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NRA has begun work to consider BWR (boiling water reactors) for potential restarts. The initial push for restarts has
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Study Finds US Media Downplayed Fukushima Daiichi
A new study looked into the media behavior in reporting on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The study found that
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SimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; Aug 10, 2014
Japan’s central government to offer 300 billion yen over 30 years for towns near Fukushima Daiichi to host nuclear debris
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Some Okuma residents have given up on the idea of returning home and are requesting compensation for their property. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140704_04.html
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TEPCO shareholders demand Fukushima interviews be released to the public, threaten to take it to court if needed. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html
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Nuclear waste (mostly soil and plant matter) piles up around Japan with nowhere to go. Twitter user hitsuji44 shared the
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Tritium levels at the Fukushima Daiichi site have jumped by 17 trillion becquerels since January. There is new concern that
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The new manager of Fukushima Daiichi admitted the string of failures at the plant were embarrassing and that the plant was
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University students will become involved in some of the IRID research efforts to decommission Fukushima Daiichi. They are also going
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Sapporo in Hokkaido has made a plan to use hotels to hold up to 50,000 evacuees if there is a
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SimplyInfo.org; Fukushima and Nuclear News Roundup 3.7.2014
A radioactive bus from Japan is causing problems in Jamaica. The bus was found to be contaminated when it arrived
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TEPCO admits 1 ton an hour of water injected into reactors is leaking but they don’t know where or how.
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 27, 2014
Nuclear power utilities bought political fundraising tickets with power customer cash. They spent just enough on tickets to be under
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Japan ruling government to wait on decision on nuclear energy policy until after Tokyo governors race http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/politics/news/CK2014011702000199.html Candidate for Tokyo
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An in-house Tepco panel has found that the financially troubled utility paid two to five times more than reasonable levels
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Greenpeace made efforts to find out the nature of the companies that built Fukushima Daiichi and now benefit from the
Read moreFukushima News Roundup; January 5, 2013
Masami Yoshizawa is fighting to keep his cattle. He lives in the evacuation zone, defying the government order. Now the
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 30, 2013
Reuters put out a special feature story on how the homeless are being recruited to do decontamination work in Fukushima
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At Fukushima Daiichi; What The Media Isn’t Reporting
There have been a number of things going on at the plant in recent weeks that do not make the
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 16, 2013
Banks that have been lending money to TEPCO say they will cut off new loans after this upcoming ones for
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 12, 2013
School bullying in Japan is up 180% with a significantly higher rate in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. The ministry
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What Happened With Fukushima This Week (News Roundup) Sept 22, 2013
The current LDP government in Japan is proposing splitting TEPCO into two companies. One would focus on decommissioning the plant
Read morefukuleaks.org/web Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; June 30, 2013
Contaminated groundwater found 6m from the sea at Fukushima Daiichi. TEPCO still insists the plant isn’t leaking into the sea. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/30/national/toxic-groundwater-found-in-fukushima-no-1-well-just-6-meters-from-pacific/#.UdBR3zuLZu5
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High levels of tritium were found near the unit 1 section of the water discharge canal at Fukushima Daiichi. The
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Researchers found that rockfish near Fukushima Daiichi were highly contaminated during the early months after the disaster. By looking at
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TEPCO asks for more money, fishermen still can’t fish in today’s news roundup. (graphic by 281_antinuke) TEPCO asks for another
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TEPCO’s stock does a dive and Fukushima has far reaching impact on uranium industry worldwide. TEPCO’s stock shot up last
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The head of the JAEA that runs the Monju reactor program has resigned after a massive string of failures and
Read moreFukushima & Nuclear News Roundup April 24, 2013
So far about 3000 people have reached settlements with TEPCO, the news report does not say if any of these
Read moreFukushima News Roundup March 17, 2013
All the news you need to know for this week. TEPCO is considering spending more money at Kashiwazaki Kariwa on
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NHK made a new discovery about the early hours of the meltdowns at Fukushima. Through discussions and experiments conducted with
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TEPCO has been working in the torus of unit 1, they have gathered video, readings and sediment samples. Check back
Read moreAnother Bad Week For Nuclear Power
There seems to be more and more of these lately. Worldwide it wasn’t a good week for nuclear power. Japan
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News Roundup June 30 – 2011 Cesium found in the urine of children in Fukushima 120,000 tons of contaminated water
Read moreLatest Fukushima Daiichi News For June 11, 2011
From Today’s JAIF Earthquake Report. Details, such as they are, in the PDF. www.jaif.or.jp NHK news regarding status of Fukushima
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