Monday, March 8, 2021
Latest:
  • SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 3.7.2021
  • SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 2.28.2021
  • Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel – All Removed
  • Pressure Drop at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1
  • Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Suffer Containment Damage In Quake

SimplyInfo.org

The Fukushima Project

SimplyInfo.org

  • The Disaster
    • Reactors
      • Reactor 1
      • Reactor 2
      • Reactor 3
      • Reactor 4
      • Reactor 5
      • Reactor 6
      • Common Pool & Cask Storage
    • Main Daiichi Disaster Timeline
    • Analysis: FUKUSHIMA FIRST HOURS
    • Daiichi Reactor Graphs
    • Fukushima Fire Engine Water
    • Fukushima Daiichi Source Term
    • Fukushima Historical Weather Maps
    • Yoshida Fukushima Testimony
  • News & Info
    • Important Links
    • Japan Reactor Restart Data
    • Reactor Systems Information
      • RCIC: Reactor Core Isolation Cooling
    • Spent Fuel Research & Safety
      • Lifting Fuel Elements Out Of The Fukushima Daiichi Spent Fuel Pools
      • Spent Fuel Pools At Fukushima; Follow On Report – Corrosion
      • Corrosion At Fukushima Daiichi Explained
    • NRC FOIA Documents
    • NRC Fukushima Transcripts
    • US NRC Documents
    • Japan Govt Documents
    • Japan Diet Fukushima Report Documents
    • Japan Nuclear Company Documents
    • Seismic Research
  • Fukushima Status
    • Latest Daiichi Readings
    • Fukushima Unit 1 Decommissioning
    • Fukushima Unit 2 Decommissioning
    • Fukushima Unit 3 Decommissioning
    • Reactor Decommissioning
    • Decomm Labs
    • Fukushima Contaminated Water – NEW
    • Fukushima Daiichi Detailed Plant Map 2015
    • Pre-Tsunami Damage At Fukushima Daiichi
    • Daiichi Plant Complex Radiation Maps
    • Daiichi Reactor Radiation Maps
    • Early Reactor Data – METI
    • Worker Death And Injury Information
    • TEPCO Reports
  • Monitoring Results
    • Environmental Monitoring
      • Radiation Networks Worldwide
      • Live Radiation Stations Fukushima And Japan
      • Fukushima Radiation Maps
      • Radiation Readings (Not Live Updated)
      • Sea Plume Modeling & Monitoring
      • Iodine 131 Modeling
      • DOE Radiation Data
    • Food Monitoring
      • Japan Food Monitoring
      • Japan Radiation Embargoed Food List
      • US & EU Food Monitoring
    • Useful Maps
    • IAEA
    • Human Exposures Fukushima
  • Nuclear Safety
    • Radiation Human Exposure Research
    • Radiation Exposure Help (Groups)
    • Japan Travel Guidelines
    • Radiation Limits In Food & Environment
    • Radiation Exposure Facts
    • Radiation Measuring And Conversions
    • US Weapons Fallout Exposures – CDC
    • EPA Radiation Plume Modeling Software
  • MEDIA
    • Image Archive
    • Video
    • News Archive
    • Document Archive
    • Scribble Live Blog Archive

spent fuel

The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel – All Removed

February 27, 2021 Editor 0 Comments completed, Fukushima Daiichi, removal, spent fuel, unit 3

Another milestone at Fukushima Daiichi was achieved yesterday. On February 26th, 2021 the last of the spent fuel was removed

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Damage Identified

December 16, 2019December 15, 2019 Editor 1 Comment 2019, damage, decommissioning, Fukushima Daiichi, removal, spent fuel, unit 3

TEPCO has identified twelve fuel assemblies with damaged lifting handles. Further damage can not be identified at this point as

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Spent Fuel Update 10.2019

November 22, 2019November 21, 2019 Editor 0 Comments 2019, cask storage, common pool, Fukushima Daiichi, spent fuel

Spent fuel at Fukushima Daiichi has made some slow progress as storage space is strained. 4.9% of the spent fuel

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 2 Has A Spent Fuel Removal Plan

November 20, 2019 Editor 0 Comments cask, fuel debris, fuel removal, Fukushima Daiichi, spent fuel, unit 2

TEPCO and the NDF have released documentation describing their plan to remove both the spent fuel and at least some

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 2 Spent Fuel Removal Plan May Drastically Change

June 10, 2019 Editor 0 Comments 2019, decommissioning, removal, spent fuel, unit 2

TEPCO previously announced their plan for removing spent fuel from unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. This involved removing the roof

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 2 Refueling Floor Work Progresses, Poses Risks

July 26, 2018July 25, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, Demolition, equipment, fukushima, refueling floor, removal, robots, spent fuel, unit 2

Work has begun on the unit 2 refueling floor at Fukushima Daiichi. Previously, TEPCO installed a controlled building on the

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Removal To Start Fall Of 2018

July 25, 2018July 24, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 2018, fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 3

