Tag "earthquake"
Tepco’s been emphasizing the safety of contaminated water by measuring with incompatible dosimeters
Photo: Contaminated water storage tanks lined up in Fukushima nuclear plant area (1.2016) [Link] It was found out Tepco has repeatedly been emphasizing the safety of contaminated water by
The Japanese gov considers completely submerging reactor 3 in a tank to remove molten fuel debris
Photo: Fuel Handling Machine in Reactor 3. (8. 2015) [Link] In order to remove the molten nuclear fuel (debris) from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, TEPCO is considering a “submersion
Court ordered four Tepco ex-executives to pay 100 billion USD compensation
Photo : Reactor 3 in 6.2015 [URL] On the 13th of July, 2022, the Tokyo district court ordered four former Tepco executives to pay 100 billion USD (97,057,178,988 USD).
Coolant water leakage accelerated in reactor 3 Fukushima plant
(Photo: Reactor 3 taken in June 2015) Tepco was forced to restart the coolant water injection to the crippled reactor 3 of the Fukushima nuclear plant. On the 14th
Damage in reactor 1 assumably exacerbated by M7.3 quake from mid March
Photo: Near the bottom of reactor 1 PCV. Molten debris can be seen in the upper middle part of this photo. (16.03.2022) [Link] The crippled reactor 1 in the
Elephant’s foot caught in reactor1 for the first time since 2011
(Photo : Molten substance accumulating on the bottom of reactor1 vessel. Photo was taken on the 9th of February, 2022.) Molten substance was recorded in reactor1 by a drone camera
Gross beta nuclides over safety limit detected in Fukushima plant seawater everyday
(Photo : Stored debris from Fukushima nuclear plant. Taken on the 5th of September, 2019.[URL]) On the 1st of February, 2022, the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan published a
Drone u-turned after unknown troubles during reactor1 investigation
(Photo: Reactor1, December 2019. [URL]) The investigation inside reactor1 was planned to start on the 12th of January, 2022 until August, however, it encountered multiple troubles in the process
Opposition pushes back Tepco’s contaminated water discharge
Photo: Contaminated water tanks in the area of the Fukushima nuclear plant (photo taken in December 2019) [URL] Tepco is delaying its schedule to discharge the contaminated water to
The US resumed all food imports from Japan including Fukushima prefecture followed by EU
Photo : International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reviewed the contaminated water processing system in Fukushima plant on the 8th of September, 2021.[Link] U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced, on
