Fukushima

HAL Suits Could Help Support Nuclear Cleaners

A Tungsten vest provides its wearer fantastic protection from radiation’s damaging effects. Problem is—said vest also weighs about 132 pounds. So how does the Haz-Mat crew of tomorrow gird their loins in this radiation-resistant element? Exo-suits, obviously. Cyberdyne (the real Japanese company, not the fictional LA firm responsible for Skynet) has adapted their Hybrid Assistive…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Disturbing Evidence of Recent Nuclear Reactions Found at Fukushima

Japan is hoping to have the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant safely shuttered by the end of the year, but a little radioactive wrench just got dropped: inspectors have discovered evidence of very recent fission. That’s bad news. Xenon-133 and 135 were found in gas samples, Japan Times reports, isotopes that are created during nuclear fission…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Japanese Politician Gulps Fukushima Water to Prove It’s Safe

In perhaps history’s greatest “I’m not drinking this shit, you drink it” moment, a Japanese member of parliament tried to calm the anxious, angry public by drinking from a Fukushima reactor puddle. Too be he himself says the stunt’s worthless. The politician, Yasuhiro Sonoda, drank a glass of decontaminated water from the lethal pool after…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Japan: We Don’t Have Enough Electricity, So Everyone Dress Warmer!

After last spring’s radiation crisis knocked out a heap of Japan’s nuclear reactors—which provide 30% of the country’s power—it’s been struggling to keep the lights on. Last summer, citizens were told to dress down. This winter? Bundle up. With Reuters reporting electrical shortfalls of up to 2,530 megawatts in places this coming winter, heat won’t…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Fukushima May Have Dumped Twice As Much Radiation as Previously Thought

That’s right, double what Japanese authorities originally estimated. That’s a lot of cesium-137 to miss, so where did it all disappear to? Out to sea, apparently. A study recently completed by Andreas Stohl of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research pegs the total amount of cesium-137 released at 36,000 terabecquerels through April 20 compared to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Young Fukushima Evacuees Suffering from Thyroid Problems after Radiation Exposure

Even though Japan is trying to rebuild, the incredible radiation unleashed by the Fukushima Daiichi plant after the tsunami continues to take its toll. One charity found that 10 out of 130 youths evacuated from Fukushima is suffering from thyroid irregularities. According to Kyodo News: The Japan Chernobyl Foundation and Shinshu University Hospital did blood…

Health Kwame Opam

A Giant Typhoon Is Headed Straight for Japan’s Ruined Nuclear Plant

Although Fukushima’s wrecked reactors aren’t melting down any longer, the entire complex is clogged with extremely radioactive water. The building’s also blown to hell ever since it, uh, exploded twice. So what could make things worse? This typhoon’s massive downpour. Extreme rain of Typhoon Roke combined with wind speeds over 100 MPH could be one…

Tech News Sam Biddle

IAEA Says Fukushima Reactors Are “Essentially Stable” as Other Reactors May Come Back Online

Six months after Japan’s Fukushima reactors suffered a level 7 meltdown, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency has declared that the reactors are “essentially stable.” https://jezebel.com/the-complete-japan-crisis-timeline-live-updates-5780998 Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano also announced today that after being shut down for stress tests in the wake of the Fukushima incident, other nuclear reactors…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Scenes from the Fukushima exclusion zone: towns frozen in time and overrun by nature

Six months after the Tōhoku earthquake triggered the Fukushima disaster, former residents, scientists, and news crews are returning to the nuclear exclusion zone to survey how areas near the plant have fared after being abandoned for months. In many cases, towns within the zone — which stretches 20 kilometers out — will likely be left…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Japan’s Clearing Away Its Earthquake Wasteland

Sure, there’s an enormous area around the Fukushima plant that’s still horrendously irradiated. But for the rest of country ravaged by the March 11th earthquake, cleanups are restoring order to what looked like the apocalypse this spring. The photo above from the exact same point in Kesennuma shows just how much progress the government’s made.…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Japanese Government Finds Areas Around Fukushima More Dangerous than Chernobyl Standards (Updated)

You know what happens when 168 Hiroshima bombs’ worth of radioactive crap is released in one spot? It’s going to leave a mark. The Japanese gov’s released a map that shows 34 locales surrounding Fukushima are worse than Chernobyl’s threshold. https://gizmodo.com/fukushima-has-leaked-168-hiroshima-blasts-of-radiation-5834721 The measurements, made available by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Fukushima Has Leaked 168 Hiroshima Blasts of Radiation

We’ve known Fukushima’s been hemorrhaging radiation steadily since the disaster began in March. But now we’ve got a horrid new way to quantify it: the amount of terribly dangerous cesium-137 released by the plant is equal to 168 nuclear bombings. The Guardian reports that the Japanese government’s own calculations put the release of cesium-137—a particularly…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Censored Diary of a Lonely Fukushima Robot Driver

