Tag Archives: Futaba

National memorial for quake, tsunami victims to be built in Fukushima via Japan Today

Posted on 2017/09/02 by nfield

The government has announced its intention to build a national memorial in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie to commemorate victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and those who died while being evacuated due to the subsequent nuclear … Continue reading →

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Namie’s high recovery hopes haunted by dwindling coffers, fears of losing vital state dole via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/12/18 by nfield

A robot testing facility, a robotics research center, a base for renewable energy and a memorial park — these are some of the plans the irradiated town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, has in mind for rebuilding after the triple reactor … Continue reading →

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Removal work starts on ‘bright future’ pro-nuclear sign in evacuated Fukushima town via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/12/21 by norma field

FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture–Workers removed lettering of a signboard that praises nuclear energy here on Dec. 21, despite opposition from the slogan writer who became an anti-nuclear activist after the Fukushima disaster emptied his hometown. Two signboards in Futaba, including one … Continue reading →

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6,500 sign up to save pro-nuclear signs as negative legacy of Fukushima disaster via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/06/15 by norma field

FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture–A group has submitted a petition with more than 6,500 signatures to preserve two signboards extolling the future of nuclear power here as a testament to the myth of nuclear safety before the 2011 disaster. Led by Yuji … Continue reading →

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Ex-mayor sues state, TEPCO for stress caused by nuclear disaster via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/05/21 by norma field

A former mayor who was exposed to high levels of radiation after the 2011 nuclear disaster is suing the central government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima power plant for stress. Katsutaka Idogawa, the former mayor of Futaba in … Continue reading →

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Trio of approvals in Fukushima seals deal for radioactive soil dump via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/02/26 by norma field

Ending a prolonged and often contentious process, Fukushima Prefecture and two town governments agreed to host an interim storage facility for contaminated debris from the 2011 nuclear crisis. Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori and the mayors of Okuma and Futaba met … Continue reading →

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Dates set for sequel on Fukushima community ripped apart by nuclear disaster　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/11/13 by norma field

“Nuclear Nation II,” a sequel to Atsushi Funahashi documentary that showed the world how the Fukushima nuclear disaster destroyed a local community, will hit theaters in Japan on Nov. 15. The new film shows the continuing plight of people from … Continue reading →

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First bags of contaminated debris prepared for transfer to Fukushima interim facility via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/11/12 by norma field

KAWAUCHI, Fukushima Prefecture–Preparation work has started for the transfer of radiation-contaminated debris from a temporary storage site here to a planned interim facility that has been opposed by landowners and may not open as scheduled. The temporary storage site holds … Continue reading →

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Fukushima governor gives go-ahead for intermediate storage facility for radioactive debris via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/08/31 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA–Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato said on Aug. 30 that his prefecture will accept the central government’s plan to construct an intermediate storage facility in Okuma and Futaba for radioactive debris from cleanup work due to the nuclear disaster. He made … Continue reading →

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Gov’t to offer Fukushima 300 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage via Global Post

Posted on 2014/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government is planning to offer some 300 billion yen in subsidies over the next 30 years to local authorities in Fukushima Prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 nuclear disaster, … Continue reading →

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