Monday, July 23, 2012

Fukushima Nukeblog July 23, 2012


July 23, 2012


Tepco subcontractors admit telling workers to fake radiation exposure to get more work


Studies still say that safety rules were insuffiicent, but the main problem is that the plant was never designed to withstand a 15 meter tsunami, and not well designed enough to withstand an earthquake that severe. 


Fukushima Watch: Anti-Nuclear Candidate Gains Ground in Yamaguchi Race
Wall Street Journal (blog)
But while pro-nuclear candidates have had the upper hand in all post-Fukushimaelections until now, a clean slate of newcomers has made the gubernatorial contest in Yamaguchi prefecture one of the most high-profile among the anti-nuclear camp as recent ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Japan Fukushima probe urges new disaster prevention steps, mindset
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - A government-appointed inquiry into Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis raised doubts on Monday about whether other atomic plants were prepared for massive disasters, and delivered a damning assessment of regulators and the station's ...
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In Fukushima, Surreal Serenity
New York Times
On a recent visit to Fukushima Prefecture, I encountered a surreal situation where residents lived and worked with impressive calm and normalcy amid daunting circumstances: an ongoing struggle to decommission the nuclear plants damaged last year by ...
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New York Times
Japan investigating if Fukushima workers hid radiation exposure
Los Angeles Times
Japanese officials are investigating whether workers cleaning up in the wake of the Fukushimanuclear disaster were pushed to shield their radiation meters so they could keep working for longer on the contaminated plant. Under Japanese regulations ...
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Fukushima Watch: Doctoring Dosimeters — How Far Did It Go?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Over the weekend, a subcontractor that worked at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant confessed to asking some of its employees to put lead covers on their dosimeters in order to keep their radiation exposure readings artificially low. Associated...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Report: Plant Operators Tokyo Electric And ...
Huffington Post
Yotaro Hatamura, chairperson of the Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during the committee meeting in Tokyo Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Shizuo ...
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Fukushima Investigators Say More Study Needed on What Went Wrong
Businessweek
“The government shouldn't close its accident investigation into Fukushima with the end of probes by our committee and the parliamentary commission,” led by Kurokawa, Hatamura's panel reported. “When radiation levels fall, detailed on-site examination ...
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Some Workers At Fukushima Were Told To Lie About Radiation Exposure
Business Insider
The massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, led to a breach of containment structures at the Fukushima plant that released a lot of radiation, keeping large areas around the plant off limits for more than a year later. CNN reports that a government ...
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Business Insider
Japan Panel Says Plant Operator Falls Short on Nuclear Safety
Wall Street Journal
TOKYO—The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is still failing to sufficiently ensure the safety of its nuclear operations, a government-appointed panel looking into the causes of last year's disastrous accident said Monday. But in a ...
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Workers altered exposure levels at Japanese nuclear plant
Boston Herald
TOKYO — Five employees of a Fukushima subcontractor placed lead covers over their dosimeters to mask exposure levels while engaging in restoration work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a Tokyo-based firm entrusted with restoring the plant ...
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Video2 new results for fukushima
 
Fukushima probe delivers damning verdict ...
world news - The Fukushima probe panel has handed down a damning conclusion on the ...
euronews.com
Japan: Fukushima Nuclear disaster caused by ...
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Last year's nuclear disaster at Fukushima was caused by overconfidence, both by the ...
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