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EDITORIAL: TEPCO faces new crisis over pedestal blow at Fukushima plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Damage to a pedestal inside the No. 1 reactor at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is more critical than previously believed, triggering a more intricate assessment of its resistance to a major earthquake.  Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading

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New images from inside Fukushima reactor spark safety worry via Daily Mail

TOKYO (AP) – Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant showed exposed steel bars in the main supporting structure and parts of its thick external concrete wall missing, triggering … Continue reading

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Concrete melted off ‘pedestal’ for damaged reactor in Fukushima via the Asahi Shimbun

The concrete support foundation for a reactor whose core melted down at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has deteriorated so much that reinforcing bars (rebars) are now exposed. Masao Uchibori, governor of Fukushima Prefecture, has expressed concerns about … Continue reading

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