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Japan’s nuclear industry growing but likely to miss government’s 2030 target via Japan Times

Posted on 2018/11/01 by nfield

By Aaron Sheldrick and Osamu Tsukimori     The domestic nuclear industry will miss a government target of providing at least a fifth of the country’s electricity by 2030, analysis shows, but the sector is showing signs of life more … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: So who will foot the bill if another nuclear disaster strikes Japan? via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Nearly eight years have passed since the catastrophic triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, yet serious problems and flaws remain unaddressed with the current system. The government clearly has no intention of tackling them anytime … Continue reading →

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Tepco apologizes over inappropriate hashtag for image of crippled Fukushima plant via the Japan Times

Posted on 2018/10/30 by nfield

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has apologized after sharing on social media an image from inside its crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant together with a hashtag that means “fascination with factories.” After the post attracted a lot of negative … Continue reading →

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Ex-TEPCO head apologizes to victims of 2011 nuclear disaster via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] “I deeply apologize to those who died, their bereaved families, injured people, local people and society at large,” Tsunehisa Katsumata, 78, said Oct. 29 during the 33rd hearing of a trial at the Tokyo District Court of three former … Continue reading →

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TEPCO’s tweet on Fukushima ‘love-factory’ fails miserably via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co. quickly learned that Twitter users find nothing lovely, endearing or irresistibly cute about a damaged reactor building at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The utility apologized after coming under fire for posting a … Continue reading →

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Putting tsunami countermeasures on hold at Fukushima nuke plant ‘natural’: ex-TEPCO VP via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/10/21 by nfield

TOKYO — A former vice president at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) told a court here on Oct. 19 that it was “natural” for the utility to put tsunami countermeasures at the plant on hold … Continue reading →

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Four Japan firms used foreign trainees to clean up at Fukushima plant after nuclear meltdowns: final report via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/10/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government concluded Friday that four companies had used foreign trainees to perform work cleaning up radioactive contamination after the March 2011 tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. […] Officials visited a total of 1,018 such … Continue reading →

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PEACE BOAT AND GREENPEACE STILL CAMPAIGNING FOR FUKUSHIMA via Metropolis

Posted on 2018/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Metropolis interviews NGO leaders at the forefront of the recovery effort This past summer, while beaches in Fukushima were re-opening, UN experts were assessing how the nuclear disaster impacted people’s physical and mental health. The ending of government housing provision … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: TEPCO bungles it again in dealing with Fukushima tainted water via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/10/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] On Sept. 28, the utility acknowledged that about 80 percent of the water in storage tanks for ALPS-treated water on the plant premises exceeded government standards for radioactive materials. TEPCO previously claimed that the ALPS system could remove all … Continue reading →

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TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE The workers of Fukushima Daiichi　via Metropolis

Posted on 2018/09/28 by nfield

By Andrew Deck […] Since our day began at the edge of the exclusion zone in Tomioka, Fukushima, we had passed through half a dozen security checkpoints and received a full-body scan to measure internal radiation, a baseline reading for … Continue reading →

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