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Japan To Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant 15 Years After It Killed 18,000
- Wednesday January 21, 2026
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The world's biggest nuclear power plant is set to restart on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan To Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant, 15 Years After Fukushima
- Monday December 22, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220 km northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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www.ndtv.com
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Decontaminated Fukushima Soil Used At Japanese Prime Minister's Office To Prove Safety
- Monday July 21, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima was delivered Saturday to the Japanese prime minister's office to be reused in an effort to showcase its safety.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Nuclear Reactor Resumes Power Generation, For First Time In 13 Years
- Saturday November 16, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has resumed power generation for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, its operator said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Fukushima Disaster: Japan Court Acquits 3 Ex-Tokyo Power Firm Executives
- Thursday September 19, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted three former officials from the firm that operated the Fukushima nuclear plant, in the only criminal trial to stem from the 2011 disaster.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan, Fukushima Operator Told To Pay $3.8 Million Over Nuclear Disaster
- Wednesday February 20, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Japanese court has awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tsunami-Hit Japan Beaches Reopen 7 Years After Devastating Disaster
- Monday July 23, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan has reopened three beaches in regions devastated by the 2011 tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear disaster after years of reconstruction efforts, officials said Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Government Not Responsible For Fukushima: Court
- Friday September 22, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Japanese court ruled Friday that the plant operator not the government was responsible for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, ordering the former to pay damages
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www.ndtv.com
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Fukushima Operator Faces $5 Billion US Suit Over 2011 Disaster
- Thursday August 24, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings said Thursday it faces another US lawsuit over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, with the latest one demanding at least $5 billion in compensation.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Pictures Likely Show Melted Fukushima Fuel For First Time
- Saturday July 22, 2017
- World News | Stephen Stapczynski, Bloomberg
New images show what is likely to be melted nuclear fuel hanging from inside one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima reactors, a potential milestone in the cleanup of one of the worst atomic disasters in history.
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www.ndtv.com
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Fukushima Costs To Double To Nearly $180 Billion: Report
- Thursday December 1, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The estimated cost of dealing with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis has doubled to some $180 billion, a report said Thursday, underlining the challenge Japan faces in overcoming the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan's Only Working Nuclear Reactors Can Stay Online
- Wednesday April 6, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan's only two working nuclear reactors can remain online after a court rejected an appeal by residents who said safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster were inadequate, the operator confirmed today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor Using Plutonium-Mixed Fuel
- Friday January 29, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Japan on Friday restarted a nuclear reactor that uses riskier plutonium-based MOX fuel, the first of that type to resume operations under stricter safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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www.ndtv.com
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Radiation From Japan Nuclear Disaster Spreads Off US Shores
- Friday December 4, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Radiation from Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster has spread off North American shores and contamination is increasing at previously identified sites, although levels are still too low to threaten human or ocean life, scientists said on Thursday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Ends Nuclear Shutdown More Than 4 Years After Fukushima: Official
- Tuesday August 11, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan on Tuesday switched on a nuclear reactor, officials said, ending a two-year shutdown in the energy-hungry country that was sparked by public fears following the 2011 Fukushima crisis, the worst atomic disaster in a generation.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan To Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant 15 Years After It Killed 18,000
- Wednesday January 21, 2026
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The world's biggest nuclear power plant is set to restart on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan To Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant, 15 Years After Fukushima
- Monday December 22, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220 km northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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www.ndtv.com
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Decontaminated Fukushima Soil Used At Japanese Prime Minister's Office To Prove Safety
- Monday July 21, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima was delivered Saturday to the Japanese prime minister's office to be reused in an effort to showcase its safety.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Nuclear Reactor Resumes Power Generation, For First Time In 13 Years
- Saturday November 16, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has resumed power generation for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, its operator said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Fukushima Disaster: Japan Court Acquits 3 Ex-Tokyo Power Firm Executives
- Thursday September 19, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted three former officials from the firm that operated the Fukushima nuclear plant, in the only criminal trial to stem from the 2011 disaster.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan, Fukushima Operator Told To Pay $3.8 Million Over Nuclear Disaster
- Wednesday February 20, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Japanese court has awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tsunami-Hit Japan Beaches Reopen 7 Years After Devastating Disaster
- Monday July 23, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan has reopened three beaches in regions devastated by the 2011 tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear disaster after years of reconstruction efforts, officials said Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Government Not Responsible For Fukushima: Court
- Friday September 22, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Japanese court ruled Friday that the plant operator not the government was responsible for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, ordering the former to pay damages
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www.ndtv.com
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Fukushima Operator Faces $5 Billion US Suit Over 2011 Disaster
- Thursday August 24, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings said Thursday it faces another US lawsuit over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, with the latest one demanding at least $5 billion in compensation.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Pictures Likely Show Melted Fukushima Fuel For First Time
- Saturday July 22, 2017
- World News | Stephen Stapczynski, Bloomberg
New images show what is likely to be melted nuclear fuel hanging from inside one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima reactors, a potential milestone in the cleanup of one of the worst atomic disasters in history.
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www.ndtv.com
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Fukushima Costs To Double To Nearly $180 Billion: Report
- Thursday December 1, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The estimated cost of dealing with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis has doubled to some $180 billion, a report said Thursday, underlining the challenge Japan faces in overcoming the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan's Only Working Nuclear Reactors Can Stay Online
- Wednesday April 6, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan's only two working nuclear reactors can remain online after a court rejected an appeal by residents who said safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster were inadequate, the operator confirmed today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor Using Plutonium-Mixed Fuel
- Friday January 29, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Japan on Friday restarted a nuclear reactor that uses riskier plutonium-based MOX fuel, the first of that type to resume operations under stricter safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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www.ndtv.com
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Radiation From Japan Nuclear Disaster Spreads Off US Shores
- Friday December 4, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Radiation from Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster has spread off North American shores and contamination is increasing at previously identified sites, although levels are still too low to threaten human or ocean life, scientists said on Thursday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Ends Nuclear Shutdown More Than 4 Years After Fukushima: Official
- Tuesday August 11, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan on Tuesday switched on a nuclear reactor, officials said, ending a two-year shutdown in the energy-hungry country that was sparked by public fears following the 2011 Fukushima crisis, the worst atomic disaster in a generation.
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www.ndtv.com