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Two dead and 94 injured after powerful earthquake hits Japan

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan, leaving two dead and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a ...

17 Mar 2022 at 00:25

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Two million homes lose power as Japan is hit by powerful earthquake

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than two million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. The region is part of ...

16 Mar 2022 at 17:25

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Robot photos appear to show melted fuel at Fukushima reactor

A remote-controlled robot has captured images of what appears to be mounds of nuclear fuel that melted and fell to the bottom of the most damaged reactor at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said. A massive earthquake ...

10 Feb 2022 at 15:25

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Cancer lawsuit launched over Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster

Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have since developed thyroid cancer filed a lawsuit demanding a utility pay compensation for their illnesses, which they say were triggered ...

27 Jan 2022 at 09:55

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Former residents return to last town left deserted following Fukushima disaster

Several former residents of Futaba, the only remaining uninhabited town in Japan still recovering from the effects of radiation from nuclear plant meltdowns in 2011, have returned to live there for the first time since the massive ...

21 Jan 2022 at 16:26

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Japan considering development of new nuclear reactors

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors – signalling a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years after many of the country’s plants were shut down. ...

24 Aug 2022 at 12:07

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Robot issue delays fuel removal from Fukushima nuclear plant

The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it is further postponing the start of the removal of highly radioactive melted fuel from its damaged reactors because of delays in the development of a ...

25 Aug 2022 at 16:11

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Japan reverses nuclear phase-out plan adopted after Fukushima disaster

Japan has adopted a new policy promoting greater use of nuclear energy to ensure a stable power supply amid global fuel shortages and to reduce carbon emissions. The move is a major reversal of its phase-out plan ...

22 Dec 2022 at 08:39

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IAEA chief criticised over Japanese plans to release nuclear plant wastewater

South Korean opposition politicians sharply criticised the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power ...

09 Jul 2023 at 08:55

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Final safety inspection begins before treated Fukushima wastewater is released

Japanese regulators have begun the final inspection before treated radioactive wastewater is released from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. The inspection began on Wednesday, a day ...

28 Jun 2023 at 10:57

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Japan could begin releasing Fukushima’s treated radioactive water on Thursday

Treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be released into the ocean from as early as Thursday, Japan’s government has confirmed. Prime Minister Fumio ...

22 Aug 2023 at 03:44

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Fukushima N-plant set to start releasing treated radioactive water into Pacific

Japan is to start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday – a controversial step which the government ...

22 Aug 2023 at 09:21

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