Fukushima Update #07

Our special report focuses on the challenge posed by heavy rainfall at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. For months, engi...

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IAEA reports on decontamination

A team of radiation experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has submitted a report on decontamination effort...

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Spent fuel to be removed next month

Tokyo Electric Power Company is preparing to take an important step in the decommissioning of the crippled reactors at F...

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NRA suspends checks at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa

Nuclear regulators have announced they are suspending the safety assessment for Tokyo Electric Power Company’s largest n...

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Fukushima Update #06

An exercise simulating a severe accident at a nuclear plant in southwestern Japan yields clues about the importance of e...

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IAEA observes decontamination sites

A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency is in Fukushima to observe efforts to lower radiation leve...

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Former prime minister favors exiting nuclear power

A former Japanese prime minister has come out strongly in favor of phasing out nuclear power. Junichiro Koizumi belongs ...

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Record radiation inside Fukushima Daiichi well

Record levels of radiation have been detected inside an observation well at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Fukushima Update #05

Over the past month, the number of incidents attributed to carelessness and simple mistakes at Fukushima Daiichi has rea...

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Test harvest for rice in contaminated area

Farmers in one of Fukushima’s contaminated areas are one step closer to resuming their normal lives. They’ve started har...

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