Tokyo Electric has announced annual profits of $4.3 billion USD, compared to a net loss of $6.6 billion USD in the previous year. The utility, which recently found itself on the edge of…
Enhanced investigation of crippled containment vessels at Fukushima Daiichi planned
Tokyo Electric is planning a more expansive investigation of the damaged containment vessels at Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1, Reactor 2, and Reactor 3. The utility hopes that the information gathered during the investigations…
Japan seeking international assistance with Fukushima Daiichi fuel removal
On Friday, officials from the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) in Japan attending a seminar asked for input from engineers in Japan and across the world on removing melted nuclear fuel…
Evacuation models show residents near Hamaoka plant may need up to 46 hours to evacuate
The Shizuoka prefectural government has announced that it could take more than 28 hours to evacuate the 860,000 residents who live within the 30-kilometer radius of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the…
Nuclear Industry and Regulators at odds in Japan
The Japan Nuclear Safety Institute was founded by utilities in Japan in November 2013 with the goal of improving safety at the nation’s nuclear power plants. The Tokyo-based institute claims to pursue the…
Contaminated vehicles from Japan still being rejected by Russian Customs Service
According to a statement provided by the Vladivostok Customs Service, “In the first quarter of 2014, customs officers have sifted out 17 objects [cars or parts] with increased nuclear radiation levels and beta-active…
Radioactivity found in groundwater well at Fukushima Daiichi
Tokyo Electric, operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is hoping to draw groundwater and release it into the Pacific Ocean before it becomes highly contaminated while passing through the facility. On…
TEPCO unable to bring contaminated water issues under control at Fukushima Daiichi
While Japan was working to secure an Olympic bid last September, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised the world that the problems of controlling contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant had…
TEPCO finds defect in ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima Daiichi
According to Tokyo Electric, the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the most recent breakdown of the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) is due to a chipped resin filter. The…
March 19th, 2011 – NRC NARAC Models of Fukushima Daiichi Disaster Did Not Model All Available Radionuclides
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI PMT STATE INTERFACE AUDIO FILES SATURDAY, MARCH 19th, 2011 Pages From C147216-02X – March 19th, 2011 – NRC NARAC Models of Fukushima Daiichi…
March 15th, 2011 – Navy tried to get dosimeters for all sailors on USS Ronald Reagan after Fukushima disaster
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI PMT STATE INTERFACE AUDIO FILES TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011 Pages From C147216-02X – March 15th, 2011 – Navy Tried to Get Dosimeters for…
TEPCO to begin dumping groundwater into Pacific Ocean in May
After getting the approval of fishery cooperatives in Fukushima Prefecture last Friday, Tokyo Electric and the Japanese government have announced that they will begin pumping groundwater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant…
TEPCO says running out of room to store contaminated debris at Fukushima Daiichi
Engineers from Tokyo Electric held discussions with officials from the Japanese government on Monday where they communicated that they are running out of room to store contaminated debris at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi…
March 17th, 2011 – Special Lawyers Group tackled legal issues arising from Fukushima disaster response for White House
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ET TABLE BACKUP 2 AUDIO FILES THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011 Pages From C147359-02X – March 17th, 2011 – Special Lawyers Group Tackled Legal…
Industry paper investigates why other plants were not affected like Fukushima Daiichi
A paper published by the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum focuses on why Fukushima Daiichi experienced a severe accident and other nuclear power facilities like Fukushima Daiini, Onagawa, and Tokai nuclear power plants were…
Kenyan car importers request radiation checks at country of origin
On January 31st, 2013, Kenya Ports Authority inspectors impounded a container holding four used vehicles from Japan after finding it to be contaminated with radioactive materials. The container was held at the port…
TEPCO to nearly double contaminated water storage capacity by March 2016
Contaminated water keeps accumulating at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant facility. Right now Tokyo Electric, the utility who operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has enough tanks on site to…
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