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Deaths confirmed at Fukushima Daiichi
Deaths confirmed at Fukushima Daiichi
Two workers missing since the natural disasters of 11 March have now been found dead in the turbine building of Fukushima Daiichi unit 4.
Regulation & Safety · Sunday, 3 April 2011
Concrete pumps to Fukushima
Concrete pumps to Fukushima
Four more concrete pumping trucks are on their way to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to help the effort to maintain fuel ponds.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 1 April 2011
Tepco's plans for water issues
Tepco's plans for water issues
Engineers have plans to deal with contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi site, although enacting them will take time. New water storage and treatment facilities are planned for construction.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 1 April 2011
International nuclear safety pledges and promises
International nuclear safety pledges and promises
The governing body of the 抖阴传媒在线 Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has pledged to maintain a 'safety first' focus following the events at Fukushima. Meanwhile, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for international nuclear safety standards.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 1 April 2011
Further evacuations a possibility
Further evacuations a possibility
Japanese authorities are considering the evacuation of more people in the area around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a more serious spot of radionuclide disposition was identified. Some restrictions on tap water are being lifted but discharges to sea continue.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 31 March 2011
Tsunami likely filled trenches
Tsunami likely filled trenches
Analysis of the trenches at Fukushima Daiichi indicates they were probably flooded by the tsunami. Low radioactivity in one trench may result from capture of radionuclides from the air but high levels in another are unexplained.
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Cooling standard could hit power plants
Cooling standard could hit power plants

More than 600 power plants including more than half of US nuclear reactors may be forced to retrofit once-through cooling systems with cooling towers under a proposed rule issued by the country's Environmental Protection Agency.

Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Trench water under investigation
Trench water under investigation
Contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi is present in large trenches that run alongside and are connected to the turbine buildings, where contaminated water has also been found. One trench is showing very high dose rates from its surface.
Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 29 March 2011
IAEA chief proposes nuclear safety meeting
IAEA chief proposes nuclear safety meeting

The head of the International Atomic 抖阴传媒在线 Agency (IAEA) has called for a high-level conference to discuss what lessons can be learned from the accident at the quake- and tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi听nuclear power plant in Japan.

Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Contaminated pools to be drained
Contaminated pools to be drained

Pools of water with significant contamination are slowing down repair work in units 1, 2 and 3 at Fukushima Daiichi. It was in unit 3 that three workers recently suffered higher radiation exposure. The results of plutonium sampling have now been released.

Regulation & Safety · Sunday, 27 March 2011
Fukushima Daiichi two weeks on
Fukushima Daiichi two weeks on

Tokyo Electric Power Company has been criticised over yesterday's exposure to workers operating in ankle-deep water, but continues to make progress towards stabilising the site two weeks after the natural disasters of 11 March.

Regulation & Safety · Friday, 25 March 2011
All clear on tap water
All clear on tap water
Advice issued in Tokyo yesterday to avoid giving tap water to infants has been lifted after a drop in the level of iodine-131.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 24 March 2011
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