Tag Archives: TEPCO

Blockchain, Drones Are Strategies for Survival at Japan’s Tepco　via BloomburgQuint

Posted on 2018/01/10 by nfield

    (Bloomberg) — Shattered by the enormity of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and bleeding customers to nimbler rivals, Tokyo’s lumbering, 66-year-old electric-power behemoth has a new strategy for long-term survival: reinventing itself as a cutting-edge innovator. Tepco, known formally … Continue reading →

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Sailors Fight to Keep Fukushima Radiation Case in US via CNS

Posted on 2018/01/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SAN DIEGO (CN) – Former Senator John Edwards and his co-counsel on Thursday asked a federal judge not to transfer to Japan a class action by hundreds of U.S. sailors exposed to radiation in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. An initial … Continue reading →

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TEPCO considers joint reactor checkup with other utilities to cut costs via Japan Today

Posted on 2018/01/04 by nfield

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO), struggling to recover from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, is mulling collaborating with other utilities in conducting regular checkups of their nuclear power plants to cut down on costs, sources close to the … Continue reading →

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Fears of another Fukushima as Tepco plans to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/01/03 by nfield

[…] When all seven of its reactors are in operation, Kashiwazaki-kariwa generates 8.2m kilowatts of electricity – enough to power 16m households. Occupying 4.2 sq km of land along the Japan Sea coast, it is the biggest nuclear power plant in the … Continue reading →

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Sea of Miracles via Patagonia

Posted on 2018/01/02 by nfield

 

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Challenges ahead for debris removal at Fukushima via NHK World

Posted on 2018/01/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This year will mark the 7th anniversary of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant that occurred in March, 2011. The plant’s operator is hoping to eventually remove fuel debris from the damaged reactors. Fuel debris is a mixture … Continue reading →

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Would You Play Ball at Fukushima? via The New York Times

Posted on 2017/12/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] “We are looked at like Chernobyl,” said Saito Nobuyuki, who was born in Fukushima and now owns Sportsland, a sporting goods store here. “It’s difficult to change.” Akinori Iwamura is among those hoping to rehabilitate Fukushima’s name. […] Immediately … Continue reading →

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Two Niigata nuclear reactors run by Tepco clear new safety standards, a first for the company since the Fukushima crisis via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/12/27 by nfield

[…]   The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday endorsed safety measures for the Nos. 6 and 7 reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power station in Niigata Prefecture. The move was announced at a meeting that was … Continue reading →

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‘Kudankulam plant can withstand Fukushima-like disaster’ via The Economic Times

Posted on 2017/12/06 by nfield

MOSCOW: All nuclear power plants being developed by Russia, including the one at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, meet all post-Fukushima safety standards and would be able to withstand external influence like an earthquake or a tsunami, an official of Russia’s … Continue reading →

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What to Do with Radioactive Water from Fukushima via Voice of America

Posted on 2017/12/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japanese officials are trying to decide what to do with thousands of tons of radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. […] The water remains a big problem however. Currently, the water is being stored in 900 large … Continue reading →

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