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No Justice; TEPCO Execs Found Not Guilty In Negligence Trial

September 19, 2019 Editor 0 Comments executives, fukushima, TEPCO, trial

NHK reports that all three TEPCO execs were found not guilty this morning in the conclusion of the years long

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Drilling Of Internal Door Daiichi Unit 1

TEPCO will drill through the interior door of the X-2 penetration into containment in early June. This will allow full

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TEPCO Roadmap Meeting

TEPCO Roadmap meeting is held around the 25th of every month. TEPCO releases related documents same or next day in

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Fukushima Farmers Struggle, TEPCO Execs Could Get 5 Years in Prison

January 8, 2019January 7, 2019 Editor 0 Comments beef, cattle, cows, executives, farmers, fukushima, TEPCO, trial

Prosecutors have asked for 5 year prison sentences for the TEPCO executives on trial for criminal negligence. The three executives

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TEPCO Execs Complete Negligence Trial Testimony

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Editor 0 Comments executives, negligence, TEPCO, testimony, trial

Earlier this month ex-TEPCO VP Sakae Muto testified in the criminal negligence trial where he and two other TEPCO execs face

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TEPCO Trial Turns Into War Of Words

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Editor 0 Comments executives, fukushima, negligence, TEPCO, trial

The negligence trial of TEPCO executives continues on. In recent weeks the executives take the stand to give testimony. This

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TEPCO Admits Almost 200 Billion Bq In Undeclared Water Contamination

August 20, 2018August 19, 2018 Editor 0 Comments alps, contaminated, dumping, fukushima, ocean, TEPCO, tritium, water

Kyodo News wrote about a new admission at Fukushima Daiichi. The ALPS water decontamination systems are not removing almost all

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TEPCO Admitted Tsunami Risk To Govt. 4 Days Before Disaster

April 12, 2018 Editor 0 Comments criminal, executives, negligence, NISA, TEPCO, trial, tsunami

A TEPCO official admitted as part of his testimony in the criminal negligence trial of TEPCO execs that they did

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TEPCO Cancelled Tsunami Wall At Fukushima Daiichi

April 11, 2018 Editor 0 Comments criminal, negligence, TEPCO, trial, tsunami, wall

Testimony in the ongoing criminal negligence trial of TEPCO executives revealed that efforts to build a tsunami wall at Fukushima

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TEPCO’s Magic Truck

November 10, 2017November 6, 2017 Editor 0 Comments FLEX, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, NRA, pump, TEPCO, truck

TEPCO recently presented a pump truck concept to Japan’s nuclear regulator (NRA). The company is trying to use this concept

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TEPCO Implicated In Paradise Papers Scandal

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Editor 0 Comments evasion, fukushima, japan, nuclear, paradise papers, tax, TEPCO

A group of newspapers and investigative journalists published a groundbreaking investigation in to tax avoidance schemes of the rich and

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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

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TEPCO Execs Trial Starts Over Fukushima Negligence

June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 Editor 0 Comments criminal, executives, fukushima, negligence, TEPCO, trial

The trial of three key TEPCO executives who were in charge during the Fukushima disaster began this week. The three

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TEPCO Sets 2019 Kashiwazaki Kariwa Restart, New Niigata Gov. Says Not So Fast

April 27, 2017April 26, 2017 Editor 0 Comments kariwa, Kashiwazaki, Niigata, restart, TEPCO

The newly elected governor of Niigata has effectively put a stop to the new TEPCO attempt to restart the massive

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Court Finds TEPCO & Japan Government Guilty In Fukushima Disaster

March 18, 2017 Editor 0 Comments court, evacuees, fukushima, government, liability, TEPCO

A group of evacuees had sued both TEPCO and the Japanese government in Maebashi District Court. The ruling is the first

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Public To Shoulder Fukushima Decontamination Costs While Waste Piles Up

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 Editor 0 Comments contaminated, fukushima, japan, law, soil, TEPCO

As of early December 2016 there were more than 9 million radioactive waste bags piled up in Fukushima prefecture alone.

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Fukushima Disaster To Be Dumped On Taxpayers

December 7, 2016December 6, 2016 Editor 0 Comments budget, government, nationalization, TEPCO

As the costs for the disaster response escalate, the Japanese government has been looking for a way to deal with

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Japan’s Nuclear Industry Takes A Last Ditch Defensive Position

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016 Editor 0 Comments consolidation, hitachi, japan, mitsubishi, monju, TEPCO, toshiba

A series of announcements this week signal major upheaval in Japan’s nuclear industry. METI has proposed that TEPCO should start

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Niigata Election Throws Wrench In Japan Nuclear Plans

October 17, 2016 Editor 0 Comments election, Fukushima Daiichi, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, Niigata, restarts, TEPCO

This surprising news requires a bit of back story. The sitting Niigata prefecture governor, Hirohiko Izumida has been blocking the

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Fukushima Daiichi To Clean Debris Off Sea Floor

September 27, 2016 Editor 0 Comments 2016, cleaning, daiichi, debris, floor, fukushima, sea, TEPCO

Over five years later TEPCO is just now starting the process to remove debris from the sea floor up to

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TEPCO Suffers Wrath of Kan

August 3, 2016July 31, 2016 Editor 0 Comments deregulation, fukushima, Kan, power, profit, renewables, TEPCO

TEPCO lost 750,000 customers and has seen their profits drop by 37% in their newest financial reports. This is a

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Something Incredible Found In Fukushima Muon Scan

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 Editor 0 Comments analysis, FFT, fukushima, image, IRID, muon scan, refined, TEPCO, unit 2

As we process the information released related to the second muon scan of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 a number of

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TEPCO Admits To Cover Up Of Meltdowns At Fukushima Daiichi

June 21, 2016 Editor 0 Comments cover up, fukushima, meltdown, TEPCO

“I would say it was a cover-up,” Hirose told a news conference. “It’s extremely regrettable.” TEPCO put out a press

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Fukushima Scandal; What IS A Meltdown?

