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TEPCO to strengthen protections against tsunamis at crippled Fukushima nuclear power station via Antinuclear

The Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will strengthen its protections against tsunami at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to prevent water contaminated with high levels of radiation from spilling outside the plant, The Yomiuri Shimbun has … Continue reading

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TEPCO staffer testifies execs put off tsunami measures at Fukushima plant via The Mainichi

TOKYO — A Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) employee testified in court here on April 10 that company executives decided to postpone tsunami prevention measures at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant despite an assessment warning that a massive wave … Continue reading

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

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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The Earthquake Question via Asia Times

Six years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, engineers remain vexed by a key question: What damage did the massive earthquake cause at the atomic plant before it was hit by the subsequent tsunami? The answer matters because of the … Continue reading

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Tsunamis threaten Britain’s nuclear power plants, scientists warn via RT

Britain’s nuclear power stations are at risk from tsunamis caused by undersea landslides, scientists have warned. Marine geologists at Durham University found that the British Isles have been hit by more tsunamis than previously believed, including one wave which reached … Continue reading

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Fukushima disaster was preventable, new study finds via USC News

[…] In the peer-reviewed Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society, researchers Costas Synolakis of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Utku Kânoğlu of the Middle East Technical University in Turkey distilled thousands of pages of government and industry … Continue reading

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Japanese farmer warned nuclear operator of risks in 2004 via Dalje.com

A Japanese farmer urged Fukushima power plant executives to implement anti-tsunami measures to mitigate the threat of a major crisis, years before the 2011 catastrophe occurred. A Japanese farmer urged Fukushima power plant executives to implement anti-tsunami measures to mitigate … Continue reading

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India’s Ambitions With Atomic Plants: Two Opposing Views via The Wall Street Journal

In coming weeks the nuclear plant at Kudankulam — built on a part of the Indian coastline struck 10 years ago this week by a devastating tsunami — will start officially selling electricity into the Indian power grid. The Wall … Continue reading

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6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Of Fukushima, Japan via Inernational Business Times

UPDATE, 6:10 EDT: Small tsunami of 20 cm recorded in Miyagi prefecture, north of Fukushima, no major damage. Residents have been ordered to evacuate coastal towns. Original Story A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled off Japan’s northern coast early Saturday morning. The … Continue reading

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Fukushima: An Assessment of the Quake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown via Japan Focus

3:11 –The What[…]The triple catastrophe is often referred to as “soteigai” (unimaginable) but we now know was not the case. The Diet committee that investigated the accident pointed out last year that the disaster was structural, man-made, brought about by … Continue reading

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