– leaked water contained an extraordinarily high 230-million becquerels per liter of beta-ray emitting substances, consisting mainly of strontium 90. NHK — Feb 21 The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says 100 tons of water containing record high… Read More ›
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Breaking: Radioactivity level spikes 6,500 times higher at Fukushima well than readings taken on Wednesday
Published time: October 18, 2013 02:08 Fukushima Governor Yuhei sato (orange helmet) inspects the contaminated water tanks at Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture on October 15, 2013. (AFP… Read More ›
Radiation levels near Japan’s damaged Fukushima reactor hit two-year high
Friday, Oct 11, 2013 Reuters TOKYO – Radiation levels in seawater just outside one of the damaged Fukushima reactors spiked this week to the highest level in two years, the operator of the crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Thursday.Radiation… Read More ›
Leaking tank at Fukushima plant has no water gauge
NHK — Aug 22 The operator of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it may have failed to find a leak of radioactive wastewater from a tank because it lacks a water gauge. Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO,… Read More ›
Radioactive water at Fukushima an emergency / Contaminated water could rise to the ground’s surface within three weeks
Watchdog says radioactive water at Fukushima an emergency By Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito National Aug. 06, 2013 – 06:45AM JST ( 29 ) TOKYO — Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant… Read More ›
Fukushima Nuke Plant manager dies of cancer
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 Masao Yoshida (AFP Photo / Japan Pool via JIJI Press) The ex-head of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Masao Yoshida, 58, died at a Tokyo hospital of esophageal cancer on July 9, 2013…. Read More ›
Fukushima loses cooling power
No electricity to pumps that feed ponds where spent nuclear fuel rods must be kept underwater at a safe temperature Associated Press in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 March 2013 00.38 EDT A damaged reactor building at the Fukushima power plant… Read More ›
Record cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant: 7,400 times above safe limits
Kyodo Online: Mar 16, 2013 Last Modfied: Mar 16, 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power… Read More ›
Mistakes found in all radiation projections
Kyodo The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday a thorough review of its mistake-plagued projections for the spread of radiation turned up errors in the data for every atomic power plant in Japan. The regulatory body examined the data in detail… Read More ›
Where is everybody?
Picture of the DaySep. 27, 2012 – 06:52AM JST Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. Noda spoke about Japan’s territorial disputes with China and South Korea and… Read More ›