Deadly levels of radiation inside Fukushima’s reactors mean robots doing human work. Which is great! But robots can’t drive themselves, and their operators are placed in solitude and danger. One engineer documented his experience online before being purged. The Japanese driver, who went only by “S.H.” online, kept a blog of his daily routine before…

Tech News Sam Biddle

It May Be Decades Before the Fukushima Area Is Habitable Again

The two mile radius surrounding Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant may be out of commission for longer than anyone had previously thought; according to the Daily Yomiuri, land within about 3km could be kept off-limits “for several decades.” It may also, according to the NY Times, be quite some time before residents within a 12-mile radius…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Radioactive sulfur over California shows exactly how bad the Fukushima radiation leak was

When emergency technicians in Fukushima attempted to cool the overheating reactor with seawater, they didn’t realize they’d be enabling a set of incredibly accurate calculations that would allow researchers half a world away to calculate how bad the leak had been, and where it was going in the environment. When the seawater hit the reactor,…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Toxic Nuclear Sludge Found 60 Miles Away from Fukushima Reactor

More proof that March’s crisis persists: the Japanese government’s found deadly cesium isotopes near the Fukushima district courthouse—that’s over 60 miles from the plant. What’s worse, the radioactive gunk contained over 20 times the “safe limit” of cesium. For perspective, that scattered contamination is 20 miles more than the distance between DC and Baltimore. This…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Honda’s Most Adorable Robot Is About to Go Nuclear

Asimo, the cutest durned robut you ever did see, is about to roll its precious sleeves and pitch in on the Fukushima recovery effort. PhyOrg is reporting about ASIMO’s new sense of purpose. Honda created ASIMO eleven years ago as a part of its research into robotics and human mobility. It has evolved a lot…

Tech News Brent Rose

This MMA Badass Braved the Fukushima Evacuation Zone Just to Feed Stray Dogs

Enson Inoue is a 5 foot 10, 210 pound, MMA heavyweight championship-winning, black belt-wearing, thrower of fists, knees, and other jabbing appendages. He also loves dogs enough that he risked massive radiation to help abandoned animals. This guy is good. Enson breached the Fukushima evacuation zone—an 18 mile radius around the leaking plant—with the non-profit…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Fukushima Plant Now Leaking Highest Radiation Levels Since Tsunami

In case you forgot, one of the worst disasters since the advent of nuclear energy is still underway. And although the initial shock has worn off, the radiation levels sure haven’t: TEPCO measured 10,000 millisieverts/hour—that’s fatal. This figure’s 3,900 times higher than the naturally-occurring cosmic radiation we soak up every year—only it’s leaking from the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Japanese Nuclear Emergency Director: You Have No Right to a Radiation-Free Life

This footage, from a recent meeting of indignant Japanese citizens and feckless Japanese government types should be a little shocking. Sadly, it’s just more of the same—ineptitude and inaction. Buy denying the right to avoiding radiation? OK, shocking. The Tokyo meeting was meant to broach the push to expand the evacuation zone around Fukushima—a zone…

Tech News Sam Biddle

HAL Suits Could Help Support Nuclear Cleaners

Disturbing Evidence of Recent Nuclear Reactions Found at Fukushima

Japanese Politician Gulps Fukushima Water to Prove It’s Safe

Japan: We Don’t Have Enough Electricity, So Everyone Dress Warmer!

Fukushima May Have Dumped Twice As Much Radiation as Previously Thought

Young Fukushima Evacuees Suffering from Thyroid Problems after Radiation Exposure

A Giant Typhoon Is Headed Straight for Japan’s Ruined Nuclear Plant

IAEA Says Fukushima Reactors Are “Essentially Stable” as Other Reactors May Come Back Online

Scenes from the Fukushima exclusion zone: towns frozen in time and overrun by nature

Japan’s Clearing Away Its Earthquake Wasteland

Japanese Government Finds Areas Around Fukushima More Dangerous than Chernobyl Standards (Updated)

Fukushima Has Leaked 168 Hiroshima Blasts of Radiation

The Censored Diary of a Lonely Fukushima Robot Driver

It May Be Decades Before the Fukushima Area Is Habitable Again

Radioactive sulfur over California shows exactly how bad the Fukushima radiation leak was

Toxic Nuclear Sludge Found 60 Miles Away from Fukushima Reactor

Honda’s Most Adorable Robot Is About to Go Nuclear

This MMA Badass Braved the Fukushima Evacuation Zone Just to Feed Stray Dogs

Fukushima Plant Now Leaking Highest Radiation Levels Since Tsunami

Japanese Nuclear Emergency Director: You Have No Right to a Radiation-Free Life

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