October 29, 2013
Guidelines have been set for rainwater release from F. Daiichi. The Nuclear Regulatory Authority says F. Daiichi no longer needs their permission to pump rainwater buildup to the sea as long as the waters test below current activity limits. NRA Commissioner Toyoshi...180th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers
October 27, 2013 The Hiroshima Syndrome’s Fukushima Commentary is proudly hosting the 180th edition of the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers. For the full reports, please click on the individual links. Blog topics for this edition include – the sorrow felt by the...Fukushima and the Inevitable Tritium Controversy
October 25, 2013 Early in 2014, Tokyo Electric Company intends to begin the full-scale operation of their Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) at Fukushima Daiichi. It will remove 60+ radioactive isotopes remaining in the currently-stored wastewater that has been...October 24, 2013
A trace of Cesium was detected 1 kilometer off-shore of F. Daiichi, and the Japanese Press again over-reacts. In an October 18 sample of open seawater, Tepco detected 1.6 Becquerels per liter of Cesium-137, which is 0.3 Bq/liter more than minimum detectability. It is...October 21, 2013
Rainwater has overwhelmed many wastewater tank containment dams at F. Daiichi. The resulting Japanese Press coverage is heavy. Eleven of the dams overflowed on Sunday, six of which were found to have contamination in excess of Tepco’s self-imposed release limits. One...Lady Barbara Judge Causes Token “Balance” in Japanese Press
October 19, 2013 Late last year, a poll of the 50 major Japanese news outlets resulted in 47 admitting to being antinuclear. This tends to explain why every seemingly negative event at Fukushima Daiichi – no matter how trivial or inconsequential – gets widespread,...October 17, 2013
PM Shinzo Abe has reiterated that the wastewater situation at F. Daiichi is “under control”. Called before the Diet’s extraordinary session, Abe was grilled by ex-Cabinet Minister Banri Kaieda, head of the deposed Democratic Party of Japan. When asked about his...October 14, 2013
The inner port (quay) contamination spike at F. Daiichi is abating. The increase in radioactive Cesium relative to the unit #2 near shoreline was caused by embankment barricading which caused some contaminated soil to spill into the water contained by a silt fence....Doomsday Prophecies Precede Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Removal
October 11, 2013 Next month, the staff at Fukushima Daiichi will begin moving the 1331 spent fuel bundles out of the unit #4 Spent Fuel Pool. Ordinarily, such an operation at any nuclear plant in the world is quite routine and not considered newsworthy. However, the...This site requires a lot of work. We hope you find our efforts valuable and rewarding. Please consider offering your support. There is no minimum amount. Feel free to donate as you see fit, without restriction. Thank you...
