Japan trying to serve Fukushima tainted food to foreigners
The 2011 tsunami that rocked the coast of Japan damaged the country’s agricultural industry as much as the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Since then, the Japanese government has been desperately trying to mend public relations about the safety of its food products. The Tokyo Power Electric Company (TEPCO) and the Japanese government claim that they Read More
New robot set to explore toxic depths of Fukushima
One of the great difficulties facing the clean-up crew at the Fukushima site is locating the missing nuclear reactor fuel. Radiation levels at the power plant are too high for human investigation, and efforts to send robot probes into the nuclear reactors have proven fruitless. Consequently, researchers are now developing a new and improved robot Read More
Fukushima disaster could have been prevented, according to new study; TEPCO shortsightedness to blame
The most tragic disasters are those that could have been avoided. According to a recent study, one of the worst nuclear accidents in human history, the Fukushima disaster, was not an inevitable corollary of nature, but a consequence of human negligence and insufficient pre-tsunami planning. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the company responsible for Read More
Former Fukushima worker who got cancer is suing TEPCO
In a first, a former worker at the Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant has filed a lawsuit against the majority-Japanese-government-owned Tokyo Electric Power Company for cancer he says he developed after exposure to radiation from the March 2011 disaster. (This article originally appeared on The Daily Sheeple). Via The Japan Times: According to Read More
Former TEPCO executives face mandatory indictment for Fukushima disaster
The Tokyo No. 5 Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution announced last July that former Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, as well as two other former company executives, should be indicted for his role in the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The will of the people trumped the prosecutor’s decision not to indict the men. Read More
TEPCO continues to use deadly environmental contaminant “hydrazine” at Fukushima site
Recent roadmap reports from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reveal that the noxious chemical hydrazine is still in use at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Hydrazine was used originally in 2011 to keep reactors, and storage pools for spent fuel from the reactors, from corroding. Japan developed its own rules for reporting on the Read More