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NUCLEAR WASTE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2019
Fukushima nuclear plant to run out of tanks to store tritium-laced water in three years, Tepco says
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Friday projected that the storage tanks for the treated contaminated water at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant would reach full capacity in three years despite plans to expand storage space, complicating the government's efforts to tackle the build-up.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2019
Tepco to decommission reactors at Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will formally decide to decommission the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant after informing the prefectural governor.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2019
Tepco begins removing fuel rods from Unit 3 reactor pool at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant starts removing nuclear fuel from the Unit 3 storage pool.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2019
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 material amid a ¥21.5 trillion ($195 billion) cleanup effort.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 1, 2019
U.S. secretly shipped Cold War-era plutonium to Nevada, raising safety fears and riling lawmakers
The U.S. government secretly shipped a large amount of deadly plutonium from a South Carolina site that produced the radioactive metal for nuclear bombs during the Cold War to Nevada, the Trump administration revealed on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2018
Low-level radioactive waste stored at Tokai research facility near Tokyo may leak, agency says
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday that some of the low-level radioactive waste stored underground at a facility near Tokyo may leak from its containers due to inadequate disposal procedures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2018
Residents in Miyagi file suit to block burning of radiation-tainted waste from Fukushima nuclear disaster
Residents in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to prevent a local public association from burning radiation-tainted waste generated by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 22, 2018
America's nuclear headache: old plutonium with nowhere to go
In a sprawling plant near Amarillo, Texas, rows of workers perform by hand one of the most dangerous jobs in American industry. Contract workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pantex facility gingerly remove the plutonium cores from retired nuclear warheads.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018
Scrapping crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to cost ¥220 billion annually: source
Work to scrap the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and deal with radioactive water buildup at the site is expected to cost around ¥220 billion ($2 billion) annually over the three-year period from fiscal 2018, a source said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2018
Estimated cost of Fukushima disaster might balloon to ¥218 billion
The new estimate reflects a December 2016 Cabinet decision to raise the upper limit on financial assistance for Tokyo Electric to u00a513.5 trillion from u00a59 trillion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 9, 2018
Fukushima No. 1 cleanup continues but radioactive water, and rumors, also prove toxic
Seven years have passed since the core meltdowns occurred in March 2011 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which shocked the world and fractured the local community.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2018
U.S. budget cuts would delay international fusion project ITER, its director warns
An international project to build a nuclear fusion reactor in France that would start generating electricity in 17 years will face delays if U.S. cuts are not reversed in a few months, the head of the venture said on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2018
Removal of spent fuel from Fukui's defunct Fugen reactor delayed by nine years
The transfer of spent nuclear fuel from the Fugen converter reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, will be postponed for nine years until a new reprocessing facility can be chosen, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 17, 2018
Media reports de-romanticize the cleanup work on the Fukushima nuclear power plant
Most of the reliable reporting about the clean-up of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant since it suffered three meltdowns in March 2011 has been from on-site workers. Even when articles appear in major media outlets about the situation at the crippled reactor, it's usually presented through the anonymous or pseudonymous firsthand experiences of the men on the front lines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2017
Vietnam's ex-president admits Fukushima disaster played role in ditching foray into atomic power
Vietnam last year abandoned plans to build its first nuclear power plants with Japanese and Russian assistance due to heightened concern over the safety of atomic power following events including the Fukushima disaster, according to former President Truong Tan Sang.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2017
Two reactors at Tepco's giant Niigata plant close to being restarted
The Nuclear Regulation Authority will soon start talks on clearing two reactors at Tokyo Electric's giant Kashiwazaki-Kariya nuclear plant as safe for restarts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 21, 2017
Color-coded map identifies potential nuclear waste sites in Japan but local governments may only see red
On July 28, the central government released what it called a scientific, specialized map of the country highlighting areas where highly radioactive nuclear waste from the nation's power plants might, or might not, be safely buried underground for as long as 100,000 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2017
METI maps out suitable nuclear waste disposal sites
The government releases a color-coded map of areas deemed suitable for storing high-level nuclear waste as public concern lingers over the safety of atomic power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2017
Nuclear storage crisis grows as reactor restarts continue
More than six years after the March 11, 2011, Tohoku quake, tsunami, and triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Japan is accelerating efforts to restart as many reactors as it possibly can. Four have been revived so far, and Kansai Electric Power Co. plans to restart the Takahama No. 3 unit soon.
JAPAN / Society
May 28, 2017
Takahama mayor floats dry cask storage as backup to Kansai Electric's nuclear disposal site quest
The mayor of a town in Fukui Prefecture that hosts a nuclear power plant that just restarted one of its reactors has floated the idea of installing dry cask storage within the plant to keep ever increasing amounts of spent fuel there.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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