Cherry-picking Japanese Press Feeds Spent Fuel Fears
November 6, 2013 In a previous Commentary, we predicted that Japan’s Press will trumpet apocalyptic concepts as the removal of spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi unit #4 approaches. Well…it’s happening. Japan’s leading English-language newspaper, Japan Times, has begun...November 4, 2013
A ruling party executive stunned Japan with a comment about Fukushima evacuees. Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), feels it is inevitable that some evacuees will never go back home, “The time will definitely come that...November 1, 2013
Nearly a fourth of Japan’s quake/tsunami recovery projects are nothing of the sort. The total of misused money has been about $14.5 billion. The possibility of a large diversion of recovery funding came to light last year, but now the ugly numbers have been tabulated...The Business of Being a Fukushima Refugee
October 30, 2013 On Saturday, October 26th, an Asahi Shimbun article included (buried at the end) a breakdown of how much money Fukushima evacuees have received from Tepco since April of 2011.(1) It took me several days to get my mind around the numbers. Many times, I...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...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...
