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01/03/2017 / By fukushima

Fate of Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant remains unknown

The government is struggling to decide the future of Tepco’s Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant, which has been suspended since the March 2011 disaster. Article by JapanTimes There have been increasing calls for decommissioning the power plant located just a few kilometers south of the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 installation. The government has been […]

12/08/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima radiation has reached U.S. shores

For the first time, seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster has been detected on the West Coast of the United States. Article by Tracy Lowe Cesium-134, the so-called fingerprint of Fukushima, was measured in seawater samples taken from Tillamook Bay and Gold Beach in Oregon, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are reporting. […]

12/05/2016 / By fukushima

Earthquake Off Fukushima, Japan, Triggers Tsunami

TOKYO — A powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami off the coast of Japan early Tuesday, near where three nuclear reactors melted down at a plant in Fukushima after a quake and tsunami in 2011. Article by Motoko Rich Tuesday’s quake quickly brought evacuation warnings along the coast that was ravaged just over five years ago. […]

12/01/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima, Japan is offering people an all expense paid trip to the city

The city of Fukushima is offering 200 people the chance of a lifetime; an all-expense-paid trip to Japan. Article by Chron.com Back in 2011, the once-flourishing city was devastated after a tsunami caused a nuclear meltdown. Now it is trying to ramp up tourism by paying people to visit the recovering area. Of course, most […]

11/30/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima: The Remaining Risks

The earthquakes and subsequent tsunami which inundated the Daiichi nuclear facility on March 11, 2011 have been well-documented. We all know that the design and location of the plant made it extremely vulnerable to the multiple reactor meltdowns that occurred. We are also well aware of policy failures that led to evacuation in to the […]

11/30/2016 / By fukushima

Full-scale model used to test decommissioning for Fukushima reactor

NARAHA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – A research institute has used a full-size mock-up of part of a nuclear reactor to conduct trial decommissioning experiments for use on the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 plant. Article by Kyodo The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) carried out the experiments Tuesday using a 20-meter wide, 12-meter high model […]

11/29/2016 / By fukushima

Japan Fukushima nuclear plant ‘clean-up costs double’

Japan’s government estimates the cost of cleaning up radioactive contamination and compensating victims of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has more than doubled, reports say. Article by Asia The latest estimate from the trade ministry put the expected cost at some 20 trillion yen ($180bn, £142bn). The original estimate was for $50bn, which was increased […]

11/28/2016 / By fukushima

Japan earthquake: social aftershocks of Fukushima disaster are still being felt

At 5.59am local time on November 22, Fukushima was hit by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, triggering a tsunami warning. For residents in the same region of Japan devastated by the major 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and its tsunami, the threat of a renewed disaster was very real. Article by The Conversation The tsunami warning was lifted […]

11/23/2016 / By fukushima

Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?

We all remember March 11, 2011, when the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan earthquake triggered a 14-metre tsunami that flooded the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Four of the six reactors on site were badly damaged, three suffering core meltdowns. Article by Tony Irwin Also affected by the tsunami, but to a much lesser extent, were […]

11/22/2016 / By fukushima

Hundreds protest Fukushima imports

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds on Thursday called for the president and premier to resign, accusing the ruling party of “selling out Taiwan” and “poisoning our children” in its push to ease a ban on food imports from Japan’s radiation-affected regions. Article by Sun Hsin Hsuan Protesters organized by the Kuomintang (KMT) demonstrated in front of […]

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