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Radiation Levels at Fukushima Nuclear Plant ‘Worse’ Than Previously Thought: Japan
Nuclear regulators in Japan have reported that radiation levels in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are "exceedingly high" and are worse than previously thought. Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said in ...
January 1, 2021
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Jack Phillips
Fukushima Nuclear Waste Bags Swept Away During Typhoon Hagibis: Reports
Typhoon Hagibis’s historic rainfall in Japan swept away nuclear decontamination waste bags from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into ...
October 16, 2019
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Jack Phillips
‘Only Option’: Japan May Dump Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water Into Pacific Ocean
Japan's environment minister said the country will have to dump large quantities of contaminated water from the Fukushima ...
September 10, 2019
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Jack Phillips
Removal of Fuel in Pool at Fukushima’s Melted Reactor Begins
TOKYO—The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant began removing fuel on April 15 from a cooling pool ...
April 15, 2019
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The Associated Press
Japanese Nuclear Station on Emergency Power After Quake
A Japanese nuclear energy station is relying on emergency back up power after a powerful earthquake knocked out ...
September 5, 2018
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Reuters
Japan Acknowledges First Radiation Death Among Fukushima Workers
TOKYO—Japan has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, destroyed by ...
September 5, 2018
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Reuters
Scientists Discover New, Unexpected Way Fukushima Is Polluting the Ocean
Radioactive cesium from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been flowing into the ocean since an earthquake ...
October 2, 2017
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Tara MacIsaac
Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator Says 600 Tons of Melted Fuel Is Missing
The chief of clean-up at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which was devastated by a tsunami in 2011, ...
May 24, 2016
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Denisse Moreno
28 Signs the West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From Fukushima
The California coastline is becoming like a dead zone.
May 18, 2016
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Michael T. Synder
Chernobyl and Fukushima: Measuring Radioactivity, Harm to Wildlife
The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that Chernobyl released 400 times more radioactivity into the atmosphere than the ...
April 26, 2016
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Timothy A. Mousseau
Chernobyl: New Tomb Will Make Site Safe for 100 Years
Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, there's still a significant threat of radiation from the crumbling remains ...
April 26, 2016
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Claire Corkhill
Ice Wall at Fukushima Plant Switched On, but Will It Work?
TOKYO—The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant switched on a giant refrigeration system on Thursday to create ...
March 31, 2016
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The Associated Press
Japan Court Gives Go-ahead for Restart of 2 Nuke Reactors
A Japanese court gave the go-ahead for the restart of two nuclear reactors Thursday after its operator said ...
December 24, 2015
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The Associated Press
Japan Lifts Evacuation Order for Town Near Doomed Nuke Plant
Japan's government on Saturday lifted a 4 1/2-year-old evacuation order for the northeastern town of Naraha that had ...
September 5, 2015
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The Associated Press
Japan Fires Up Nuclear Power Again, but Can It Ever Be Safe Enough?
After two years without any nuclear power in response to the 2011 Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear ...
August 18, 2015
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Barry W. Brook
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Ben Heard
3 Ex-TEPCO Execs to Face Criminal Charges in Nuclear Crisis
A Japanese judicial committee has decided that three former utility executives should face criminal charges and stand trial ...
July 31, 2015
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The Associated Press
Photo of Deformed Daisies Found Near Fukushima Goes Viral (Video)
A photo from Japan showing severely deformed daisies has been making the social media rounds.
July 24, 2015
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Epoch Video
Fukushima Water: The New Energy Drink Is So Hot, It’s Radioactive
It’s not sold in any stores, but it’s sure to become the next to-die-for product exported from Japan: ...
March 24, 2015
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Liz Dwyer
500 More Dead Sea Lions; Fukushima Radiation Continues to Spread Across Ocean
Another mysterious wave of dead sea animals has washed ashore in Peru, the possible consequence of ongoing radiation ...
January 9, 2015
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Jonathan Benson
The Fourth Winter of Fukushima
"No, nothing. I have nothing planned for New Year's. Nothing at all. No one is coming." A shy, ...
January 5, 2015
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Alexis Dudden
Radiation-Loving Fungi Can Remove Toxic Waste
When Russian scientists sent a robot into the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 2007, the last thing they ...
December 10, 2014
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Reid Schram
In Greenwich Village, a Vigil for the Victims of Atomic Bombing
Kathleen Sullivan was on a visit to Auschwitz with six atomic bomb survivors when the nuclear reactors in ...
August 4, 2014
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Jonathan Zhou
Why Are Fukushima Engineers Creating a $317M Ice Wall Under a Contaminated Nuclear Plant?
Engineers at Fukushima nuclear power plant have been trying to create a $317M ice wall to isolate contaminated ...
July 21, 2014
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Jonathan Bridge
Global Q&A: ‘Do you think the Fukushima nuclear accident is a cause for concern today?’
On a local level and globally, long term repercussions for nature in general, including humans and animals, are ...
June 26, 2014
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Epoch Times Staff
The Abe Administration Must Rebuild Public’s Trust in Nuclear Energy
There is a remarkable disconnect between the Abe Administration and the Japanese public when it comes to how ...
April 23, 2014
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Edward
Fukushima Radiation Report Released Two Weeks After Evacuees Get the Green Light to Return
The Asahi Shimbun, Japan's most widely distributed daily paper, reported that the government of Japan withheld findings about ...
April 16, 2014
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Kristina Skorbach
Citizen Scientists Can Fill Info Gaps about Fukushima Effects
An Internet search turns up an astounding number of pages about radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...
February 3, 2014
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David Suzuki
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