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Evidence of a small leak has been found in the ALPS contaminated...
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Fukushima Daiichi unit 4 fuel tower finished
The steel box frame structure above the damaged Fukushima Daiichi unit 4 reactor has been completed, after less than four months of work. In other news, TEPCO has reinforced protection...
IAEA reviews TEPCO’s Fukushima roadmap
The IAEA has reviewed the TEPCO short- and medium-term plan to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It said that although a relatively stable cooling of the fuel...
Brief pause in Fukushima Daiichi underground tank pumping, and other site news
TEPCO workers have stopped pumping out contaminated water from leaking underground storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi as of early May, temporarily. Meanwhile, workers have been...
Workers scramble to cope with Fukushima Daiichi tank leaks
On 5 April, TEPCO workers discovered a leak in one of seven Fukushima Daiichi underground reservoirs that store contaminated water. Quality tests of water between the outer...
Fukushima update: water processing system hot testing and site isolation work
To mitigate the water leaks found in underground reservoirs, TEPCO will continue to ‘steadily perform’ hot testing of the multi-nuclide removal system (ALPS) built to purify...
TEPCO blames rat for Fukushima spent fuel pool power cut
TEPCO has restored cooling of the spent fuel pools affected by last week’s loss of cooling. Cooling systems of the unit 1, unit 3, unit 4 and common spent fuel pools lost power for...
Japanese public become increasingly opposed to nuclear
Nearly three quarters of Japanese citizens surveyed by a newspaper in March, have called for the share of nuclear power in Japan to be decreased or phased out in...
Unit 4 structure rises, but electrical fault interrupts SFP cooling
Workers have completed the third storey of the five-storey box-girder frame of the unit 4 fuel removal structure. The structure is designed to support a bridge crane that will remove...
Unit 1 & 2 wet well investigations find no leaks
Workers at Fukushima Daiichi have sampled and surveyed the unit 1 and unit 2 torus rooms and vent pipes that lead from the primary containment vessel to the torus....
WHO report: cancer risk from Fukushima is low
No “observable” increases in cancer rates are anticipated for the general population as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan, according to a new report from...
TEPCO workers drill into units 1&2 torus rooms
To prepare for torus investigations, TEPCO has drilled 200mm holes into the unit 1 and unit 2 torus rooms, which are part of the reactor’s wet well, from above; the plan is to insert...
Japanese government reclassifies Fukushima evacuation zone
TEPCO gears up for Fukushima decom, and lays ground for deregulation
TEPCO floats balloon to spy on Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 refuelling floor
TEPCO peers inside Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 PCV
While TEPCO gets into the unit 4 reactor, it sets up reform bodies
Close-up look at unit 4 fuel and walls
TEPCO launches balloon in unit 1, and revises official FD report
