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‘Follow the Money’: Fukushima Cleanup Financially Motivated, Expert Says via Sputnik

Posted on 2015/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are not over, and the Japanese government’s push to decommission and dismantle the plants in the next thirty years are not scientifically feasible, but financially motivated, according to Fairewinds Chief engineer and … Continue reading →

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Fukushima No. 1 still has 7,000 tons of problematic toxic water to be removed via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/07/21 by norma field

Some 7,000 tons of radioactive water at risk of leaking into the ground still has to be removed from underground tunnels and other locations at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. is trying to get rid … Continue reading →

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Tepco touts Fukushima Daiichi cleanup, but long road ahead via Asia.nikkei.com

Posted on 2015/06/28 by norma field

TOKYO — Progress has been slow in decommissioning the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, four years after the devastating the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami led to a meltdown at the power station in northern Japan. The government has … Continue reading →

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Risk of hydrogen explosion from leaking containers at Fukushima plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/05/23 by norma field

Inspections of containers holding contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant found that at least 10 percent have leaks, which could trigger a hydrogen explosion. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant’s operator, reported its findings at a … Continue reading →

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Tepco to miss May deadline to treat 20,000 tons of Fukushima radioactive water via the Japan Times

Posted on 2015/03/17 by norma field

NARAHA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – Tokyo Electric Power Co. said some 20,000 tons of radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be left untreated as of May, missing its cleanup target. Tepco cited the presence of relatively high … Continue reading →

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Tepco claims it will be more forthcoming with data from Fukushima No. 1 via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/03/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co. says it is planning to change its information disclosure policy for the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and release all data on radiation-contaminated dust and water if it is deemed they are affecting the surrounding … Continue reading →

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Fukushima fishermen blast TEPCO over failure to disclose radioactive water flow via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/02/26 by norma field

Fukushima fishermen appear to have finally run out of patience with Tokyo Electric Power Co. They lambasted TEPCO at a meeting on Feb. 25 over the utility’s failure for half a year to disclose the flow into the ocean of … Continue reading →

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Fresh leak of highly radioactive water detected at Fukushima nuclear power plant via ABC News

Posted on 2015/02/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water into the sea. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the sensors, which were rigged to a gutter that pours rain and ground water at the … Continue reading →

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New method for contaminated water may be failing via NHK World News

Posted on 2014/12/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Company has indicated that a new method aimed at tackling a large volume of highly radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has not been entirely successful. TEPCO gave a progress report on its work … Continue reading →

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Tepco unable to halt tainted water flowing into tunnels at Fukushima via Japan Times

Posted on 2014/11/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co. appears unable to stem the flow of radioactive water from the No. 2 reactor building to underground tunnels at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, officials said. Tepco has injected cement into the joints that connect … Continue reading →

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