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Japan’s New Energy Policy: Nuclear Power and Renewables Key to Future Growth
Japan is advancing a new energy policy that maximises nuclear power and expands renewable energy to meet rising electricity demand and ambitious decarbonisation targets. The plan envisions nuclear energy accounting for 20% of the supply by 2040 while renewable sources could supply up to 50%. This strategy also includes reducing reliance on coal and...
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Iran To Hold Nuclear Talks With European Powers After UN Watchdog Censure: Report
Iran plans to hold talks about its disputed nuclear programme with three European powers on Nov. 29 in Geneva, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, days after the UN atomic watchdog passed a resolution against Tehran.
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Japan Nuclear Reactor Resumes Power Generation, For First Time In 13 Years
A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has resumed power generation for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, its operator said.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Worker Detects High Radiation Levels In Nasal Passage
This serves as a reminder of the risks associated with the ongoing cleanup efforts at the facility, which was severely damaged in 2011.
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Japan Says Workers Stole Possibly Radioactive Metal From Fukushima
Construction workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese environment ministry said on Thursday.
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Japan PM Eats Fukushima Fish To Dispel Radioactive Water Fears
vIn a video released on social media by his office, Mr Kishida and three officials were shown eating Fukushima fish.
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Japan Summons China's Ambassador Over Fukushima Crank Call
Japan summoned China's ambassador on Monday to protest against a flood of nuisance calls from China to local businesses following the release of water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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"Talk Quietly In Public": Japan To Citizens In China Over Nuke Water Release
Japan told its citizens living in China to keep a low profile after Beijing blasted Tokyo for releasing treated radioactive water from a wrecked nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
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Fukushima Wastewater Released Into Ocean, China Bans All Japanese Seafood
Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan.
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UN Atomic Watchdog Backs Japan, Says Water Released From Plant Below Limit
The tritium concentration in the wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant, which Japan began releasing into the Pacific Ocean Thursday, is well below the operational limit, the UN nuclear watchdog said.
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Japan's Nuclear Plant Wastewater Release To Begin Today Amid Protests
Most Fukushima fishermen are tight-lipped but Haruo Ono can't keep his thoughts to himself on Japan's plans to release treated cooling water from the stricken nearby nuclear power plant into the Pacific from Thursday.
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South Koreans Rush To Buy Salt Before Japan Dumps Nuclear Waste In Sea
South Korean shoppers are snapping up sea salt and other items as worry grows about their safety with Japan due to dump more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from a wrecked nuclear power plant into the sea.
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Seoul Says North Korea Fired Ballistic Missile Towards Sea Amid Tensions
Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years, with diplomacy stalled and Kim Jong Un declaring his country an "irreversible" nuclear power, as well as calling for ramped-up weapons production.
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World's Biggest Nuclear Plant May Stay Shut As Papers Left On Car Roof
A week after Japanese regulators postponed the restart of the world's biggest nuclear power plant due to safety lapses, a careless employee working from home added to the company's woes.
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New Images Show Internal Damage To Fukushima Nuclear Plant Reactor
Fresh images from inside a crippled reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant revealed heavy damage to its foundation and significant debris, its operator said.
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Japan’s New Energy Policy: Nuclear Power and Renewables Key to Future Growth
Japan is advancing a new energy policy that maximises nuclear power and expands renewable energy to meet rising electricity demand and ambitious decarbonisation targets. The plan envisions nuclear energy accounting for 20% of the supply by 2040 while renewable sources could supply up to 50%. This strategy also includes reducing reliance on coal and...
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Iran To Hold Nuclear Talks With European Powers After UN Watchdog Censure: Report
Iran plans to hold talks about its disputed nuclear programme with three European powers on Nov. 29 in Geneva, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, days after the UN atomic watchdog passed a resolution against Tehran.
-
Japan Nuclear Reactor Resumes Power Generation, For First Time In 13 Years
A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has resumed power generation for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, its operator said.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Worker Detects High Radiation Levels In Nasal Passage
This serves as a reminder of the risks associated with the ongoing cleanup efforts at the facility, which was severely damaged in 2011.
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Japan Says Workers Stole Possibly Radioactive Metal From Fukushima
Construction workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese environment ministry said on Thursday.
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Japan PM Eats Fukushima Fish To Dispel Radioactive Water Fears
vIn a video released on social media by his office, Mr Kishida and three officials were shown eating Fukushima fish.
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Japan Summons China's Ambassador Over Fukushima Crank Call
Japan summoned China's ambassador on Monday to protest against a flood of nuisance calls from China to local businesses following the release of water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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"Talk Quietly In Public": Japan To Citizens In China Over Nuke Water Release
Japan told its citizens living in China to keep a low profile after Beijing blasted Tokyo for releasing treated radioactive water from a wrecked nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
-
Fukushima Wastewater Released Into Ocean, China Bans All Japanese Seafood
Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan.
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UN Atomic Watchdog Backs Japan, Says Water Released From Plant Below Limit
The tritium concentration in the wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant, which Japan began releasing into the Pacific Ocean Thursday, is well below the operational limit, the UN nuclear watchdog said.
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Japan's Nuclear Plant Wastewater Release To Begin Today Amid Protests
Most Fukushima fishermen are tight-lipped but Haruo Ono can't keep his thoughts to himself on Japan's plans to release treated cooling water from the stricken nearby nuclear power plant into the Pacific from Thursday.
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South Koreans Rush To Buy Salt Before Japan Dumps Nuclear Waste In Sea
South Korean shoppers are snapping up sea salt and other items as worry grows about their safety with Japan due to dump more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from a wrecked nuclear power plant into the sea.
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Seoul Says North Korea Fired Ballistic Missile Towards Sea Amid Tensions
Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years, with diplomacy stalled and Kim Jong Un declaring his country an "irreversible" nuclear power, as well as calling for ramped-up weapons production.
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World's Biggest Nuclear Plant May Stay Shut As Papers Left On Car Roof
A week after Japanese regulators postponed the restart of the world's biggest nuclear power plant due to safety lapses, a careless employee working from home added to the company's woes.
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New Images Show Internal Damage To Fukushima Nuclear Plant Reactor
Fresh images from inside a crippled reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant revealed heavy damage to its foundation and significant debris, its operator said.
