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Ministry withholds minutes from nuclear accident compensation resolution meetings via Mainichi

The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is withholding minutes from meetings held by the top decision-making panel of the Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center, which is the government-backed body handling alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for the Fukushima … Continue reading

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Toxic management erodes safety at ‘world’s safest’ nuclear plant via The Japan Times

On Jan. 30, 2012, Byron Nuclear Generating Station lost operability to all of its safety-related equipment. At the time, Jim Hazen was the nuclear station operator responsible for the affected reactor, one of two at the Exelon-owned nuclear plant in … Continue reading

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Radiation map gives close-up fallout readings via The Japan Times Online

The science ministry said Wednesday it has posted a radiation map that visitors to its website can enlarge to see to what extent their neighborhoods had been contaminated by fallout from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The website … Continue reading

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