Fukushima Update #12 “Safety Measures at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa”
This edition begins with an update on the transfer of fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool of reactor 4 at Fukushima...
read moreSafety measures at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
Our feature this week focuses on Tokyo Electric Power Company’s plan to restart two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa n...
read moreEvacuated schools opened to parents
Six schools in evacuated areas near Fukushima Daiichi have been opened to parents for the first time since March 2011.
read moreEffort to relaunch rice farming
Rice cultivated in formerly evacuated areas around Fukushima is being tested for radiation. The project aims to reopen s...
read moreSpent fuel transfer begins
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have completed the first transfer of spent fuel assemblies from the pool ...
read moreFukushima Update #11
This week we start with news on TEPCO’s decision to decommission two reactors which were not damaged by the nuclear acci...
read moreChallenges of nuclear fuel removal
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have begun extracting fuel rods from one of the facility’s spent fuel poo...
read moreCompany develops soil decontamination device
A private Japanese company says it has developed a device to reduce the amount of radioactive particles in contaminated ...
read moreGovt. to identify nuclear waste disposal sites
The Secretary General of Japan’s ruling party says the government should take the lead in identifying sites for the fina...
read moreTEPCO to decommission two more reactors
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has decided to decommission two reactors that were not damaged by th...
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