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Delivery of radioactive soil to interim storage begins in Fukushima
Workers on Friday began delivering soil and other radiation-tainted waste generated by the decontamination work following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis to a makeshift storage yard at a storage facility in the prefecture. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
Fukushima residents torn over nuclear waste storage plan
Norio Kimura lost his wife, father and 7-year-old daughter Yuna in the March 2011 tsunami. Now, he fears he may lose his land, too, as Japan’s government wants to build a sprawling radioactive waste storage site in the shadow of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Today
Fukushima Daiichi Detailed Plant Map 2015
EPCO has released a detailed map of the various facilities around the plant complex at Fukushima Daiichi. The map is helpful for locating facilities in relation to each other or identifying what something seen in a photo might be. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of SimplyInfo
TEPCO Begins Concreting Unit 4 Trench At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO has begun concreting in the seawater piping trench for unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of SimplyInfo
1,000 homes being torn down after decontamination in #Fukushima
NHK has learned that at least 1,000 homes in Fukushima Prefecture will be demolished — even after they have been cleaned of radioactive fallout from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of NHK World
Tepco starts to fill Unit 3 trench with concrete
Unit 3 trench filling work situation This effort to concrete in the unit 3 trench had not been previously announced and the area had not had any unusually high levels of contamination compared to other areas. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of D’un Renard/311 Fukushima Watchdogs
Dosimeter of Fukushima citizen counts 40% lower than actual, Maker admits
On 1/28/2015, “CHIYODA TECHNOL CORPORATION [URL]” announced on their website that their dosimeter shows cumulative exposure dose lower than actual air dose rate by 30 〜 40%. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Fukushima Diary
Town near wrecked Fukushima No. 1 plant to host 30-year radioactive dump
An irradiated, abandoned town adjacent to the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has agreed to let the central government build a dump there which will house contaminated waste for as long as three decades, the town’s mayor said Tuesday. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
Fukushima loses first high school to meltdowns
A private high school in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, will close for good at the end of March because the nuclear disaster has decimated enrollment, school officials said. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
