#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 12.17.2021
Photo by Greenpeace A Christmas Bonus sized edition of the Round Up is ready for you just in time to share with your friends and family! Knowledge is the best and most caring gift after all so follow the steps and celebrate! STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD Recent and planned inspections of reactor 1 at […]
IAEA tells TEPCO to get it’s act together
The International Atomic Energy Agency urged Japan on Thursday to spend ample time in developing a decommissioning plan for the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant and to be honest with the public about remaining uncertainties. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Today
Roof completed for removal of spent fuel rods at Fukushima plant
Work was completed Feb. 21 on a half-cylinder roof designed to trap radioactive substances emitted when spent fuel rods are removed from the No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
TEPCO refurbishes sub-drain water system at #Fukushima Dai-ichi
CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of TEPCO
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
Chiba court recognizes nuke disaster evacuees’ ‘loss of hometown’ for first time
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking damages from the government and TEPCO for residents who evacuated to Chiba Prefecture following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster hold up banners reading “Government not liable,” left, and “TEPCO must pay portion of compensation,” right, in front of the Chiba District Court on Sept. 22, 2017. CLICK […]
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
Tepco Seeking Partners For #Fukushima-Specific Technology
Six years after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami events, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), owner of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, is seeking partners to help develop technology that would move the massive dmissioning project forward. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Nuclear Street
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 […]
