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Japan taxpayers foot $100bn bill for Fukushima disaster via the Financial Times

High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not The Fukushima nuclear disaster has cost Japanese taxpayers almost $100bn despite government claims Tokyo Electric is footing the bill, according to calculations … Continue reading

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Kyushu Electric spends 10 billion yen a year to maintain idle nuclear reactors via The Mainichi

Kyushu Electric Power Co. is continuing to spend around 10 billion yen a year to maintain the idle No. 1 and 2 reactors at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture, it has been learned, even as a … Continue reading

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Doubts cast over Japan nuclear phase-out via The Financial Times

It has only been a month since Japan declared that it would close down its nuclear industry by the end of the 2030s, but already a contentious plan to complete several partially built reactors is sowing doubts about the government’s … Continue reading

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