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Fukushima Unit 1 Reactor Well Cover Dislodged
As TEPCO’s work at Fukushima Daiichi progresses to remove spent fuel rods, they showed in a handout that got little attention that the concrete reactor well cover for unit 1 is dislodged. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of SimplyInfo
Tepco starts filling cable trench with cement as it pumps out radioactive water
Tokyo Electric Power Co. started work Tuesday to fill an underground trench at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant with cement while pumping up radioactive water inside at the same time. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
Japanese Diet approves Fukushima waste disposal bill
Japan’s Diet has enacted a law on transferring radioactive soil and other stored waste out of Fukushima Prefecture for final disposal within 30 years. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of NHK World
Japan to ratify international convention on nuclear accident compensation pact
Japan intends to ratify an international convention that sets a global uniform standard for compensating victims of nuclear accidents. The move is in line with fears of an increasing risk of a nuclear accident abroad with developing nations accelerating their efforts to construct nuclear power plants. The convention limits responsibility for nuclear accidents to the […]
New Groundwater Radiation Spikes At #Fukushima Daiichi
The series of groundwater monitoring wells near the sea front have seen continued changes consisting of high levels of various radioactive isotopes. Beta radiation in well 1-6 jumped to 5.1 million bq/liter on the 17th. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Simply Info
Regional Distribution of Fukushima Thyroid Cancer Cases (Confirmed and Suspected) Analyzed by Citizen Scientists
The first round of thyroid examination concluded in March 2014, and its results are nearly complete, except for some of the secondary examination results which were still not available as of August 24, 2014. Fukushima Medical University denies any regional difference in the incidence of thyroid cancer amongst Fukushima children and considers it unlikely that […]
Evacuation advisory lifted for part of town near Fukushima nuclear plant
The government on Wednesday lifted its evacuation advisory for part of the town of Kawauchi which lies within 20 kilometers of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Today
Late Fukushima manager flagged risks of Japan’s big nuclear plants
The late manager of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima plant questioned the safety of large nuclear facilities, documents showed on Thursday, potentially affecting the debate over the restart of the world’s biggest nuclear power station. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Reuters
Nuclear disaster evacuee compensation halved across board: internal document
The governmental Nuclear Damage Claim Dispute Resolution Center, tasked with reaching out-of-court settlements for individual claims filed over the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant meltdowns, has set compensation uniformly at 50 percent, a document obtained by the Mainichi Shimbun has confirmed. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Mainichi Shimbun
