SimplyInfo.org; Fukushima News Roundup, July 12, 2015
NRA has begun work to consider BWR (boiling water reactors) for potential restarts. The initial push for restarts has
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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
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup; May 4 2014
Tritium levels at the Fukushima Daiichi site have jumped by 17 trillion becquerels since January. There is new concern that
Read moreSimplyInfo.org Fukushima Nuclear News Roundup; April 21, 2014
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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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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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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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
Read moreAngry Atomic Activist Anti-Nuclear Jellyfish Strike Oi! & News Roundup
Everyone is getting in on the growing protests, even the jellyfish. Unit 3 at Oi nuclear plant, the subject of
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