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
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
Searching for nuclear fuel that has melted at Reactor 2 hits a snag (VIDEO)
Workers attempting to get a better look inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have encountered a problem. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of NHK World
Fuel removal at #Fukushima reactor again faces delay
Work to retrieve spent nuclear fuel in the No. 3 reactor building storage pool of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will again be postponed due to a delay in clearing radioactive debris at the site. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
Work starts in Fukushima on intermediate waste facility
The Environment Ministry on Nov. 15 started building a facility in Fukushima Prefecture that will store radiation-contaminated debris for up to 30 years, despite obtaining permission for only 11 percent of the site. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
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
Fukushima Frozen Wall Progress Report – June 22
TEPCO injected cement near parts of section 1 of the frozen wall on June 8. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Fukuleaks.org
TEPCO to dismantle top of exhaust stack at Fukushima plant due to fractures
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) will begin dismantling the upper section of the joint exhaust stack for the No. 1 and 2 reactors of its Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in fiscal 2018. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Mainichi
#Fukushima ranchers honor dead cattle from nuke disaster
Cattlemen dedicate a monument to livestock that died as result of the 2011 nuclear disaster on April 15, in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
Land acquisition for #Fukushima dump site may reach 70% by 2020: ministry
The Environment Ministry will likely be able to acquire about 40 to 70 percent of the site it plans to use as an interim storage facility for radioactive soil and other waste from the Fukushima nuclear disaster by fiscal 2020. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
