Anti-nuclear protesters are increasingly focusing their anger on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who decided to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant despite widespread … Nuke protesters’ ire increasingly centers on NodaRead more
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Fish Off Japan’s Coast Said to Contain Elevated Levels of Cesium
Elevated levels of cesium still detected in fish off the Fukushima coast of Japan suggest that radioactive particles from last year’s nuclear disaster have accumulated … Fish Off Japan’s Coast Said to Contain Elevated Levels of CesiumRead more
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Cesium levels in fish off Fukushima not dropping
Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven’t declined in the year following Japan’s nuclear disaster, a signal … Cesium levels in fish off Fukushima not droppingRead more
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Japan nuke plant water worries rise
Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tons of highly contaminated water used to cool the … Japan nuke plant water worries riseRead more
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Fukushima rice above threshold for cesium
Rice grown by a farmer in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, returned a radioactive cesium reading of 110 becquerels per kilogram, exceeding the maximum of 100, the … Fukushima rice above threshold for cesiumRead more
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Cameras spot reactor 3 pool debris; fuel intact
Remote-controlled underwater cameras have located parts of a 35-ton fuel transfer apparatus that fell into reactor 3’s spent fuel pool in March 2011 in the … Cameras spot reactor 3 pool debris; fuel intactRead more
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Further leak at Fukushima
Highly radioactive water gushed from a decontamination pipe at the No. 3 reactor before workers noticed and turned it off, while newly released images of … Further leak at FukushimaRead more
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Donations to villages after Fukushima nuclear accident
Tokyo Electric Power Co. continued to dole out large sums to rural villages hosting nuclear power facilities even after the company was supposedly strapped for … Donations to villages after Fukushima nuclear accidentRead more
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Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel would cost more than burying part of it
Reprocessing the entire amount of spent nuclear fuel generated at nuclear power plants across Japan would cost more than burying part of such fuel underground, … Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel would cost more than burying part of itRead more