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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

6/8/2011 | Economy Sends Japanese to Fukushima for Jobs

Source: The New York Times
Date: June 8, 2011
by: HIROKO TABUCHI

IWAKI-YUMOTO, Japan — Just after 6 a.m. in this still sleepy hot spring town, bleary-eyed workers emerged from their inns, ready to board buses to return to their daily battle to contain the crisis at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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6/8/2011 | Despite Radiation, Some Japanese Villagers Stay Put

Source: NPR
Date: June 8, 2011
by: by Louisa Lim

Japan has doubled its estimate for the amount of radiation leaked by the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, but the process of evacuating the zone around the plant has not been smooth.
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6/9/2011 JST | Survey: strontium widespread in Fukushima

Source: NHK World
Date: Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02 +0900 (JST)

Soil samples from around Fukushima Prefecture have revealed concentrations of radioactive strontium.
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6/8/2011 | [TEPCO] Press Release (Jun 08,2011) Oil leakage to the sea confirmed around the water discharge canal of Unit 3 and 4, Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

Source: TEPCO
Date: 6/8/2011
On June 8th, 2011, during the patrol of emergency underground tanks of 
High-voltage Start-up Transformer*, when discharging storage water in the 
tank, approximately at 6:10 pm a TEPCO employee has found and confirmed oil 
leakage to the sea around the water discharge canal of Unit 3 and 4, 
Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station. We reported the issue to Futaba 
Wide-area Fire Headquarters and Fukushima Coastguard Office.

Currently we stopped discharging the storage water. And we put oil 
adsorption mattress to prevent oil spreading and preparing installing oil 
fences.

The cause of the leakage and its details such as volume and status are 
under investigation.

*High-voltage Start-up Transformer
A transformer supplying offsite power into the power station when start-up 
and shut-down of the plant. 
 


Oil discharge found around water discharge canal of Unit 3,4

Appendix: Oil leakage found around water discharge canal of Unit 3, 4(PDF 153KB)
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6/8/2011 | Radioactive Sewage Piling Up All Over Eastern Japan With No Plan For Disposal

Source: Alexander Higgins Blog
Date: June 8, 2011 at 3:50 am
by: Alexander Higgins

Extremely radioactive sewage sludge is piling up at facilities in prefectures all over Japan as Government officials have remained silent for weeks about a plan to deal with the crisis.

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6/8/2011 | Tepco release of tainted water halted

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Fisheries Agency nixes No. 2 facility discharge
Kyodo

A plan by Tepco to release water containing traces of radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant into the Pacific has been halted by stiff opposition from the Fisheries Agency, sources said Wednesday.
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6/8/2011 | Blackout hits Fukushima nuclear plant's Nos. 1, 2 units

Source: Kyodo News via Japan Today
Date: Wednesday 08th June, 06:59 PM JST

TOKYO —  The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered power outages at its Nos. 1 and 2 reactors temporarily Wednesday, with lights in the units’ central control room being cut off and the transmission of radiation data being partially halted.
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