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Fukushima Daiichi Earthquake Damage Update 3.30.21

March 30, 2021 Editor 0 Comments 2021, bunker building, damage, drainage, earthquake, Fukushima Daiichi, unit 1, unit 3

Inspections and response efforts from the February 2021 earthquake were still underway when another earthquake hit on March 20th. Due

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Update: Fukushima Unit 1 & 3 Containment Leaks

March 19, 2021 Editor 0 Comments 2021, Containment, earthquake, Fukushima Daiichi, unit 1, unit 3, water

New information was published by TEPCO updating details about the new containment water leaks caused by the February earthquake. At

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 New Containment Leaks

March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 Editor 0 Comments 2021, Containment, damage, earthquake, Fukushima Daiichi, leak, unit 3, water

New problems have been found related to the containment damage at unit 3 caused by the February 2021 earthquake. TEPCO

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Planned Completion Of Fukushima Unit 3 Spent Fuel Removal

TEPCO plans to have all of Unit 3’s spent fuel removed by this date.

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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

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Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Suffer Containment Damage In Quake

February 19, 2021 Editor 0 Comments 2021, Containment, damage, earthquake, Fukushima Daiichi, Genpatsu, japan, unit 1, unit 3

A report published by TEPCO today shows new containment damage suffered by units 1 and 3 at Fukushima Daiichi as

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Unit 3 Receives New Turbine Building Cover

September 22, 2020 Editor 0 Comments contaminated, cover, decommissioning, rainwater, turbine building, unit 3, water

The unit 3 turbine building suffered roof damage during the 2011 explosion at that reactor. A temporary cover had been

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Fukushima Unit 3 Suppression Chamber To Be Drained

August 7, 2020August 6, 2020 Editor 0 Comments contaminated water, daiichi, drain, fukushima, SC, suppression chamber, unit 3

Fukushima unit 3 will have contaminated water removed from the suppression chamber to help improve the earthquake resistance of the

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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Unit 3

March 15, 2020March 12, 2020 Editor 0 Comments 9th anniversary, annual report, Fukushima Daiichi, simplyinfo.org, unit 3

This is one section of our annual report, the full report can be found here. We will be posting a

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Fukushima Unit 3 – New Unanswered Questions

January 30, 2020 Editor 4 Comments boron, daiichi, explosion, fukushima, hydrogen leaks, meltdown, Mox, plutonium, unit 3

The new inspections at Fukushima unit 3 by Japan’s nuclear regulator (NRA) has raised new questions and brought some old

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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

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Fuel Removal Technology Given A Test Run At Fukushima Daiichi

November 5, 2019November 4, 2019 Editor 0 Comments daiichi, fukushima, muscle robot, pump, turbine building, unit 3

The “muscle robot” technology developed to potentially remove fuel debris from reactors at Fukushima Daiichi is being given a test

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New Discovery At Fukushima Unit 3 Provides Clues To Meltdown Severity, Environmental Releases

May 3, 2019 Editor 0 Comments concrete, daiichi, ejected, explosion, fuel, fukushima, spent fuel pool, unit 3

TEPCO recently published a video of the work to remove spent fuel from the unit 3 fuel pool. In this

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Fukushima Daiichi Debris Samples Reveal Dangerous Link

October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 Editor 0 Comments black sand, black stuff, Containment, fuel debris, fukushima, glass spheres, inspections, microparticles, robots, TIPS, unit 1, unit 2, unit 3

A detailed TEPCO document from July 2018 gives some important new insight into the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and the

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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

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NHK Drops Bombshell On Fukushima Disaster In New Documentary

May 27, 2018May 31, 2018 Editor 0 Comments 18, 19, 20, 21, cooling water, fukushima, March, radiation, smoke, SPEEDI, steam, unit 2, unit 3

NHK’s new documentary, Meltdown: Cooling Water Crisis provides new insight into a series of less known events in the Fukushima disaster.

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TEPCO Adds Low Tech Water Injection to Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Editor 0 Comments injection, spent fuel pool, unit 3, water

TEPCO published a handout covering the recent worker training for a rather low tech system to refill unit 3’s spent

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The Surprise Found Inside Fukushima Unit 3

December 19, 2017 Editor 0 Comments fukushima, inspection, pedestal, reactor. vessel, unit 3

TEPCO released additional information related to the pedestal area inspection inside unit 3. Among this new data was some unexpected

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SimplyInfo.Org: Fukushima Update November 22, 2017

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 Editor 0 Comments cars, defueling, dialysis, fukushima, GE, lawsuit, olympics, unit 3, update

A group of businesses and doctors from Fukushima prefecture are suing GE in US court over the negligence of their

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Fukushima Experts Tell All On Unit 3

October 12, 2017 Editor 0 Comments 2017, fukushima, NDF, report, unit 3

This is a continuing report on the new findings for the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi from the recent NDF Conference.

