Wednesday, March 8, 2017

A Sampling of the Fukushima Anniversary Coverage

Fukushima earthquake anniversary marked with workshop on lessons learned

CBC.ca - ‎4 hours ago‎
This Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of what's been called "The Great East Japan Earthquake," the 9.0-magnitude earthquake which struck near the northeastern coast of Japan in 2011 and caused a massive tsunami. The earthquake and resulting wave ...

OF NUCLEAR INTEREST: Fukushima anniversary – a yearly wake-up call

Wicked Local Carver - ‎6 hours ago‎
March 11 marks the six-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. A 9.0 earthquake off Japan's coast created a tsunami that made landfall an hour later. The giant wave breached the seawall at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, flooding ...

Editorial: Reasons for Japan to dump nuclear power more obvious now than ever

The Mainichi - ‎9 hours ago‎
It has been nearly six years since the triple-meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Two things seem symbolic of this time: the simultaneous lifting of evacuation orders for the Fukushima Prefecture village of Iitate and other nearby ...

The Earthquake Question

Asia Times - ‎18 hours ago‎
The general view is the Fukushima reactor meltdowns in Japan in 2011 were caused by the tsunami that knocked out backup power to the atomic plant. Nuclear engineers say that's not the full story. By Daniel Hurst. March 8, 2017 8:06 AM (UTC+8).

Checking radiation levels in the Fukushima area

BBC News - ‎Mar 7, 2017‎
The name Fukushima will always be associated with the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, causing a triple meltdown at the city's nuclear power station. An exclusion zone remains in place around the nuclear site as thousands of workers continue clean-up ...

Fukushima Cleanup Hitting Snags as Robot Probes Fail

POWER magazine - ‎22 hours ago‎
The epic recovery from the 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, already predicted to take decades and cost at least $35 billion, is encountering delays as a series of robot probes have failed due to encountering more difficult ...

Ann Darling: Fukushima anniversary reminder of dangers

GazetteNET - ‎18 hours ago‎
March 11 will mark the sixth anniversary of the catastrophic explosions and meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power stations in Japan. This catastrophe is not over, nor do we know yet what is really happening in those damaged reactors. Not ...

Fukushima's Radiation is So Deadly Even Robots Can't Survive After Exposure

NextShark - ‎21 hours ago‎
Cleaning up the mess at Fukushima has proven to be a tough task even for Japan's robots as high radiation levels in the site repeatedly cause them to malfunction each time a probe is attempted. Considered to be the largest nuclear disaster since the ...

Tepco, 2 other utilities team on nuclear safety

Nikkei Asian Review - ‎Mar 7, 2017‎
TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings has partnered on nuclear safety with fellow utilities Chubu Electric Power and Hokuriku Electric Power, a collaboration born of necessity to preserve related staff and expertise amid the prolonged inactivity ...

Long way ahead for decommissioning of nuclear power plant in Fukushima

The Japan News - ‎Mar 7, 2017‎
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe risk of radiation escaping from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has decreased considerably. With six years passing since the Great East Japan Earthquake, it can be ...

Fukushima Is Turning Into A Robot Graveyard After Multiple Probe Failures

IFLScience - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
Aerial image of the Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit offshore on November 22, 2016 in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan. The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images. Tom Hale ...

Fukushima disaster 'continues unchecked'

Echonetdaily - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
On the sixth anniversary of Fukushima the people of our rainbow region will gather to send a message of solidarity to the people of Fukushima and Japan. Three events are planned for the week: a pop-up action at Cape Byron Lighthouse, on Saturday March ...

Robots Keep Dying in Fukushima Nuclear Site

Daily Disruption - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
Robots sent to clean up the Fukushima nuclear site kept on dying making it hard for the clearing of the area. The Japanese government handed the responsibility of clearing up Fukushima to the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). A 9.0 magnitude ...

Flash Physics: Too radioactive even for robots, IBM to build 50 qubit computer, seeing through opaque materials

physicsworld.com - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
Better robots are needed for investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after current designs failed due to radiation levels and debris obstacles. At a recent news conference, president of Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning, Naohiro Masuda, spoke ...

Even Robots Die In Fukushima's Old Nuclear Plant!

The Green Optimistic (blog) - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
It seems as though yet another robot has died while trying to investigate the Fukushima disaster. This robot is the third that has failed to do much of anything, and it would seem that we know little about what is going on inside of the failed reactor ...

