News About Japan

Small amounts of plutonium have been found in soil outside the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant. Mr. Kimura of Hokkaido University took samples from area 1.7 kilometers west from the power station, on April 21st,  before the area became an exclusion zone. Kanazawa University laboratory analyzed the samples and found minute amounts of  plutonium-239 and 240- [...]

Two workers of  Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant have been exposed to very high radiation. This is the first such case in which radiation levels in human bodies have exceeded the limit since the accident at Fukushima. Test shows that internal radiation absorbed by two men is between 200 and 580 millisieverts. The results indicate [...]

It is always the same story- TEPCO plans to plug all potential leaks of highly radioactive water from the Fukushima  nuclear power plant. And TEPCO wants to make this miracle in June! But despite all previous efforts, radioactive water keep leaking… TEPCO made a plan and submited it to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. [...]

Extraordinarily high levels of radioactive cesium were found in seafloor samples from Miyagi and Ibaraki Prefectures. Samples collected from twelve places along Fukushima prefecture’s Pacific coast between May 9th and 14th contained radioactive cesium 137, about 100 times the normal level. Specialists from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology said that plankton most probably [...]

Companies located close to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have got permission to continue operations but they must start daily monitoring of their workplace radiation levels. Japanese  government expanded the 20-kilometer evacuation zone around the plant last month because of the risks  of radiation exposure. Employees of companies located in village close to crippled nuclear power [...]

TEPCO must remove highly radioactive debris  to proceed with efforts to stabilize the No. 3 reactor. Tokyo Electric Power Company  found debris releasing 1,000 millisieverts per hour in No. 3 reactor building. It is the highest level of radiation found in debris left outside. These materials can be part of the large amount of debris [...]

Workers of Fukushima nuclear plant have entered the No. 3 reactor building  for the first time since a hydrogen explosion. TEPCO says that two specially equiped workers carrying air tanks went inside the building for about 10 minutes on Wednesday, to check radiation levels. TEPCO says the  radiation was 160 to 170 millisieverts per hour [...]

The meltdowns  took place at the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, unlike plant operator TEPCO  had informed previously. Same like case of  No. 1 reactor, the melted fuel might created holes in the pressure vessel of the No. 3 reactor, according to TEPCO data. Goshi Hosono, [...]

TEPCO makes preparations to cover the damaged No 1 reactor building at the Fukushima nuclear plant to reduce the amount of nuclear materials leaking into the air. The contaminated rubble has been cleaned and a chemical hardening agent was spraying to prevent the spread of radioactive dust. The other task for TEPCO is to keep [...]

Preparatory work to restore the cooling functions of the No.1 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant has begun. TEPCO workers opened the door of the reactor building on Sunday evening. The small amount of radioactive substances would leak for about 8 hours once the door was opened, but radiation levels near the plant have not [...]