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Fukushima Disaster: Japan Court Acquits 3 Ex-Tokyo Power Firm Executives
A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted three former officials from the firm that operated the Fukushima nuclear plant, in the only criminal trial to stem from the 2011 disaster.
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Radioactive Contaminants From Fukushima Found At Alaska's Bering Strait
Radioactive contamination from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Japan Acknowledges First Radiation Death Among Fukushima Plant Workers
Japan has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from radiation exposure.
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6 Years After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Residents Trickle Back To Deserted Towns
A truck occasionally whizzes past the darkened shops with cracked walls and fallen signs that line the main street of Japan's mostly deserted seaside town of Namie.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Chief Says 'No Textbook' For Clean Up
The man leading the daunting task of dealing with the Fukushima nuclear plant that sank into meltdowns in northeastern Japan warns with surprising candour: Nothing can be promised.
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Former Fukushima Executives to be Charged over 2011 Nuclear Disaster
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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Japan Utilities Set to Scrap 5 Ageing Nuclear Reactors
Three ageing nuclear reactors in Japan will be decommissioned due to the high cost of upgrading them in line with tougher safety standards set after the Fukushima disaster, their operators said on today.
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Japan Aims to Restart Nuclear Reactor in June: Sources
Japan's government is aiming to restart a nuclear reactor by around June following a lengthy and politically-sensitive approval process in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, sources familiar with the plans said.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator Restarts Water Decontamination System
Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday restarted its trouble-plagued water decontamination system for the first time in three months, the utility said.
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Japan Court Rules Against Nuclear Restart in Rare Ruling
A Japanese court ruled against allowing the restart of a nuclear power plant west of Tokyo on Wednesday, its operator said, a rare case in which anti-nuclear plaintiffs have successfully won a ruling to shut down reactors.
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Fukushima Water Decontamination System Down: Operator
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Tuesday that it had again suspended a trouble-plagued system used to clean radiation-tainted water.
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Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall
Highly radioactive water overflowed barriers into Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operating utility said today, after it underestimated how much rain would fall at the plant and failed to pump it out quickly enough.
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Japan's nuclear regulators visit Fukushima nuclear plant
Officials from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority today visited the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Fukushima operator pumps out toxic groundwater
The operator of the crippled Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has started pumping out radioactive groundwater to reduce leakage into the Pacific ocean.
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Highly radioactive water pouring out of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said today, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up.
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Fukushima Disaster: Japan Court Acquits 3 Ex-Tokyo Power Firm Executives
A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted three former officials from the firm that operated the Fukushima nuclear plant, in the only criminal trial to stem from the 2011 disaster.
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Radioactive Contaminants From Fukushima Found At Alaska's Bering Strait
Radioactive contamination from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Japan Acknowledges First Radiation Death Among Fukushima Plant Workers
Japan has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from radiation exposure.
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6 Years After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Residents Trickle Back To Deserted Towns
A truck occasionally whizzes past the darkened shops with cracked walls and fallen signs that line the main street of Japan's mostly deserted seaside town of Namie.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Chief Says 'No Textbook' For Clean Up
The man leading the daunting task of dealing with the Fukushima nuclear plant that sank into meltdowns in northeastern Japan warns with surprising candour: Nothing can be promised.
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Former Fukushima Executives to be Charged over 2011 Nuclear Disaster
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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Japan Utilities Set to Scrap 5 Ageing Nuclear Reactors
Three ageing nuclear reactors in Japan will be decommissioned due to the high cost of upgrading them in line with tougher safety standards set after the Fukushima disaster, their operators said on today.
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Japan Aims to Restart Nuclear Reactor in June: Sources
Japan's government is aiming to restart a nuclear reactor by around June following a lengthy and politically-sensitive approval process in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, sources familiar with the plans said.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator Restarts Water Decontamination System
Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday restarted its trouble-plagued water decontamination system for the first time in three months, the utility said.
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Japan Court Rules Against Nuclear Restart in Rare Ruling
A Japanese court ruled against allowing the restart of a nuclear power plant west of Tokyo on Wednesday, its operator said, a rare case in which anti-nuclear plaintiffs have successfully won a ruling to shut down reactors.
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Fukushima Water Decontamination System Down: Operator
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Tuesday that it had again suspended a trouble-plagued system used to clean radiation-tainted water.
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Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall
Highly radioactive water overflowed barriers into Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operating utility said today, after it underestimated how much rain would fall at the plant and failed to pump it out quickly enough.
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Japan's nuclear regulators visit Fukushima nuclear plant
Officials from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority today visited the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Fukushima operator pumps out toxic groundwater
The operator of the crippled Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has started pumping out radioactive groundwater to reduce leakage into the Pacific ocean.
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Highly radioactive water pouring out of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said today, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up.
