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Watchdog: Ocean contamination likely at Fukushima

2013-07-10 17:04:17| Energy - Topix.net

Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that the crippled Fukushima power plant is likely leaking contaminated water into the ocean, a problem long suspected by experts but denied by the plant's operator.

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Japan nuclear regulator alarmed at Fukushima contamination reports

2013-07-10 13:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Japan's nuclear regulator expressed growing alarm on Wednesday at increased contamination beside the seafront of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and urged the plant's operators to take protective measures. Fukushima's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., has acknowledged problems are mounting at the plant north of Tokyo, the site of the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. On Tuesday, the company said radiation levels in groundwater had soared, suggesting...

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Former chief of Fukushima nuclear plant has died

2013-07-09 14:11:56| Energy - Topix.net

Tokyo Electric Power Co. says the former chief of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, Masao Yoshida, has died of cancer of the esophagus.

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Japan may restart reactors in a year; Fukushima situation worsens

2013-07-09 13:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Japan may restart several reactors shut down by the Fukushima nuclear crisis in about a year, a senior regulator said in an interview on Tuesday, a day after new safety rules went into effect designed to avoid a repeat of the disaster. At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant north of Tokyo, the site of the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl in 1986, the situation took a turn for the worse as radiation levels in groundwater soared, suggesting highly toxic materials from the plant are...

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Fukushima Operator TEPCO Seeks to Restart Reactors at World's Largest Nuclear Power Station

2013-07-03 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Japans stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said Tuesday it plans to ask the country's nuclear watch group for permission to restart two of its offline nuclear reactors at a different location. (Photo : Reuters) Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said Tuesday it plans to ask the country's nuclear watch group for permission to restart two of its offline nuclear...

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