Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Fukushima Updates

Here's the topic summaries of today's Fukushima updates. Click the link for the full reports.

Tepco has shown the video conferencing recorded during the first five days of the Fukushima accident. The video shows the high degree of tension among the officials at both the Tepco home office (Tokyo) and plant management in the emergency center (TSC) at F. Daiichi... In a western news report concerning the footage, it seemed everyone in Tokyo and at F. Daiichi was taken by surprise and confused by what was happening... Comments from WWII atomic bomb survivors reveals mixed opinions on nuclear energy... An estimated 1.69 million tons of tsunami debris from Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures must be disposed of outside the two states. Revised estimates were released for all tsunami wastes that remain to be handled... Industry Minister Yukio Edano has advised Prime Minister Noda against meeting with organizers of the weekly nuclear protests in Tokyo... Food from the Tohoku region is selling briskly in Tokyo... The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says that 21,047 people were taken to hospitals to be treated for heatstroke in July.
 

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