Tag Archives: TEPCO

Toshiba unveils robot with tongs to probe melted Fukushima nuclear fuel via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/01/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

YOKOHAMA – Toshiba Corp. unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs on Monday that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant and grip chunks of highly … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Tank Leaked 300 Tons Of Radioactive Water Since 2016 via OOSKA News

Posted on 2019/01/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has determined that water containing radioactive substances leaked from a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for more than two years. […] Officials later found that the water level of a nearby tank … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace slams Japan’s plan to dump radioactive Fukushima water into the ocean via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2019/01/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Julian Ryall The decision by the government and the tsunami-devastated plant’s operator to release contaminated water into the Pacific was ‘driven by short-term cost-cutting’, a new study has found Greenpeace has slammed a plan by the Japanese government and an … Continue reading →

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Filmmakers seek Yokota airmen to serve as extras in ‘Fukushima 50,’ starring Ken Watanabe via Stars and Stripes

Posted on 2019/01/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By SETH ROBSON YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air Force has authorized its servicemembers to appear in a Japanese movie about the response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster that will include scenes shot at the home … Continue reading →

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Russian nuclear firm wins contracts to clean up Fukushima via RT

Posted on 2019/01/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will help Japan in handling the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant (NPP) and will be engaged in the nuclear control plan, according to the company’s CEO Aleksey Likhachev. “We have been engaged by Japan to … Continue reading →

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Niigata government to dispose of radioactive mud stored since Fukushima crisis via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NIIGATA – The Niigata Prefectural Government said Tuesday it will dispose of radioactive mud that has been stored since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ask the operator of the crisis-hit plant to shoulder the costs. The prefecture, located about … Continue reading →

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5-year prison terms sought for former TEPCO executives via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/01/06 by nfield

Prosecutors on Dec. 26 demanded five-year prison terms for three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. over the disaster caused by a tsunami slamming into the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. “It was easy to safeguard the plant … Continue reading →

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FOOD IMPORTS FROM FUKUSHIMA-AFFECTED AREAS BECOME WEDGE ISSUE WITH JAPAN via New Bloom

Posted on 2018/12/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IT IS UNSURPRISING that Taiwan will not be admitted to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CFTPP) because of the referendum vote against food imports from Fukushima-affected areas held in late November concurrent with nine-in-one elections. Namely, the … Continue reading →

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Tepco-linked firm employee’s thyroid cancer caused by work after Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown, labor ministry admits via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/12/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The labor ministry said Wednesday that the thyroid cancer of a male worker, exposed to radiation after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, has been recognized as a work-related disease. Following the decision by a labor ministry … Continue reading →

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Tepco offers English-language virtual tour of crippled Fukushima nuclear plant via Japan Times

Posted on 2018/11/06 by nfield

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has launched an English-language online virtual tour of the interior of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant, allowing website visitors to check the progress of decommissioning work following the 2011 meltdowns — one … Continue reading →

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