TEPCO has installed the fuel removal cover building on unit 3, but not without some glitches. An inverter that controls

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Spent Fuel Has Nowhere To Go

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Editor 0 Comments cask, common pool, fukushima, pool, spent fuel, storage

TEPCO’s most recent update on the decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi included an update on the movement and storage of

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

SimplyInfo.org Fukushima Update; September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017 Editor 0 Comments court, daiichi, evacuation, evacuees, futaba, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, NRA, road, spent fuel, TEPCO, zone

A number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Daiichi; Progress & Problems This Week

January 30, 2017January 28, 2017 Editor 0 Comments Containment, fukushima, scope, spent fuel, unit 2, unit 3

TEPCO announced that they would further delay spent fuel removal at unit 3, citing high radiation levels. Spent fuel removal

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
Uncategorized 

Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Removal Work Begins

January 19, 2016 Editor 0 Comments building, cover, fukushima, removal, robot, spent fuel, toshiba, unit 3

The process to remove the spent fuel from the pool at unit 3 will be a long term project but

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
Uncategorized 

Russia Wants To Reprocess Fuel From Fukushima Daiichi

December 5, 2015December 5, 2015 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, reprocessing, rosatom, Russia, spent fuel

Russia has expressed interest in reprocessing the large amounts of spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi at their Mayak nuclear site.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 5 Fuel Removed From Reactor

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, TEPCO, unit 5

The fuel assemblies that have been inside the unit 5 reactor vessel since the 2011 disaster have all been moved

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 Fuel Removal To Start Within Year

March 5, 2015 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 3

TEPCO told Yomiuri Shimbun that they expect to begin removing spent fuel at the unit 3 reactor within the 2015

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Japan Nuclear Utilities Ironically Protest Safer Fuel Storage

January 5, 2015 Editor 0 Comments cask, japan, spent fuel, storage

Asahi Shimbun ran an article recently explaining that some of the nuclear power companies in Japan were resisting a move

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 26 fuel assemblies left to go

December 15, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

Unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi has had 1507 fuel assemblies removed. The remaining fuel assemblies in the pool are all

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

All Spent Fuel Out Of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4

November 5, 2014 Editor 0 Comments completed, fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

TEPCO announced they have removed all of the spent fuel from unit 4. They did not provide details about the

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 11 Spent Fuel Assemblies Left To Remove From Pool

October 20, 2014October 20, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

There are now 11 spent fuel assembles left in the damaged unit 4 spent fuel pool. The other remaining assemblies

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4; 1298 Assemblies Removed

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 Editor 0 Comments assemblies, Fukushima Daiichi, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

Unit 4 spent fuel removal is at 1298 assemblies removed as of this week. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article would not be

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Work Resumes Tomorrow

September 3, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fuel removal, fukushima, spent fuel, unit 4

TEPCO is reporting that work to remove fuel from the unit 4 spent fuel pool will resume tomorrow. Removal work

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

TEPCO Outlines Plan To Remove Damaged Fuel At Unit 4

August 2, 2014 Editor 0 Comments damaged, fukushima, spent fuel, unit 4

TEPCO released a short handout this week that explains their plan for removing the damaged fuel at unit 4. One

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Unit 5 Fukushima Remains On Shared Cooling, No Repair Stated; July 14, 2014

July 14, 2014 Editor 0 Comments cooling, fukushima, spent fuel, unit 5

TEPCO again has posted no information about the needed repair of the spent fuel pool cooling system on unit 5

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

TEPCO Restarts Fukushima Unit 5 Pool Cooling Without Permanent Fix

July 8, 2014 Editor 0 Comments cooling, daiichi, fukushima, repair, spent fuel, unit 5

TEPCO has announced they have restarted the cooling system for unit 5 just days after stopping it due to a

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Clock Ticks On Fukushima Unit 5 Cooling Outage As Typhoon Hits Japan

July 7, 2014 Editor 0 Comments cooling, fukushima, spent fuel, unit 5

TEPCO reported over the weekend that they found a leak in a valve that is part of the cooling system

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Fuel Removal Suspended For 3 Months

July 1, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, suspended, unit 4

TEPCO announced that work to remove spent fuel from the unit 4 fuel pool will be suspended for 3 months.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

TEPCO Submits Plan For Fuel Removal At Unit 3 Fukushima Daiichi

June 30, 2014June 29, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 3

TEPCO submitted plans to the NRA for spent fuel removal from unit 3. This included more detail on how they

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 1122 Spent Fuel Assemblies Removed

June 26, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

There are 411 spent fuel assemblies left to remove from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. 1122 have been removed as

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Some Spent Fuel From Fukushima Unit 4 To Be Sent To Unit 6

June 19, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4, unit 6

TEPCO is asking for permission to make an unusual change to the removal of spent fuel at unit 4. The

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool Debris Removal Progress

June 3, 2014 Editor 0 Comments crane, debris, fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 3

