Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Flooding prevention steps insufficient at 10 nuclear facilities


Flooding prevention steps insufficient at 10 nuclear facilities

Flooding prevention steps insufficient at 10 nuclear facilities

Measures against flooding are insufficient at 10 nuclear power facilities in Japan, mainly at connecting sections, inspections by power utilities have ...http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/08/national/flooding-prevention-steps-insufficient-10-nuclear-facilities/
 
 

Incredibly high radiation levels discovered at crippled Fukushima plant

Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Newly-discovered radiation levels in one of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's reactors are stunningly high, the Japan Times and others have reported. The space is so radioactive that even a robot couldn't last two hours, let alone a human. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/02/08/incredibly-high-radiation-levels-discovered-at-crippled-fukushima-plant.html

Radiation at Japan's Fukushima Reactor Is Now at 'Unimaginable' Levels

Fox News Insider - ‎2 hours ago‎
The radiation levels at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are now at "unimaginable" levels. Adam Housley, who reported from the area in 2011 following the catastrophic triple-meltdown, said this morning that new fuel leaks have been ... http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/08/unimaginable-levels-radiation-fukushima-pacific-ocean-leaks

Japanese nuclear plant just recorded an astronomical radiation level. Should we be worried?

Washington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
TOKYO — The utility company that operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan — the one that went into triple meltdown after the enormous 2011 earthquake and tsunami — has released some jaw-dropping figures. The radiation level in the ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/08/japanese-nuclear-plant-just-recorded-an-astronomical-radiation-level-should-we-be-worried/?utm_term=.55057180ca8c

New Radiation Level at Fukushima Dwarfs the Highest Peak at Chernobyl | Peak Oil News and Message Boards

Yahoo News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The Fukushima Disaster We noted a few days after the Japanese earthquake that the amount of radioactive fuel at Fukushima dwarfs that at Chernobyl … and that the cesium fallout from Fukushima already rivaled Chernobyl (we also noted that Fukushima ... https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/8aee676c-b7de-3857-9871-be47183524e9/ss_new-radiation-level-at.html

Japan News: Fukushima Cleanup Uncovers Deadly Radioactive Fuel At Nuclear Plant Reactor

International Business Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
Recent measurements of radiation levels at the incapacitated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan were the highest recorded since the 2011 meltdown that was the world's worst nuclear disaster since the Ukrainian Chernobyl accident in 1986. The latest ... http://www.ibtimes.com/japan-news-fukushima-cleanup-uncovers-deadly-radioactive-fuel-nuclear-plant-reactor-2488546

Report: Highest radiation levels recorded inside Fukushima's damaged reactors

WTAE Pittsburgh - ‎11 hours ago‎
Scientists have reportedly measured the highest level of radiation yet inside a damaged Fukushima reactor. Advertisement. It's been nearly six years since a tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on the northeast coast of Japan, causing ... http://www.wtae.com/article/report-highest-radiation-levels-recorded-inside-fukushimas-damaged-reactors/8690996

New gov't bill would make TEPCO reserve funds for Fukushima plant decommissioning

The Mainichi - ‎12 hours ago‎
The government on Feb. 7 submitted a legal revision bill to the Diet to stabilize funding for the decommissioning of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. 【Related】Editorial: Video shows difficulty in decommissioning Fukushima nuke plant · 【Related ...http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170208/p2a/00m/0na/007000c

China urges Japan to act responsibly over Fukishima radiation

ecns - ‎19 hours ago‎
China on Monday urged the Japanese government to clarify how they plan to deal with the impact of the deadly levels of radioactivity that have been detected inside the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. A Chinese expert also warned not to eat seafood ... http://www.ecns.cn/2017/02-08/244435.shtml

What's Going On At Fukushima?

IFLScience (blog) - ‎19 hours ago‎
A satellite view of Fukushima on March 14, 2011, three days after the disaster. DigitalGlobe/Getty Images. Jonathan O'Callaghan · By Jonathan O'Callaghan · 08/02/2017, 00:10. There have been some alarming headlines written about the Fukushima Daiichi ... http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/whats-going-on-at-fukushima/

Fukushima's radiation reaches 'unimaginable' levels

9news.com.au - ‎20 hours ago‎
Radiation levels recorded inside Fukushima's crippled nuclear power station are at the highest levels since its catastrophic meltdown in 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc (Tepco) said the radiation level in the containment vessel of Reactor 2 ...http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/02/08/10/24/fukushima-radiation-reaches-unimaginable-levels
 

 

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