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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Fukushima Updates for 12/26

Fukushima Updates for today -

It seems that the fuel transfer operation at F. Daiichi #4 continues smoothly... Tokyo gave Tepco another $1.4 billion for their next compensation pay-outs... Tokyo has approved Tepco’s plan for business reconstruction... N-evacuees will get more money... Some evacuees have gone home for the holidays, but most are staying away... Radiation levels inside the F. Daiichi evacuation zone have dropped by 47% since November, 2011... Rice planting inside the F. Daiichi evacuation zone will be expanded... Tokyo has convened a panel on transporting Fukushima’s rural radioactive waste... A Tokyo panel of experts is assessing the Tritium disposal issue... Child thyroid cancer rate in Fukushima is probably not due to the accident... The Nuclear Regulation Authority may have become isolated rather than independent... Link to Tepco's new F. Daiichi accident evaluation.

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