December 16, 2013

Dec 16, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Tepco says a coolant leak and equipment malfunction with F. Daiichi unit #3 may have led to its fuel damage. Tepco says there must have been leakages out of the flow path from the fire pump to the Reactor Vessel which prevented all of the water getting to its intended...

December 12, 2013

Dec 12, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates

More large one-time payouts are proposed for Fukushima evacuees. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has proposed lump-sum compensation payments totaling between $100,000 and $140,000 per person for emotional damage due to the...

December 9, 2013

Dec 9, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates

America’s Allison Macfarlane says Japan should consider discharging tritiated water to the sea. Chair of America’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Macfarlane commented on the wastewater build-up at F. Daiichi. Tritium is difficult to strip from water because it is part...

December 5, 2013

Dec 5, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Tepco says the flow of contaminated groundwater to the sea has been stemmed. The company believes that a recent increase in radioactivity in a well near their soil-solidified barrier is due to its holding back the flow, along with their pumping away of the water...

December 2, 2013

Dec 2, 2013 | Fukushima Accident Updates

There have been no reports on spent fuel transfer for unit #4 at F. Daiichi in the past three days. So, here’s the other updates from over the weekend… An international team of experts are teaching Fukushima residents about radiation. A two day seminar was held this...
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