TEPCO has progressed on removing debris from the unit 3 spent fuel pool. The current work is to dismantle the

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 968 Fuel Assemblies Removed

June 2, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

968 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest Uncategorized 

Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Inspection Shows Some More Damaged

May 8, 2014May 6, 2014 Editor 0 Comments assembly, damage, fuel, fukushima, inspection, spent fuel, unit 4

TEPCO released a small selection of images of some of the fuel removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 814 Spent Fuel Assemblies Removed

May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fuel, fukushima, spent fuel, transfer, unit 4

814 spent fuel assemblies have been removed from the spent fuel pool of unit 4 to the common pool. Workers

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Hits Half Way Mark

May 1, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

Don’t pop the champagne quite yet. Removal of spent fuel from the damaged unit 4 fuel pool has crossed the

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Spent Fuel Progress Report

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 Editor 0 Comments cask, common pool, fukushima, removal, spent fuel

Spent fuel processing at Fukushima has made some new progress though much work remains with higher risk work being left

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 748 Fuel Assemblies Removed

April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removed, spent fuel, unit 4

Unit 4 has had 748 fuel assemblies removed to the common pool as of today. This article would not be

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 704 Fuel Assemblies Removed

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

704 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool as of this

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 594 Fuel Assemblies Removed

April 7, 2014 Editor 0 Comments assemblies, fukushima, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

594 fuel assemblies have been removed to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html   This article

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

Fukushima Unit 4; 550 Assemblies Removed

April 1, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, spent fuel, spf, unit 4

TEPCO has removed 550 assemblies from the spent fuel pool to the common pool as of March 31, 2014. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

528 Fuel Assemblies Removed At Fukushima Unit 4

March 25, 2014March 25, 2014 Editor 0 Comments fuel, removal, spent fuel, unit 4

528 fuel assemblies have been moved to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool as of yesterday. This

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
The Latest 

506 Fuel Assemblies Removed Fukushima Unit 4

March 17, 2014 Editor 0 Comments common pool, fukushima, spent fuel, transfer, unit 4

506 fuel assemblies have been removed from the spent fuel pool at unit 4 to the common pool. This article

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
Read more
  • ← Previous
en English
en Englishja Japanesede Germanfr Frenchko Koreanzh-CN Chinese (Simplified)es Spanishit Italianpl Polishhi Hindibn Bengaliru Russianuk Ukrainianbe Belarusianuz Uzbekmn Mongolianar Arabicfa Persiantr Turkishpt Portugueseth Thaivi Vietnamesecs Czechda Danishnl Dutchet Estonian

Quick Start Menu

  • JOIN CHAT
  • Chat Technical Help
  • About Us
  • Contact US
  • Copyright Policy
  • Fukushima Calendar
  • SimplyInfo Research Papers
  • Photo Gallery
  • Videos
  • News Archive
  • The Library
  • TEPCO Data Links
  • TEPCO Super Search Tool
  • TEPCO Documents
  • TEPCO Live Camera Unit 4
  • TEPCO Live Camera Unit 1
  • TBS Live Camera
  • NRA Timeline Of Actions
  • Chernobyl Web Cam
  • The Real Risks At Oi
  • Fukushima Radiation Releases
  • Request A Study To Be Pulled
  • Newsletter Archive
  • Covid19 Archive

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Categories

  • Citizen Reporting (41)
  • Covid19 Archive (137)
  • Current Readings (15)
  • Daiichi NPP (16)
  • Digests (2)
  • Earthquake Reports (3)
  • Environmental Reports (2)
  • Featured (81)
  • Food/Water Contamination (19)
  • Forensics (1)
  • Fukushima and Japan (6)
  • Fukushima Area Impact (10)
  • Fukushima Status (7)
  • German Energy (25)
  • Health Risks (12)
  • Humanitarian (41)
  • IAEA (4)
  • JAIF (1)
  • Japan Exposure (28)
  • Japan Impact (13)
  • Media (2)
  • METI (11)
  • MEXT (9)
  • Monitoring Results (12)
  • Mox in Japan (7)
  • News & Info. (13)
  • NISA (6)
  • Nuclear Safety (2)
  • On the Ground (3)
  • Other Buildings (1)
  • Peer Review (38)
  • Plant Status (51)
  • Protect Yourself (18)
  • Radiation Exposure (43)
  • Radiation Readings (7)
  • Reactor 1 (6)
  • Reactor 2 (3)
  • Reactor 3 (8)
  • Reactor 4 (7)
  • Reactor 5 (2)
  • Reactor 6 (2)
  • Reporting Agencies (9)
  • Research Projects (7)
  • Sea/Soil Contamination (14)
  • Technical Documents (13)
  • TEPCO (25)
  • Testing (2)
  • The Latest (2,532)
  • The Library (6)
  • Uncategorized (178)
  • US Nuclear News (56)
  • User Pages (1)
  • Weather (12)
  • Worldwide Exposure (24)
Copyright © 2021 SimplyInfo.org. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.