The most extensive international report to date has concluded that the only observable health effects from the Fukushima accident stem from the stresses of evacuation and unwarranted fear of radiation.
_64x48.jpg "Fukushima unit 1 cover, September 2011 (Tepco) 64x48")
Construction work on a structure to cover the reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi 4 has been completed. Equipment to enable used fuel removal will now be installed.
Construction of an incinerator is underway at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to burn the low-level waste being generated from the clean-up and decommissioning of the site.
More robots are being put to work to survey the environment within the damaged reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi plant and to map contamination in the surrounding lakes and rivers.
An investigation is under way to determine whether the safety function of isolation condensers at Fukushima Daiichi 1 was affected by the earthquake of March 2011 prior to the subsequent tsunami that inundated the plant.
Residents will be able to repair tsunami damage in the town of Futaba after the Japanese government decided to prepare for the removal of parts of the town from the Fukushima evacuation zone.