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Restart of Japan's First Nuclear Reactor Post Fukushima Disaster Delayed
Japan's Kyushu Electric Power said today it has delayed the restart of its Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan, the first to be brought back into service under new rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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Fukushima Operator Finds New Source of Radiation Leak Into Sea
The operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it had found a pool of highly contaminated water on the roof of a plant building and that it had probably leaked into the sea through a gutter when it rained.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Struggling to Build Ice Wall to Plug Leak
The operator of Japan's battered Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it was having trouble with the early stages of an ice wall being built under broken reactors to contain radioactive water.
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Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall
Highly radioactive water overflowed barriers into Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operating utility said today, after it underestimated how much rain would fall at the plant and failed to pump it out quickly enough.
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Japan: Groundwater radiation spikes at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
Groundwater radiation levels at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have soared near a tank that leaked 300 tonnes of toxic water in August, struggling operator Tokyo Electric Power said.
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Fukushima operator says six workers contaminated in latest leak
Six workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant were exposed to leaking radioactive water after one of them mistakenly removed a pipe to a water treatment system, the plant's operator said on Wednesday.
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Overflowing tank cause of new leak at Fukushima
Another day, another radioactive-water spill. The operator of the meltdown-plagued Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says at least 430 liters (110 gallons) spilled when workers overfilled a storage tank without a gauge that could have warned them of the danger.
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New leak of radioactive water from Japan's nuclear plant enters Pacific ocean
Japan's crippled nuclear plant has a new leak of highly radioactive water entering the Pacific Ocean after a storage tank overflowed.
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Japan to spend up to $473 million to fix Fukushima nuclear crisis
Japan is set to pledge up to $500 million to contain leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with the government stepping up its intervention in the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century.
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New high-radiation spots found at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday new spots of high radiation had been found near storage tanks holding highly contaminated water, raising fear of fresh leaks as the disaster goes from bad to worse.
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Radioactive spill from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant may have reached sea: reports
Some of the hundreds of tonnes of radioactive water which leaked from a tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant may have flown into the sea, the plant's operator said today.
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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaked 300 tonnes of radioactive water
The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant said today that about 300 tons (300,000 liters, 80,000 gallons) of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks there - its worst leak yet from such a vessel.
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Operator says new radioactive leak at Japan's Fukushima
An estimated 300 tonnes of radioactive water is believed to have leaked from a tank at Japan's crippled nuclear plant, the operator said on Tuesday as it battled the latest toxic water threat.
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Radioactive water may overflow at Japan's Fukushima plant
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it is struggling with its latest efforts to stop contaminated underground water leaks from running into the sea.
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Nuclear watchdog IAEA begins fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency today started a fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, where leaks and power cuts have dented public confidence in clean-up efforts.
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Restart of Japan's First Nuclear Reactor Post Fukushima Disaster Delayed
Japan's Kyushu Electric Power said today it has delayed the restart of its Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan, the first to be brought back into service under new rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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Fukushima Operator Finds New Source of Radiation Leak Into Sea
The operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it had found a pool of highly contaminated water on the roof of a plant building and that it had probably leaked into the sea through a gutter when it rained.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Struggling to Build Ice Wall to Plug Leak
The operator of Japan's battered Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it was having trouble with the early stages of an ice wall being built under broken reactors to contain radioactive water.
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Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall
Highly radioactive water overflowed barriers into Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operating utility said today, after it underestimated how much rain would fall at the plant and failed to pump it out quickly enough.
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Japan: Groundwater radiation spikes at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
Groundwater radiation levels at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have soared near a tank that leaked 300 tonnes of toxic water in August, struggling operator Tokyo Electric Power said.
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Fukushima operator says six workers contaminated in latest leak
Six workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant were exposed to leaking radioactive water after one of them mistakenly removed a pipe to a water treatment system, the plant's operator said on Wednesday.
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Overflowing tank cause of new leak at Fukushima
Another day, another radioactive-water spill. The operator of the meltdown-plagued Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says at least 430 liters (110 gallons) spilled when workers overfilled a storage tank without a gauge that could have warned them of the danger.
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New leak of radioactive water from Japan's nuclear plant enters Pacific ocean
Japan's crippled nuclear plant has a new leak of highly radioactive water entering the Pacific Ocean after a storage tank overflowed.
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Japan to spend up to $473 million to fix Fukushima nuclear crisis
Japan is set to pledge up to $500 million to contain leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with the government stepping up its intervention in the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century.
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New high-radiation spots found at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday new spots of high radiation had been found near storage tanks holding highly contaminated water, raising fear of fresh leaks as the disaster goes from bad to worse.
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Radioactive spill from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant may have reached sea: reports
Some of the hundreds of tonnes of radioactive water which leaked from a tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant may have flown into the sea, the plant's operator said today.
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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaked 300 tonnes of radioactive water
The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant said today that about 300 tons (300,000 liters, 80,000 gallons) of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks there - its worst leak yet from such a vessel.
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Operator says new radioactive leak at Japan's Fukushima
An estimated 300 tonnes of radioactive water is believed to have leaked from a tank at Japan's crippled nuclear plant, the operator said on Tuesday as it battled the latest toxic water threat.
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Radioactive water may overflow at Japan's Fukushima plant
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it is struggling with its latest efforts to stop contaminated underground water leaks from running into the sea.
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Nuclear watchdog IAEA begins fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency today started a fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, where leaks and power cuts have dented public confidence in clean-up efforts.
