Mainichi Radioactive cesium contamination levels in a river near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant rise in the spring and fall in the autumn, a new study shows. The researchers believe the rise is attributable to very large numbers of leaves containing radioactive substances falling into rivers in the spring. In one year, the radioactive … Continue reading Radioactive cesium levels in Fukushima river seasonal: study →

Reuters : June 12, 2015 Japan will delay removal of dangerous spent uranium fuel rods from the wrecked Fukushima power station, another setback in Tokyo Electric Power Co’s struggle to contain the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The Japanese government said on Friday it approved a revised “roadmap” for decommissioning the Fukushima … Continue reading Japan delays nuclear fuel removal schedule for Fukushima plant →

ENE News: May 31, 2015 NHK, May 30, 2015 (emphasis added): Record levels of radioactivity in plant’s port — The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it has found record-high levelsof radioactive water in the facility’s port. It says the high levels are due to a leak… They later detected about 22,000 becquerels of beta … Continue reading Fukushima: Record Levels of Radioactivity Detected in Seawater — Spiked “More than 200 Times” at Sampling Location →

Hiromi Kumai The Asahi Shimbun: May 23, 2015 Inspections of containers holding contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant found that at least 10 percent have leaks, which could trigger a hydrogen explosion. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant’s operator, reported its findings at a meeting with a study group from the … Continue reading Risk of hydrogen explosion from leaking containers at Fukushima plant →

Jonathan Tirone Bloomberg : May 15, 2015 Tokyo Electric Power Co. should consider discharging water contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdowns into the Pacific Ocean, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. More than four years after the nuclear power-plant disaster in Japan, the United Nations agency renewed pressure for an alternative to holding the … Continue reading Tepco May Need to Dump (MORE) Fukushima Water Into Sea, UN Says →

ENE News: May 4, 2015 Asahi Shimbun, May 1, 2015 (emphasis added): Yauemon Sato, the ninth-generation chief of a sake brewery operating here since 1790 [and president of electric power company Aizu Denryoku] likens the crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to “caldrons of hell.” In a recent interview with The … Continue reading Fukushima’s “Caldrons of Hell”: More than 300 Tons of Highly Radioactive Water Generated Daily →

Having killed a robot by underestimating the level of radiation present in the Fukushima power plant, and after delaying its previous admission of a leak, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has quickly admitted that the nuclear plant has sprung another leak. As EFE reports, a small quantity of radioactive water has leaked from a storage … Continue reading TEPCO Admits Fukushima Is Leaking Again – Over 600x ‘Safe’ Radiation Levels →

Emergency closure of fishery along entire West Coast — Almost no babies surviving since 2011 — “Catastrophic crash… Population decimated… Crisis… Collapse so severe” — “Latest in series of alarming die-offs… mass reproductive failures… strange diseases” — Official: “A lot of weird things out there” ENENews: April 16th, 2015 NY Times, Apr 15, 2015 (emphasis … Continue reading Fukushima Fallout? Emergency closure of fishery along entire West Coast – “Catastrophic crash… Population decimated” →

Mainstream media have ignored the ongoing nuclear disaster in the pacific ocean for years, but reality is becoming harder for them to ignore. CTV News: Radioactive waste specialist at Beyond Nuclear Kevin Kamps on how signs of radioactivity off B.C.’s coast should give us larger concern. Alternative Free Press has been covering the Fukushima crisis … Continue reading Mainstream media FINALLY covers ‘Unprecedented damage’ to ocean from Fukushima →

RT: February 22, 2015 Another radioactive water leak in the sea has been detected at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the facility’s operator TEPCO announced. Contamination levels in the gutter reportedly spiked up 70 times over regular readings. The sensors are connected to the gutter that pours rain and ground water from the plant to … Continue reading Fresh leak at Fukushima nuclear plant sees 70-fold radiation spike →