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Radiation leaks at Fukushima pose a global threat via Sunshine Coast Daily

Posted on 2018/02/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LETHAL levels of radiation have been detected at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, seven years after its destruction by an earthquake and tsunami. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which is responsible for the plant clean-up, made the discovery in … Continue reading →

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Fukushima operator aims to double visitors by Tokyo Olympics via The Citizen

Posted on 2018/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Fukushima’s nuclear power operator is hoping to double the number of visitors to its tsunami-ravaged facilities by 2020, seeking to use the Olympic spotlight to clean up the region’s image. A massive undersea earthquake on March 11, 2011 sent a … Continue reading →

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Worst-hit reactor at Fukushima may be easiest to clean up via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2018/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Cleaning up the plant’s three reactors that had at least partial meltdowns after the earthquake and tsunami is a monumental task expected to take three to four decades. Taking out the stored fuel rods is only a preliminary step … Continue reading →

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Lingering effects of 2011 disaster take toll in fallout-hit Fukushima, experts warn via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Takao Suami, a Waseda professor heading the university’s efforts to provide legal support for the reconstruction, said the government’s Dispute Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Damage Compensation was fairly helpful in addressing compensation issues until around the spring of 2014. … Continue reading →

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Gov’t scrapped proposed Fukushima tsunami simulation 9 yrs before crisis via Kyodo News

Posted on 2018/01/29 by nfield

The government proposed to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. that a simulation of tsunami waves striking Fukushima Prefecture be conducted nine years before the 2011 catastrophe that crippled its nuclear plant, but decided not to after the company objected, … Continue reading →

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Japan studies how to support 2011 disaster areas after Reconstruction Agency folds in 2021 via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/01/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government has started work to determine how to support rebuilding efforts in areas of northeastern Japan hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster after the Reconstruction Agency is abolished in March 2021, sources said Tuesday. The … Continue reading →

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Melted nuclear fuel seen inside second Fukushima reactor via Newsday

Posted on 2018/01/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO – (AP) — The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant says a long telescopic probe has successfully captured images of some melted fuel inside one of its three damaged reactors, providing crucial information for its cleanup. Tokyo Electric … Continue reading →

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Fukushima native shares her story at movie showing via The Echo

Posted on 2018/01/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Almost seven years ago, a 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan. This resulted in a catastrophic tsunami that, combined with the nuclear disaster that followed, killed almost 20,000 people, according to a new release from the Japanese Ministry … Continue reading →

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Universities to monitor radiation levels via The Japan News

Posted on 2018/01/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

An organization to closely monitor the dispersion of radioactive materials is being set up by universities across the nation that possess radiation facilities, to prepare for possible accidents at nuclear power plants and terrorist attacks using nuclear materials. In case … Continue reading →

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Regulator urges release of treated Fukushima radioactive water into sea via Kyodo News

Posted on 2018/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The chief of Japan’s nuclear regulator said Thursday water at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that contains radioactive tritium even after being treated should be released into the sea after dilution. “We will face a new challenge if a … Continue reading →

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