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SimplyInfo.org: Fukushima Reactors Face More Setbacks

October 4, 2017 Editor 0 Comments cover, decommissioning, fukushima, muon, removal, roof, simplyinfo, unit 1, unit 2, unit 3

TEPCO and the decommissioning authorities have reported on the ongoing delays at Fukushima Daiichi. As we reviewed these reports we

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Fukushima Unit 3 Muon Scan Finds NO FUEL In Reactor Vessel

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 Editor 0 Comments 2017, fukushima, muon, muon scan, unit 3

TEPCO announced late Friday the preliminary results of the unit 3 reactor muon scan. The muon scan is capable of

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Fukushima Unit 3 Inspections Find More Melted Fuel

July 22, 2017 Editor 0 Comments Containment, Corium, day 3, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, ROV, unit 3

Day 3 of the inspections inside the unit 3 pedestal have been concluded. TEPCO did not report if the ROV

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Fuel Residue Found In Fukushima Unit 3

July 22, 2017 Editor 0 Comments Containment, Corium, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, robot, ROV, sunfish, unit 3

TEPCO has announced that they have found what they believe is fuel residues inside the pedestal area of unit 3.

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Fukushima Unit 3 Containment Inspection Starts With A Surprise

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Editor 0 Comments 2017, Containment, fukushima, inspection, pedestal, robot, ROV, sunfish, unit 3

TEPCO announced that the containment inspections for unit 3 will start today. This will include a more direct inspection than

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Fukushima Unit 3 To Get Muon Scan End Of April

April 26, 2017 Editor 0 Comments 2017, fukushima, muon, scan, unit 3

TEPCO published press handouts that there will be a muon scan of Fukushima unit 3 starting in May of 2017.

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Radiation Imaging Drone Introduced At Fukushima Daiichi

February 20, 2017 Editor 0 Comments 3d image, fukushima, gamma camera, quadcopter, RISER, robot, unit 3

A new quadcopter drone has been introduced for use at Fukushima Daiichi. The RISER quadcopter is currently in use to

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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

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Fukushima Unit 3 Cover Building Installation Underway

January 18, 2017 Editor 0 Comments cover building, fukushima, unit 3

The cover building installation for unit 3 is currently underway. A TEPCO handout from January 17th shows a “stopper” bracket

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TEPCO Begins Installing Unit 3 Defueling Building

April 13, 2016 Editor 0 Comments 2016, building, defueling, fukushima, spent fuel pool, unit 3

TEPCO began installing the first sections of the defueling building this week. The decking is the first portion of what

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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

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Fukushima Unit 3 3D Torus Scans Begin

December 21, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2015, 3d, fukushima, inspection, robot, torus, unit 3

3D inspections of the unit 3 torus room are set to begin December 22nd. This work is expected to investigate

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TEPCO Makes Two New Big Admissions On Fukushima Disaster

December 17, 2015 Editor 0 Comments containment failure, fukushima, SRV, unit 2, unit 3, valves

TEPCO has made two major admissions on the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The Japanese press has documented these two out of

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Fukushima Unit 3 New Hatch Investigation

November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 3d, fukushima, hatch, inspection, leaks, robot, unit 3, water

TEPCO sent the small 3D printed robot equipped with a smart phone into inspect the unit 3 containment hatch a

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New Analysis Shows Fukushima Unit 3 Released High Concentration Of Contamination

October 23, 2015 Editor 0 Comments contamination, fukushima, JAEA, March 15, releases, unit 3

Yomiuri Shimbun is reporting a new analysis by Japan Atomic Energy Agency that shows Fukushima unit 3 may have released

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Fukushima Unit 3 Second Containment Inspection Results

October 22, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Containment, fukushima, scope, sediment, underwater, unit 3

TEPCO states that data gathered will be released later. They have released some images of the second day of containment

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Fukushima Unit 3 First Photos Inside Containment

October 20, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2015, camera, Containment, fukushima, inspection, pcv, probe, scope, unit 3

TEPCO has released a set of images taken inside the containment structure of unit 3 on March 20th. This is

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Fukushima Unit 3 Containment Probe On October 20th

October 19, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Containment, fukushima, inspection, pcv, unit 3

TEPCO quietly announced that October 20th they would conduct the first containment inspection of unit 3. This is significant work

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Japan NRA Begins Restart Checks On Reactor Under Court Injunction Not To Run

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 Editor 0 Comments Kansai, NRA, restart, Takahama, unit 3

NRA is doing pre-restart inspections on Takahama unit 3, even after the potential restart of the reactor was blocked by

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Fukushima Unit 3 Fuel Crane Removed From Spent Fuel Pool

August 2, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2015, august, fhm, fuel crane, fukushima, removal, unit 3

TEPCO successfully removed the fuel handling crane from the spent fuel pool on August 2nd amid problems with fog. The

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