“I want Tokyo Electric to thoroughly face up to its responsibility” – Ex-worker during Fukushima disaster sues Tepco, Kyushu Electric over leukemia
A former nuclear worker who developed leukemia after combating the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis demanded ¥59 million (around $524,000) in damages from two utilities Thursday at his first trial hearing at the Tokyo District Court. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Japan Times
Searching for nuclear fuel that has melted at Reactor 2 hits a snag (VIDEO)
Workers attempting to get a better look inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have encountered a problem. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of NHK World
Fuel removal at #Fukushima reactor again faces delay
Work to retrieve spent nuclear fuel in the No. 3 reactor building storage pool of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will again be postponed due to a delay in clearing radioactive debris at the site. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
Work starts in Fukushima on intermediate waste facility
The Environment Ministry on Nov. 15 started building a facility in Fukushima Prefecture that will store radiation-contaminated debris for up to 30 years, despite obtaining permission for only 11 percent of the site. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) wins bid to find spent fuel at #FukushimaDaiichi
James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) has just been awarded a prestigious new high value contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop the cutting edge technology needed to sample radioactive debris sitting below reactor cores at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Energy Business Review
TEPCO to dismantle top of exhaust stack at Fukushima plant due to fractures
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) will begin dismantling the upper section of the joint exhaust stack for the No. 1 and 2 reactors of its Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in fiscal 2018. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Mainichi
#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
FIVE YEARS AFTER: Tougher work awaits TEPCO at Fukushima after water issue ends
The ever-increasing rows of tanks storing radioactive water continue to eat up the precious available land at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of The Asahi Shimbun
Japan Indicts 3 Former Executives Over Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Japanese prosecutors indicted three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the owner of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, on Monday, charging them with criminal negligence for their role in reactor meltdowns after an earthquake and tsunami five years ago. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of New York Times
