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Toshiba unveils remote-controlled fuel removal system for Fukushima decommissioning

2016-01-19 01:00:00| Power Technology

Japanese tech giant Toshiba has launched a remote-controlled Fuel Removal System (FRS), designed to support decommissioning works at the contaminated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 building.

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Fukushima nuclear disaster: first worker diagnosed with cancer linked to cleanup

2015-10-20 17:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A 41-year old man has become the first worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to be diagnosed with cancer that officials recognise as being linked to his work there after the March 2011 disaster. The unnamed man, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in January 2014 after feeling unwell, spent a year working on reactor buildings that were badly damaged after a magnitude 9 earthquake triggered a tsunami that struck Fukushima and other parts of Japans north-east coast on 11 March 2011....

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NHK says health ministry confirms link between worker's leukemia and Fukushima blast

2015-10-20 11:25:10| Energy - Topix.net

The health ministry has for the first time confirmed that leukemia found in a worker at Tokyo Electric Power Co.' s Fukushima No.

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850 Tons of Treated Fukushima Water Dumped Into Pacific

2015-09-15 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Despite the objections of environmentalists and after overcoming local opposition from fishermen, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) pumped more than 850 tons of groundwater from below the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Monday. More than four years after a tsunami destroyed the plant and triggered a meltdown, the cleanup effort remains frought with numerous difficulties, including the nearly impossible task of dealing with the millions of gallons of contaminated and radioactive...

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Evacuated residents near Fukushima allowed to return home

2015-09-06 15:48:09| Energy - Topix.net

Even as a decadeslong cleanup plan continues at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan has now officially allowed residents in one nearby town to go back to their homes. Four-and-a-half years ago, the small town of Nahara was one of seven cities where all residents were ordered out following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated eastern Japan.

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