The Global Disaster of Fukushima

Vermont Yankee and Plymouth Pilgrim are the same design as Fukushima:

Entergy to Close Vermont's Only Nuclear Power Plant 27 Aug 2013 Entergy Corp. will permanently shut its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in 2014 after battling for years with state officials to keep the 41-year-old reactor in service. Vermont Yankee is the fifth U.S. nuclear reactor this year to announce plans to permanently close, the highest-ever annual total, as power prices have slumped amid booming gas production. Reactors also face higher maintenance costs from stricter regulations following Japan's 2011 [2012, and 2013] Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Fukushima Leaks Prompt Government to 'Emergency Measures' --Radioactive water is building up in tanks at Fukushima at a rate of 400 tons a day and leaking from underground tunnels into the ocean. 28 Aug 2013 Japan's government will lead "emergency measures" to tackle radioactive water spills at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, wresting control of the disaster recovery from the plant's heavily criticized operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. "We've allowed Tokyo Electric to deal with the contaminated water situation on its own and they've essentially turned it into a game of 'Whack-a-Mole,'" Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters today at Fukushima. "From now on, the government will move to the forefront."

Tepco Must Plan for 132 Olympic-size Pools of Fukushima Radioactive Water - Engineer 28 Aug 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Co. has accumulated the largest pool of radioactive water in the history of nuclear accidents. The utility must now decide what to do with it: dump in the ocean, evaporate into the air, or both. The more than 330,000 metric tons of water with varying levels of toxicity is stored in pits, basements and hundreds of tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. The government said this week it will take a bigger role in staunching the toxic outflow that's grown to 40 times the volume accumulated in the atomic disaster at Three Mile Island in the U.S. Processing and disposing of the water, enough to fill a very large crude oil tanker or 132 Olympic-size swimming pools, will be one of the most challenging engineering tasks of our generation, former nuclear engineer Michael Friedlander said.

74 Fukushima evacuees to file charges against TEPCO and government 28 Aug 2013 Lawyers of 74 Fukushima evacuees revealed on Monday that the residents affected by the Fukushima disaster are set to file lawsuit against utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and the Japanese government. The lawsuit will be collectively filed to Osaka District Court on September 17, being the first in the Kansai Region. The evacuees are seeking about 15 billion yen (approx. *153.9 million) in compensation. The evacuees were once residents of Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures.