{"id":121,"date":"2002-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenaction-japan.org\/modules\/wordpress0\/index.php?p=13"},"modified":"2015-11-16T17:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T08:32:15","slug":"tokyo-electric-scandal-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/2002\/10\/tokyo-electric-scandal-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Electric Scandal Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/17.html\">Update Number 17<br \/>Date: October 26, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>METI to order one year shutdown of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 1<\/li>\n<li>Operation status of TEPCO reactors<\/li>\n<li>Leaked documents reveal alpha nuclide emissions from Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 1 &amp; 2 between 1979 and 1981<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/16.html\">Update Number 16<br \/>Date: October 11<\/a><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/16.html\">, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ul>\n<li>Aomori governor threatens to halt SNF imports<\/li>\n<li>Fukushima legislature passes motion declaring: &quot;Pluthermal Program will not be implemented in Fukushima&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Tokyo Electric announces damaged CRDM guide tubes in Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 4 reactor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/15.html\">Update Number 15<br \/>Date: October 9<\/a><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/15.html\">, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>(1) Fukushima governor meets Prime Minister Koizumi and calls for reconsideration of nuclear fuel cycle policy<\/li>\n<li>(2) Chugoku Electric failed to report shroud cracks<\/li>\n<li>(3) Asahi opinion poll finds 90% fear nuclear accident<\/li>\n<li>(4) METI received six allegations of impropriety in September<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/14.html\">Update Number 14<br \/>Date: September 30, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Meti will not prosecute TEPCO for falsifications of voluntary inspection data<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO regularly manipulated compulsory inspection data. Will METI prosecute<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/13.html\">Update Number 13<br \/>Date: September 25, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Japco admits to falsifying reports<\/li>\n<li>Shroud cracking found at two more utilities<\/li>\n<li>Tepco failed to report CDRM damage from 1988<\/li>\n<li>Aomori newspaper editorial calls for moratorium on SNF shipments to Rokkasho<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/12.html\">Update Number 12<br \/>Date: September 20, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>TEPCO publishes report about falsification of GEII findings<\/li>\n<li>Hitachi and Toshiba implicated in falsification of inspection results of recirculation pumps and pipes at TEPCO reactors<\/li>\n<li>Chubu Electric fails to report cracks at Hamaoka Units 1 and 3. Shut down of Unit 3 means all four reactors to be shut down<\/li>\n<li>Tohoku Electric fails to report cracks at Onagawa Unit 1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/11.html\">Update Number 11<br \/>Date: September 13, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>TEPCO consults with METI about illegal repair method<\/li>\n<li>METI misinformed public about whistle-blowers intent in order to justify<\/li>\n<li>two-year delay<\/li>\n<li>Committee meets to scrutinize METI&#8217;s two year investigation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/10.html\">Update Number 10<br \/>Date: September 12, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Niigata leaders simultaneously annul prior permission for pluthermal program<\/li>\n<li>Fukushima governor expresses indisposition with METI<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO illegally repaired ECCS at Fukushima I-1, camouflaged repaired area to avoid detection<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/09.html\">Update Number 9<br \/>Date: September 10, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>METI establishes two committees to investigate TEPCO scandal<\/li>\n<li>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/08.html\">Update Number 8<br \/>Date: September 6, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Kashiwazaki city legislature passes motion calling for cancellation of the pluthermal program<\/li>\n<li>Shroud cracks discovered much earlier, internal rules revised to decrease frequency of shroud inspections<\/li>\n<li>Fukui governor decides against giving permission for JAPCO to build new reactors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/07.html\">Update Number 7<br \/>Date: September 5, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Shroud cracks at Fukushima II-3 known for years<\/li>\n<li>METI visits Aomori Prefecture, stresses no change in nuclear energy policy<\/li>\n<li>New nuclear power plant construction plans put on hold<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO employees based falsification decisions on US standards<\/li>\n<li>Niigata leaders visit Tokyo, call for impovements in nuclear safety supervision<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/06.html\">Update Number 6<\/a><br \/><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/06.html\">Date: September 4, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>TEPCO falsified shroud replacement application forms<\/li>\n<li>METI minister informed one day before public announcement<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO vice-president admits knowledge of shroud problems during tenure as head of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO conducts door-to-door apologies in Fukushima<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO to refrain from advertising<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/05.html\">Update Number 5<br \/>Date: September 3, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Radioactive Leak at Fukushima II-2<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO president resignation press conference<\/li>\n<li>Employees&#8217; motive for falsification<\/li>\n<li>METI&#8217;s excuse for taking two years to investigate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/04.html\">Update Number 4<\/a><br \/><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/04.html\">Date: September 2, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Pluthermal permission retracted<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/03.html\">Update Number 3<br \/>Date: September 1, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>TEPCO announces resignations<\/li>\n<li>Fukushima municipalities vote to request withdrawl of pluthermal program permission<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO aware of falsification in March 2002<\/li>\n<li>Shroud Damage: &quot;Nothing abnormal&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Reactors to be shutdown and inspected<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/02.html\">Update Number 2<br \/>Date: August 31, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Former GE employee sent letter to METI in July 2000<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Tokyo Electric Scandal<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"TEPCO%20update%20files\/01.html\">Update Number 1<br \/>Date: August 31, 2002<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Contents:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>METI&#8217;s investigation reveals more falsification<\/li>\n<li>Possibility of systematic falsification<\/li>\n<li>TEPCO president and chairman to resign<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<address>Green Action<br \/>Suite 103, 22-75 Tanaka Sekiden-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8203 Japan<br \/>T + 81 75 701 7223<br \/>F + 81 75 702 1952<br \/>E-mail amsmith@gol.com<br \/><\/address><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo Electric Scandal Update Number 17Date: October 26, 2002 Contents: METI to order one year shutdown of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 1 Operation status of TEPCO reactors Leaked documents reveal alpha nuclide emissions from Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 1 &amp; 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