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A bad idea, burning radioactive trash in Fukushima

Nuclear Information and Resource Service   Now here’s a bad idea: Tepco building incinerator for Fukushima radwaste. Will spread radiation through the air. http://bit.ly/11YFs9M Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape Construction of an incinerator is underway at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to burn the low-level waste (LLW) being generated from the clean-up and decommissioning of the site. (Diagram of planned incinerator below)

incinerator-planned-for-Jap

Update:

Small fire reported at Fukushima nuclear plant

National Jul. 02, 2013 – 04:00PM JST ( 11 )

TOKYO —

A fire broke out in a rubbish pile at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex on Tuesday, the operator said, the latest in a series of incidents at the crippled plant.

Workers discovered flames licking at piles of cardboard boxes placed near an incineration facility shortly before 1 p.m., Tokyo Electric Power Co said.

The fire damaged an area of about four meters by two meters, but was put out in a hour, it said.

The fire did not affect radiation levels in the plant, and no one was injured, it said.

TEPCO has struggled with a growing number of incidents at the plant including several leaks of radioactive water, more than two years after the worst nuclear disaster in a generation.

Improvised fixes put in place since the disaster leave it vulnerable to problems and at the mercy of nature, with no immediate end in sight, critics say.

© 2013 AFP

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July 2, 2013 - Posted by | Japan, wastes

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