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Showing posts with label Fukushima Daiichi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fukushima Daiichi. Show all posts
Gov't expects more than 30 years to decommission Fukushima nuclear reactors - The Mainichi Daily News
Gov't expects more than 30 years to decommission Fukushima nuclear reactors - The Mainichi Daily News: "Japan is expected to take more than 30 years to fully decommission crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, according to a draft report compiled by the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan obtained by the Mainichi on Oct. 26."
Workers enter containment vessel at Fukushima Daini reactor
Workers enter containment vessel at Fukushima Daini reactor: "Meanwhile at Fukushima Daiichi's No 2 reactor, a thermometer located on the upper part of the pressure vessel showed a rapid rise in temperature to 120 C today, up from 72 C yesterday."
Torrential rain hits Niigata, Fukushima NHK WORLD English
NHK WORLD English
This will create more water problems at Fukushima Daiichi and possibly radiation leeching into the ground.
This will create more water problems at Fukushima Daiichi and possibly radiation leeching into the ground.
1,600 workers projected over radiation limit | The Japan Times Online
1,600 workers projected over radiation limit | The Japan Times Online: "About 1,600 workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were expected to be exposed to radiation exceeding 50 millisieverts during the course of the crisis, according to an estimate Tokyo Electric Power Co. made in the spring that was revealed by an industrial accident prevention body."
Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant | Reuters
Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world for radiation exposure years before it was destroyed by the meltdowns and explosions that followed the March 11 earthquake."
Typhoon Ma-on Approaches Japanese Coast, May Miss Fukushima
Typhoon Ma-on Approaches Japanese Coast, May Miss Fukushima: "'The outlook is for the typhoon to head east off Tokyo's coast, meaning it will not impact Fukushima and the northeast areas directly,' Shunichi Yamaguchi,"
Japan scrambles to protect damaged reactor from typhoon - CNN.com
Japan scrambles to protect damaged reactor from typhoon - CNN.com: "Typhoon Ma-on is predicted to make landfall Tuesday, according to the country's meteorological agency."
Fukushima updates July 1 - Tepco
"- At 7:47 pm on June 30, we started the Alternative Cooling System of spent
fuel pool of Unit 3. It was under adjustment operation. After performance evaluation, we brought to a full operation at 11:00 am on July 1. - At 11:43 am on July 1, we started cleaning up the first floor of reactor building of Unit 3 using a robot. - At 10:00 am on July 1, we started transferring low radioactive accumulated water, which had been removed from turbine building of Unit 6, from temporary tank to Mega Float. - At 10:00 am on July 1, we started transferring of accumulated water from the underground floor of the turbine building of Unit 6 to temporary tank. "
NHK WORLD English -Resumption of decontamination system not in sight
NHK WORLD English
Right now this accident is out of control with molten fuel corium loose in nature. No one knows what to do.
Understanding the INES scale -IAEA
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) - 12 April 2011
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Latest development of Fukushima Daiichi
- During the last two major aftershock, workers had to evacuate and pumping of water to douse the reactors was interrupted.
- Seawater contamination spiked last week, and a sea water sample from 15 km or 9 miles off the coast of Minamisoma city was 23 fold the legal limit.
- China has seen a small increase in radiation but it said that it was about 1% of the amount it saw after Chernobyl.
- After shocks are threatening the already damaged buildings, TEPCO is looking into reinforcing them.
Read the whole article Reuters
- Seawater contamination spiked last week, and a sea water sample from 15 km or 9 miles off the coast of Minamisoma city was 23 fold the legal limit.
- China has seen a small increase in radiation but it said that it was about 1% of the amount it saw after Chernobyl.
- After shocks are threatening the already damaged buildings, TEPCO is looking into reinforcing them.
Read the whole article Reuters
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