Japanese journalist Jun Hori has resigned from his job as anchor for NHK, the Japanese state broadcaster, stating that his network censored what he was allowed to say about the Fukushima disaster, and that they were hesitant to report on the full extent of the situation. “I am a newscaster, but I couldn’t tell the […]
Water Treatment System Fails Yet Again
The trouble-plagued ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) system, intended to filter radioactive substances from the water in holding tanks at the Fukushima cleanup site, has reportedly failed once again, causing a minor disruption in the leanup efforts. The system was partially shut down last Saturday after calcium was discovered in one of its 3 lines. […]
Radioactive Water Leaks – An Overview
It is a mess. There is no other word for it. The clean-up of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant has been beset by problems, one after another, since the triple disaster of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear melt-down that struck on March 11, 2011. Granted the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which maintains the […]
Fukushima plant water purifier restarted
After several glitches, the water purification system at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is running again. However all may still not be well. As The New Zealand Herald writes: ” TEPCO [Tokyo Electric Power Co.] is struggling to handle the huge — and growing — volume of contaminated water….Thousands of gallons of contaminated water are […]
Plan to freeze contaminated water has failed
The most recent plan to deal with the contaminated water under the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant involves freezing this water and erecting an ice-and-soil wall around it to stop the radioactive water from leaking into the sea. While the ice wall may very well work, there’s one small problem: the contaminated water refuses to […]