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TEPCO to begin removing fuel from storage pool via NHK World

Posted on 2019/04/14 by nfield

[…] Tokyo Electric Power Company will start removing fuel from the pool of the No.3 reactor building on Monday. This is the first time for TEPCO to remove fuel from any of the three reactor buildings that went meltdowns after … Continue reading →

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TEPCO to start removing fuel at Fukushima’s No. 3 reactor via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/04/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will start removing nuclear fuel from the No. 3 reactor as early as next week through equipment controlled remotely due to high radiation levels inside the building. This will … Continue reading →

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‘Shocked’ Fukushima evacuees say Tepco ruling fails to fairly compensate them for suffering via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/03/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY MAGDALENA OSUMI A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay a total of ¥21.34 million in damages to a group of evacuees from the March 2011 nuclear disaster.But the ruling by the … Continue reading →

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The Unlearned Lessons of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster via World Politics Review

Posted on 2019/03/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Elliot Waldman […] The following day, three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation, or TEPCO—which operated the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant when it took a direct hit from the tsunami—entered the district courthouse in Tokyo for the … Continue reading →

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Ex-TEPCO execs’ make final plea for acquittal over Fukushima crisis via The Mainichi

Posted on 2019/03/12 by nfield

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Lawyers for three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. called for their acquittal over the Fukushima nuclear crisis that erupted in 2011 in their final defense plea on Tuesday. […] The defense team said … Continue reading →

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Eight years after triple nuclear meltdown, Fukushima No. 1’s water woes show no signs of ebbing　via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/03/07 by nfield

OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – Nearly a thousand storage tanks are scattered across the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, holding a staggering 1.1 million tons of treated water used to keep its melted reactor cores cool while they rust in … Continue reading →

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Eight years after Fukushima’s meltdown, the land is recovering, but public trust is not via Washington Post

Posted on 2019/02/21 by nfield

By Simon Denyer […] The twin natural disasters in March 2011 killed 16,000 people, and the subsequent reactor explosions sent clouds of radioactive dust spewing over thousands of square miles of northern Japan, causing 165,000 people to flee their homes … Continue reading →

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TEPCO sat by idly on reports of fires, glitches at nuclear plants via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co. ignored reports on fires and other problems from its nuclear power plants and didn’t even bother to share the information in-house or consider precautionary measures, the nuclear watchdog revealed. The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Feb. 13 … Continue reading →

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TEPCO begins probe to make 1st contact with nuke debris at Fukushima plant via The Mainichi

Posted on 2019/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — A probe to make the first contact with nuclear fuel debris inside the No. 2 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima started on Feb. 13, the plant’s operator Tokyo … Continue reading →

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Near site of Fukushima nuclear disaster, a shattered town and scattered lives via The Washington Post

Posted on 2019/02/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NAMIE, Japan —  Noboru Honda lost 12 members of his extended family when a tsunami struck the Fukushima prefecture in northern Japan nearly eight years ago. Last year, he was diagnosed with cancer and initially given a few months to … Continue reading →

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