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05/24/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Fukushima is running out of storage tanks for radioactive water … Where will they dump it now?

The fallout from one of the worst nuclear disasters in history is likely about to get far worse, with Japanese news media reporting that the storage capacity for collecting radioactive water at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is close to reaching its limit. The power plant was first commissioned in 1971, and was one […]

02/16/2018 / By David Williams

More melted fuel found at Fukushima 7 years later: Underwater robot captures images that prove at least some of the fuel breached the core

It has been seven years since the worst industrial disaster in all of human history happened in Fukushima, yet its devastating effects are still being felt to this day. As a matter of fact, experts have just discovered that more melted fuel can be found at the site, and that it may take a long […]

10/12/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Radioactive material from Fukushima discovered in the sand and groundwater beneath the beach, releasing cesium into the ocean

A new study that was published on Monday, October 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that scientists were able to discover a place where radioactive material from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant mishap had gravitated to – in sands and brackish groundwater near beaches that reached up to 60 […]

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 […]

11/14/2016 / By fukushima

Crippled Fukushima reactor fully exposed for first time since meltdown

Fukushima’s Nuclear Plant reactor No. 1 has been fully exposed for the first time since the March 2011 tragedy, after the utility company safely removed the last cover sheet of the temporary protective construction. Article by rt.com Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) used an industrial crane to lift the last of its 18 protective panels […]

11/07/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima Radiation in the Pacific (Revisited)

My recent post on the spread of radiation stemming from the Fukushima nuclear accident drew quite a few questioning comments. Specifically the article suggested that radiation from the accident was drifting across the Pacific at levels high enough to cause alarm. It turns out such cause for alarm was exaggerated, though there is still reason to […]

10/26/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima decommissioning costs soar to at least $24bn

Cleanup costs of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant over the next three decades will be far more than TEPCO previously estimated. An expert panel is now considering ways to avoid increasing the “public burden.” Article by RT.com Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has estimated that it will cost around 80-billion yen ($770 million) annually to […]

10/25/2016 / By fukushima

Costs are ballooning for dismantling Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

Japan’s estimate of dismantling the Fukushima nuclear plant is ballooning far beyond the utility’s estimate of 2 trillion yen ($19 billion). Article by Tribune News Services A government study released Tuesday found decommissioning the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant already has cost 80 billion yen ($770 million) over the last three years. The plant suffered multiple reactor […]

10/11/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima cleanup talks put Tepco’s survival risk in focus

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is still struggling to put the Fukushima nuclear disaster behind it, admitting this week that paying for decommissioning the plant in one go risks leaving it insolvent. Article by Gulf Times The cost to insure debt in Japan’s biggest utility climbed to a seven-month high of 89 basis points on […]

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