TEPCO confirms 2nd leak of radioactive water at Fukushima plant
TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Sunday said that about three liters of radioactive water has leaked from a second underground storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The latest problem was confirmed [...]
Contaminated water may have leaked from Fukushima nuclear plant: TEPCO
TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) — The Tokyo Electric Power Company ( TEPCO) said Sunday that water contained radioactive materials probably leaked from a tank under the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, following the previous such incident [...]
Japan riled by WHO’s Fukushima cancer warning, claims organization stokes fears
By Shingo Ito ,AFPMarch 2, 2013, 12:02 am TWN
TOKYO — Japan on Friday insisted warnings by the World Health Organization (WHO) of a rise in the risk of cancer for people in Fukushima were overblown, saying the agency was unnecessarily [...]
Nuclear safety chief quizzed over Fukushima
Japanese police have questioned a former head of the nuclear safety body regarding possible criminal charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, news reports said Sunday.
Prosecutors have interviewed Haruki Madarame, former chief of the Nuclear [...]
Japan’s Abe ‘to review Fukushima’ atomic crisis
Japan’s incoming pro-nuclear premier Shinzo Abe said Sunday his government will again investigate the Fukushima atomic crisis, after which the country’s reactors could be restarted, reports said.
His comments will add to speculation [...]
Leaders near Fukushima as poll campaign begins
IWAKI, Japan — Japan’s election campaign kicked off Tuesday with party leaders making pitches near the disaster-struck Fukushima plant, setting the tone for a poll set to be dominated by nuclear power and the sluggish economy.
Around [...]
‘The Land of Hope’ haunting scenes shot on location in Fukushima
TORONTO–Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono pulled audiences this week into a family’s suffering in the wake of a nuclear meltdown, showing haunting real scenes of Fukushima in his fictional drama “The Land of Hope.”
The film — entitled [...]
Fukushima disaster caused mutant butterflies: scientists
TOKYO — Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species.
Around 12 percent of pale [...]
‘Collusion’ caused Fukushima disaster: panel
TOKYO–Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from “collusion” among the government, regulators and the plant operator, an expert panel said on Thursday, wrapping up an inquiry into the worst nuclear [...]
Japan restarts first nuclear reactor after Fukushima crisis
TOKYO, July 1 (Xinhua) — Japan on Sunday will restart a reactor at the Oi nuclear power plant in western Japan, marking the first such move since last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster forced all of its reactors to be shut down [...]
Units 1-4 of the first nuclear power plant of Japan Fukushima officially scrapped
According to the Japan Electrical Business Law, the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Unit No. 1-4 on the 19th scrapped. Japan’s commercial reactors from 20 to 50.
Prior to that, did not enter the statutory [...]
Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company announced the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Unit 4 will be officially abolished
BEIJING, April 16, “Central News Agency reported Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company, announced today (16), 19 Abolition of 1-4 reactor of the Fukushima’s first nuclear power plant, so that Japan nuclear reactors from 54 [...]
Japan Fukushima public body intends to sue the Tokyo Electric Power Company and government departments
BEIJING, March 15, Japan’s Kyodo News reported, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, two civic groups are considering the Tokyo Electric Power to the Fukushima District Public Prosecutors Office against high-level, and Nuclear Safety of the [...]
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