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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Take nuclear disaster ruling seriously

Take nuclear disaster ruling seriously
1 nuclear power plant should send a warning as authorities and the power industry move to restart nuclear reactors idled in the wake of the Fukushima ...http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/03/22/editorials/take-nuclear-disaster-ruling-seriously/#.WNLE9I61tSw
 
 

Fukushima News: Deadly Nuclear Radiation Levels Detected

International Business Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
Extremely high radiation levels were detected using cameras and robots in tainted water inside a reactor containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Japan Times reported Tuesday, citing Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/03/22/editorials/take-nuclear-disaster-ruling-seriously/&hl=en&geo=US
 

Robot can't find melted fuel at No. 1 reactor of Fukushima plant

Asahi Shimbun - ‎13 hours ago‎
Photo/Illutration What appears to be sand has piled up on a pipe at the bottom of the containment vessel of the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. This image was taken by a survey robot on March 20. (Provided by the International ...

Japan's Tepco aims to set up consortium with domestic nuke operators

Nasdaq - ‎11 hours ago‎
TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) <9501 .t=""> said on Wednesday it aims to set up a consortium with domestic nuclear operators as part of a goal for a reorganisation or integration of the country's nuclear industry under a new ...

Kids bullied at new schools due to nuclear crisis get day in court

Asahi Shimbun - ‎12 hours ago‎
MAEBASHI--A landmark court ruling in a group lawsuit against the state and Tokyo Electric Power Co. found that five plaintiffs were psychologically abused as children after they transferred to new schools because of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

UPDATE 1-Japan's Tepco seeks peers' help in bid to restart nuke plant

Reuters - ‎8 hours ago‎
TOKYO, March 22 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) plans to seek the cooperation of domestic nuclear operators to improve the safety of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in an attempt to restart it and help meet the costs of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Robot probe finds lethal radiation levels in water near bottom of Fukushima reactor 1 vessel

The Japan Times - ‎14 hours ago‎
FUKUSHIMA – A radiation level of 11 sieverts per hour has been detected in tainted water inside a reactor containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday. The reading was ...

Japan's Tepco set to announce revised business plan: media

Reuters - ‎17 hours ago‎
File photo: The logo of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is pictured at the Energy Market Liberalisation Expo in Tokyo, Japan, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai. TOKYO Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) (9501.T) will announce the main points of a ...

Tepco eyes reorganization to free up funds for disaster aftermath

The Japan Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is aiming to integrate its nuclear and power transmission and distribution businesses with other utilities to free up funds to use in dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. According to Tepco's ...

Tepco to link up with Intel to manage power grids overseas

Nikkei Asian Review - ‎20 hours ago‎
TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings is teaming up with U.S. chipmaker Intel and others in grid management in Asia and Africa, seeking new income abroad to fund its massive Fukushima cleanup project as demand shrinks at home. Tepco subsidiary ...

Robot Yet to Find Melted Nuclear Fuel Inside Japan's Fukushima-1 Reactor

Sputnik International - ‎Mar 21, 2017‎
The robot sent inside the containment vessel of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's (NPP) damaged reactor has not yet managed to find melted nuclear fuel, local media reported Tuesday. TOKYO (Sputnik) — In March 2011, an earthquake ...

Robot successfully reports killer radiation levels inside Fukushima reactor

Manila Bulletin - ‎Mar 21, 2017‎
Tokyo Electric on Sunday confirmed lethally high radiation levels inside the primary containment vessel (PCV) of the heavily damaged unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (REUTERS/ Toru Hanai/ MANILA BULLETIN). A magnitude-9.0 earthquake ...

Tepco Explores Unit 1 PCV With PMORPH Robot

Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers (press release) (blog) - ‎20 hours ago‎
An exploratory robot has been exploring Unit 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station in Japan and appears to be doing well recording radiation levels, temperatures and visual images of the primary containment vessel (PCV) that has far ...

Survey under way of Fukushima Daiichi 1 vessel

World Nuclear News - ‎Mar 20, 2017‎
A robot has entered into the primary containment vessel of the damaged unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi plant and provided Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) with radiation and temperature measurements within it. The company hopes the data, together ...

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