January 30, 2016

Jan 30, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Fukushima Update Extra – Takahama #3 restart The restart of a third Japanese nuke plant has spawned the expected spate of Press reports. Expected? Absolutely! The majority of the postings are negative, resurrecting become common themes: allegedly inadequate...

January 28, 2016

Jan 28, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Fukushima Fishermen may cut the “no-fishing” radius around F. Daiichi in half. The self-imposed exclusion radius was 20 kilometers. Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations wants to reduce it to 10 kilometers because the assumed releases...

January 25, 2016

Jan 25, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

The IAEA lauds Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority for “fast progress”. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team says the NRA has demonstrated independence and transparency since it was set up in 2012, yet should upgrade its technical competence to simplify...

January 21, 2016

Jan 21, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

A recent study concludes that Japan’s Fukushima doses are less than natural background exposures. This important scientific finding comes from a paper published through the Society for Radiological Protection, entitled “An assessment of the doses received by members...

January 18, 2016

Jan 18, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Tepco posts its plan for unit #3 used (spent) fuel removal. There will be four main steps in the process: removal of remaining rubble, decontamination and shielding of the refueling deck, installation of fuel removal technology & a tubular cover, and lastly the...

January 14, 2016

Jan 14, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Fukushima Daiichi is becoming a popular tourist spot. For the first year after the March, 2011, accident, visitation was primarily politicians and specialists. About 900 visitors came in 2011. Since then, some 16,000 have toured the accident site, and most of them are...

January 11, 2016

Jan 11, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Seventy-three Naraha youths celebrate Coming-of-Age Day in their home town. Formal adulthood in Japan occurs at age 20, which includes the right to drink legally and vote. Each year, the holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in January. The celebration for Naraha...

January 7, 2016

Jan 7, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Negative information about Fukushima has been relatively low for a few weeks. As a result, some of Japan’s antinuclear Press is recycling old news to fill the void, allegedly in preparation of the accident’s 5th anniversary. Here are two examples… The Mainichi...

January 4, 2016

Jan 4, 2016 | Fukushima Accident Updates

More than 100,000 Fukushima residents remain displaced from their homes. The NHK World news article says the nuke accident “forced them to flee”. (Aside – some 75,000 were subject to Tokyo’s evacuation edict, and perhaps an equal number also fled because of...