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Japan and Tepco again ordered to pay damages to Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees
A court orders the state and the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay a combined ¥419 million in damages to evacuees from the 2011 nuclear disaster.
Tepco carries out examination of melted Fukushima reactor fuel by remote-controlled probe
The operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said Wednesday it has completed its first attempt to use a remote-controlled probe to manipulate melted fuel accumulating at the bottom of one of the crippled reactors. During the nearly eight-hour operation, Tokyo Electric ...
Abe's remark that DPJ rule was 'like a nightmare' sparks opposition fury as Japan elections loom
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and opposition heavyweight Katsuya Okada argued emotionally in the Diet on Tuesday over Abe's recent remark that Japan was going through a "nightmare" before his Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in 2012. At a meeting of the House of Representatives ...
Tepco to deploy robot for first contact with melted fuel from Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster
The owner of the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 power plant is trying this week to touch melted fuel at the bottom of the plant for the first time since the disaster almost eight years ago, a tiny but key step toward retrieving the radioactive ...
Japan's Reconstruction Agency to air ad for Fukushima products on TV, online and at cinemas
The Reconstruction Agency said Friday that it will run a television commercial advertising farm, fishery and forestry products made in Fukushima Prefecture for about a week from Saturday. The 30-second spot is aimed at dispelling harmful rumors about the safety of products from the prefecture ...
Radioactive cesium above legal limit detected in fish caught off Fukushima
The Fukushima Prefecture fisheries cooperatives association says radioactive cesium exceeding the state limit has been detected in fish caught offshore for the first time in about four years.
Storage of nuclear waste a 'global crisis' as stockpile reaches 250,000 tons, Greenpeace warns
Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage facilities in seven countries with nuclear power ...
Toshiba unveils robot with tongs to probe melted Fukushima nuclear fuel
Toshiba Corp. unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs on Monday that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant and grip chunks of highly radioactive melted fuel. The device is designed ...
Governor promotes Fukushima food in Hong Kong amid post-disaster import restrictions
Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori, on a visit to Hong Kong which kicked off Thursday, has worked to promote the safety of food from his prefecture, home to the heavily damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Hong Kong introduced restrictions on food imports from the prefecture ...
Hitachi to remain in nuclear business after halting plant project in Wales, chairman says
Hitachi Ltd. plans to remain in the nuclear business, its chairman said, even after suspending a reactor project in the U.K. and as public anxiety over the technology persists. "When we build up some nuclear power stations, we have to maintain this for 40, 50, ...
The government and related industries need to face up to the situation surrounding the nuclear power business and reassess the way forward.
Niigata government to dispose of radioactive mud stored since Fukushima crisis
The prefecture, located about 200 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, has been storing around 60,000 tons of mud containing radioactive cesium.
