fukushima

September 29, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decommissioning, decontamination, fukushima, japan

The mindboggling magnitude of the clean up efforts are starting to be realized. Just soil contamination alone for the 4

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Scottish Nuclear Plant Sea Contamination Impossible To Completely Decontaminate

September 24, 2011September 23, 2011 Editor 0 Comments cesium, decontamination, plutonium, Scotland, sea

The Dounreay nuclear plant on the coast of northern Scotland leaked radiation into the sea and coastline for twenty years.

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Anger In Fukushima

August 29, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, disposal, fukushima, nuclear

Residents nearest the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi power plant expressed their anger and frustration with the situation in their home towns.

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No Quick Way To Decontaminate

August 27, 2011September 1, 2011 Editor 0 Comments decontamination, radiation

A news report today mentions new concerns about the decontamination effort. Some of the tactics have caused radiation to concentrate

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