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Fukushima £11bn cleanup progresses, but there is no cause for optimism via The Guardian

Posted on 2014/11/13 by norma field

The man in charge of cleaning up the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has admitted there is little cause for optimism while thousands of workers continue their battle to contain huge quantities of radioactive water. The water problem is … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Nuclear Cleanup Stymied by Water Woes via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OKUMA, Japan — More than three years into the massive cleanup of Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant, only a tiny fraction of the workers are focused on key tasks such as preparing for the dismantling of the broken reactors and … Continue reading →

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Radioactivity spikes in No. 1 reactor well water via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/10/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said there has been a sharp spike in the radioactivity of water samples taken from an observation well built by the sea at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The samples, collected from the … Continue reading →

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Is Fukushima capable of withstanding a super typhoon? via DW

Posted on 2014/10/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The strongest typhoon of the year is expected to hit Japan this weekend. Of particular concern is the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. But as nuclear expert Michael Maqua tells DW no critical situations are expected. […] The operator of the … Continue reading →

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TEPCO faces hurdles in construction of ice walls to block flow of contaminated water　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/07/09 by norma field

An ambitious plan by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to halt the seepage of contaminated water at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has hit a major glitch: “ice walls” have failed to form in underground trenches. TEPCO workers … Continue reading →

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Leak at Fukushima nuclear plant threatens dangerous meltdown via Fox News

Posted on 2014/07/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Fukushima operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) was forced to switch off the cooling system at Reactor Unit 5, after engineers discovered it had been leaking water. If the system is not repaired within the next nine days, temperatures … Continue reading →

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Fukushima’s radioactive soil sparks fights, exposes the enormity and hopelessness of clean-up task via Straight.com

Posted on 2014/07/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Soil would fill how many B.C. Places? In the months after the 2011 earthquake-and-tsunami catastrophe, environment ministry experts estimated that the amount of radioactive topsoil from parts of four surrounding prefectures that would have to be “decontaminated” and stored … Continue reading →

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Fukushima operator says media getting story wrong via Straight.com

Posted on 2014/06/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TEPCO says news reports confuse freezing-water project with recent “ice wall” undertaking The operator of Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), has issued a clarification regarding an earlier news release concerning efforts to freeze highly … Continue reading →

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Tepco Gets Go-Ahead For ‘Ice Wall’ At Fukushima-Daiichi via NucNet

Posted on 2014/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

26 May (NucNet): Japan’s nuclear regulator today approved a plan to install an impervious underground “ice wall” in the grounds of the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station to try to slow the build-up of radioactive water, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum … Continue reading →

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SNAFUkushima: Updating Meltdowns, Still FUBAR and Deteriorating via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2014/05/24 by norma field

By William Boardman allout from Fukushima? A re-make of Godzilla! That’s the good news Secrecy and false reassurance have always been an integral part of the nuclear industry in all its manifestations. In January 2014, Tokyo Shimbun reported yet another … Continue reading →

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