#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 03.11.2022
Photo by Kyodo News STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD The Japanese government may have stopped officially marking the anniversary of 3.11.11 but the people living there haven’t, nor will they: https://www.dw.com/en/japan-residents-mark-11th-anniversary-of-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/a-61093587 STEP 2 EVACUATE RECOVER #FUKUSHIMA NOW The resilience of the Japanese people in the face of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster is as miraculous as a […]
TEPCO suffers setbacks in removal of contaminated smoke stacks at Daiichi plant
TEPCO delays Fukushima chimney demolition Click for more: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191216_10/ courtesy of NHK World
Tepco tests halting water injection into crippled reactor at #Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
The water situation at #FukushimaDaiichi is on hold for now, what will happen next is anybody’s guess. Click the link below to learn more. Courtesy of Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/tepco-tests-halting-water-injection-crippled-reactor-fukushima-no-1-nuclear-power-plant/#.XOtcvtNKjOS
TEPCO to open museum to display decommissioning process for #Fukushima reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on July 27 that it will open a museum here to display exhibitions in relation to the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster and its decommissioning work. CLICK FOR MORE courtesy of The Mainichi
TEPCO refurbishes sub-drain water system at #Fukushima Dai-ichi
CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of TEPCO
Abandoned homes in #Fukushima no-go zones being demolished
Dilapidated houses left in evacuated areas of Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Daiichi plant are being torn down at a steady pace of late. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Fukushima Minpo News
Interim storage site for #Fukushima contaminated soil to begin full operations
An interim storage site in #Fukushima Prefecture for soil and waste generated when areas effected by the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster were decontaminated will be put into full-scale operation on Oct. 28. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of The Mainichi
Nuclear Fuel Retrieval Delayed
A step in the decommissioning of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could be delayed by 3 years. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of NHK
Reactor #3 at #Fukushima Daiichi to get new roof covering
Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed reporters its progress in installing a new roof above Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant’s No. 3 reactor building on Aug. 2, ahead of work to remove spent nuclear fuel from a storage pool. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
Tepco Seeking Partners For #Fukushima-Specific Technology
Six years after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami events, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), owner of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, is seeking partners to help develop technology that would move the massive dmissioning project forward. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Nuclear Street