June 20, 2016 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, investigation, meltdown, Niigata, TEPCO

The recent TEPCO investigation into events during the early phase of the Fukushima Disaster raised a few questions. TEPCO claims

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DPJ May Take Legal Action Against TEPCO For Meltdown Scandal

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 Editor 0 Comments dpj, Edano, investigation, Kan, meltdown, scandal, TEPCO

TEPCO’s “third party” investigation of their actions during the initial disaster has landed them in more trouble. The report insinuated

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TEPCO Tries To Shift Blame For Hiding Meltdowns

June 17, 2016 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, investigation, meltdown, Niigata, TEPCO

The 3rd party investigation prompted by Niigata prefecture concluded that TEPCO’s president instructed company officials to not mention the word

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Possible Causes Of Fukushima Frozen Wall Failures

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 Editor 0 Comments frozen, fukushima, groundwater, ice, TEPCO, wall

TEPCO reported last week that roughly 10% of the frozen wall is not working. Currently only certain sections are being

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5 At TEPCO Home Office Knew Of Meltdown Manual

May 31, 2016 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, manual, meltdown, TEPCO

TEPCO admitted via Asahi Shimbun that 5 people at TEPCO’s home office in Tokyo knew of the meltdown manual as

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TEPCO’s Two Tales About Fukushima Missing Melted Fuel

May 26, 2016 Editor 0 Comments Corium, fuel, fukushima, Interview, masuda, missing, TEPCO

Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning chief, Naohiro Masuda spoke with Australia ABC TV this week about where the melted fuel is. Masuda

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Three Companies Raided, Fined Over TEPCO Bid Rigging

May 18, 2016 Editor 0 Comments bid rigging, fujitsu, NEC, TEPCO

Three electronics companies were raided by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission last year and now face steep fines for bid rigging

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TEPCO To Stop Fukushima Work During G-7 Summit

May 13, 2016 Editor 0 Comments decommissioning, fukushima, g-7, TEPCO

TEPCO announced they will halt all decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi during the G-7 Summit. The summit will be held

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Fukushima Frozen Wall Not Solid, What You Need To Know

May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 Editor 0 Comments frozen wall, fukushima, kajima, not solid, TEPCO

Last week TEPCO admitted that the frozen wall would not fully contain groundwater flowing through the plant. Original estimates of

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Someone At TEPCO Knew The Meltdown Standard

April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 Editor 0 Comments executives, fukushima, Meltdowns, TEPCO, tokyo

Asahi Shimbun has reported that Yuichi Okamura, the senior director of nuclear power generation knew. In a recent press conference he said

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TEPCO Curiously Avoids Prosecution On Contaminated Water Leak

April 4, 2016April 3, 2016 Editor 0 Comments case, contaminated, court, drainage, INES, NRA, pacific, prosecution, tanks, TEPCO, water

A court case that went after TEPCO for causing a major contaminated water leak, part of which leaked to the

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3 TEPCO Execs Indicted On Criminal Negligence Charges

February 29, 2016 Editor 0 Comments executives, fukushima, indicted, TEPCO

Three TEPCO executives were successfully indicted on Monday in Tokyo. The three are Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75, chairman of TEPCO at

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TEPCO Admits To Fukushima Meltdown Coverup

February 24, 2016 Editor 0 Comments 2016, cover up, fukushima, Meltdowns, TEPCO

TEPCO has admitted that they failed to officially notify the government of the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and that they

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TEPCO And NRA Agree On Fukushima Frozen Wall Plan

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Editor 0 Comments 2016, frozen, fukushima, NRA, start, TEPCO, wall

TEPCO and NRA have come to an agreement to being operation of the frozen wall. TEPCO wanted to freeze the

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Fukushima Daiichi Frozen Wall Controversy Hits Stalemate

February 10, 2016 Editor 0 Comments frozen wall, fukuleaks, fukushima, NRA, simplyinfo.org, TEPCO

The NRA in Japan has put a stop to implementation of the frozen wall. Our ongoing reporting on the frozen

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Japan NRA Moves TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa To Front Of The Restart Line

August 16, 2015 Editor 0 Comments japan, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, reactor, restarts, TEPCO

Japan’s NRA has put two reactors at the Kashwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant on their “priority” list for restart screenings. The

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TEPCO Will Face Criminal Indictment Over Fukushima Daiichi Disaster

August 1, 2015 Editor 0 Comments charges, criminal, executives, fukushima, indictment, TEPCO

TEPCO executives will face indictment for their roles in negligence that lead to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. They may not

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