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
“I want Tokyo Electric to thoroughly face up to its responsibility” – Ex-worker during Fukushima disaster sues Tepco, Kyushu Electric over leukemia
A former nuclear worker who developed leukemia after combating the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis demanded ¥59 million (around $524,000) in damages from two utilities Thursday at his first trial hearing at the Tokyo District Court. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) wins bid to find spent fuel at #FukushimaDaiichi
James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) has just been awarded a prestigious new high value contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop the cutting edge technology needed to sample radioactive debris sitting below reactor cores at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Energy Business Review
FIVE YEARS AFTER: Tougher work awaits TEPCO at Fukushima after water issue ends
The ever-increasing rows of tanks storing radioactive water continue to eat up the precious available land at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of The Asahi Shimbun
Japan Indicts 3 Former Executives Over Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Japanese prosecutors indicted three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the owner of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, on Monday, charging them with criminal negligence for their role in reactor meltdowns after an earthquake and tsunami five years ago. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of New York Times
Waste disposal site a dilemma for #Fukushima
On Dec. 4, the Fukushima prefectural government notified the national government that it would accept a proposal to dispose of the radioactive designated waste. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of The Japan News
Fukushima to accept final disposal of low-level radioactive waste
Fukushima Gov Masao Uchibori has told the environment minister the prefecture will accept the final disposal at an existing facility of low-level radioactive waste generated by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first municipality in Japan to do so. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
Radiation monitoring center opens in coastal Fukushima
MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture–A research headquarters to monitor radiation levels from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant around the clock opened here Nov. 16. CLICK TO READ MORE Courtesy of The Asahi Shimbun
Tepco completes sea wall to keep tainted Fukushima No. 1 water from reaching sea
Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced completion Monday of a 780-meter coastal wall along the heavily damaged reactor buildings of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