Fukushima Daiichi Today: Successes and Setbacks

Nippon.com - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi accident, nuclear energy reporter Takahashi Hideki visited the plant once again to cover recent efforts to locate molten fuel debris and correct misperceptions spread by irresponsible reporting.

People in New York and Los Angeles offer prayers ahead of 2011 Tohoku quake and tsunami anniversary

The Japan Times - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES – About 700 Americans and Japanese offered prayers Sunday at memorial events in New York and Los Angeles ahead of Saturday's anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered the Fukushima ...

Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying

Irish Independent - ‎Mar 5, 2017‎
A lone house sits on the scarred landscape, inside the exclusion zone, close to 4 A lone house sits on the scarred landscape, inside the exclusion zone, close to the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on February. Photo by Christopher ...

Fukushima Catastrophe at 6: Normalizing Radiation Exposure Demeans Women and Kids and Risk

Bay Area Indymedia - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
Women and children are often the focus of these “normalization” techniques. And they are the ones with the most to lose including supportive social and familial structures, and ultimately, health. Females, children and pregnancy pay a disproportionate ...

Robots dying in Fukushima as high radiation levels blight clean-up

talkRADIO (press release) - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
The company hired to clean up the Fukushima site is reportedly experiencing difficulties as their robotic probes keep malfunctioning. The nuclear power plant at Fukushima in Japan was heavily damaged by the massive 9.0 magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and ...

Otake, Johnston 'Fukushima' Project Culminating Events in NYC on March 11

Wesleyan Connection (blog) - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
Eiko Otake stands on the top of a breakwater in a dark gray kimono. To her right, the ocean crashes into piles of concrete cubes–their shapes, stacked together, seem almost too clean, like abstractions of stone. She clutches a large but frayed scarlet ...

Silence in ghost town

New Zealand Herald - ‎Mar 5, 2017‎
The Ukedo district of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, was previously a fishing town with a swimming beach. Photo / Yomiuri Shimbun via drone. Houses dot an empty landscape, standing as reminders of a village that existed before the Japan earthquake in ...

Kaleidoscope of the Heart: March is a time to slow down

The Mainichi - ‎Mar 4, 2017‎
As we enter March, the date of the Great East Japan Earthquake approaches. Nearly six years have passed since that disaster on March 11, 2011, and I imagine that the climate in this month must remind people of that tragic day. Some people probably ...

Silence reigns over tsunami-ravaged town in Japan

The Guam Daily Post (press release) (registration) - ‎Mar 5, 2017‎
REMINDERS: Houses dot the empty landscape in Namie, Japan, standing as reminders of a village that existed before the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the area in March 2011. Japan News. prev. next. NAMIE, Fukushima – Houses dot the empty ...

Partner with Tepco? No thanks, say Japanese power peers

Nikkei Asian Review - ‎Mar 4, 2017‎
TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is sinking deeper into a quagmire. With the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster drawing near, Tepco is trying desperately to get back on ...

2011 Japan Earthquake - Tsunami Fast Facts - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4

KITV Honolulu - ‎Mar 5, 2017‎
(CNN) -- Here's a look at the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March of 2011. March 11, 2011 - At 2:46 p.m., a 9.1 magnitude earthquake takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 15.2 miles. The earthquake causes a tsunami with ...

Fukushima Residents Being Forced to Return despite High Radiation, NGOs Say

Latin American Herald Tribune - ‎16 hours ago‎
TOKYO – The Japanese government is forcing people who were evacuated from regions in Fukushima affected by the nuclear disaster to return to their homes despite persisting high radiation levels, Greenpeace and other nonprofits said Tuesday. Several ...

Japanese utilities enhance nuclear safety cooperation

World Nuclear News - ‎Mar 7, 2017‎
Three Japanese utilities - Chubu, Hokuriku and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) - have agreed to collaborate on improving their nuclear safety through technical cooperation. Kashiwazaki Kariwa. Tepco's seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant (Image: ...

Robots sent into Fukushima keep dying

MINA - ‎Mar 6, 2017‎
Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) head of decommissioning admitted on Thursday that more creativity was needed in developing its robots sent to the reactive zone. The Fukushima nuclear power plant was massively damaged in 2011, when three of ...

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