TEPCO to open museum to display decommissioning process for #Fukushima reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on July 27 that it will open a museum here to display exhibitions in relation to the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster and its decommissioning work. CLICK FOR MORE courtesy of The Mainichi
Abandoned homes in #Fukushima no-go zones being demolished
Dilapidated houses left in evacuated areas of Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Daiichi plant are being torn down at a steady pace of late. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Fukushima Minpo News
Interim storage site for #Fukushima contaminated soil to begin full operations
An interim storage site in #Fukushima Prefecture for soil and waste generated when areas effected by the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster were decontaminated will be put into full-scale operation on Oct. 28. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of The Mainichi
Reactor #3 at #Fukushima Daiichi to get new roof covering
Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed reporters its progress in installing a new roof above Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant’s No. 3 reactor building on Aug. 2, ahead of work to remove spent nuclear fuel from a storage pool. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
Fukushima fishermen fight release of tainted water as tritium standoff continues
On Feb. 25, against a clear sky, fishing boats bearing colorful banners used to signal a rich haul returned to their home port of Ukedo in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. Cheers erupted as the boats, which had taken refuge in Minamisoma in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the […]
#Fukushima ranchers honor dead cattle from nuke disaster
Cattlemen dedicate a monument to livestock that died as result of the 2011 nuclear disaster on April 15, in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
Land acquisition for #Fukushima dump site may reach 70% by 2020: ministry
The Environment Ministry will likely be able to acquire about 40 to 70 percent of the site it plans to use as an interim storage facility for radioactive soil and other waste from the Fukushima nuclear disaster by fiscal 2020. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
Fukushima to turn to third-party mediator to resolve claims dispute with TEPCO
The Fukushima prefectural government, exasperated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s foot-dragging, plans to turn to a third-party organ for the first time to resolve a dispute over damages arising from the 2011 nuclear disaster. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of The Asahi Shimbun
Waste disposal site a dilemma for #Fukushima
On Dec. 4, the Fukushima prefectural government notified the national government that it would accept a proposal to dispose of the radioactive designated waste. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of The Japan News
Fukushima to accept final disposal of low-level radioactive waste
Fukushima Gov Masao Uchibori has told the environment minister the prefecture will accept the final disposal at an existing facility of low-level radioactive waste generated by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first municipality in Japan to do so. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
