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Japan Nuclear Agency Official Loses Phone With Sensitive Information In China
An employee of Japan's nuclear regulator lost his phone containing highly sensitive information in China while on a personal trip in November. The phone had the name and contact details of staff in charge of nuclear security.
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13 Years After Tsunami, Nuclear Debris Removed From Fukushima Reactor
A difficult operation to remove a small amount of radioactive debris from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant began Tuesday, after technical issues suspended an earlier attempt.
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Japan, Fukushima Operator Told To Pay $3.8 Million Over Nuclear Disaster
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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Fukushima Disaster: 3 Ex-Staffers Charged For Negligence
Three former utility executives have been formally charged over their alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first ones from the company to go to criminal court.
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Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years
Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by last year's tsunami. Concern about aging reactors has been growing because the three units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan that went into meltdown following the tsunami in March were ...
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Japan: Nuke agency says radiation high outside 20-km zone
U.N. nuclear agency officials say that readings outside the exclusion zone of the Japan nuclear disaster shows radiation exceeding recommended evacuation levels by the agency.The officials emphasize that the readings, at Iitate village, were sporadic and were registered only at one measuring point.Elena Buglova, one of the officials of the Internat...
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High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant
Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...
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6.5-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Japan
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert which was lifted soon after.There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.The alert was prompted by a quake that the U.S. Geological Survey measured at 7:23 a.m. on Monda...
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Japan Nuclear Agency Official Loses Phone With Sensitive Information In China
An employee of Japan's nuclear regulator lost his phone containing highly sensitive information in China while on a personal trip in November. The phone had the name and contact details of staff in charge of nuclear security.
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13 Years After Tsunami, Nuclear Debris Removed From Fukushima Reactor
A difficult operation to remove a small amount of radioactive debris from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant began Tuesday, after technical issues suspended an earlier attempt.
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Japan, Fukushima Operator Told To Pay $3.8 Million Over Nuclear Disaster
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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Fukushima Disaster: 3 Ex-Staffers Charged For Negligence
Three former utility executives have been formally charged over their alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first ones from the company to go to criminal court.
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Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years
Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by last year's tsunami. Concern about aging reactors has been growing because the three units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan that went into meltdown following the tsunami in March were ...
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Japan: Nuke agency says radiation high outside 20-km zone
U.N. nuclear agency officials say that readings outside the exclusion zone of the Japan nuclear disaster shows radiation exceeding recommended evacuation levels by the agency.The officials emphasize that the readings, at Iitate village, were sporadic and were registered only at one measuring point.Elena Buglova, one of the officials of the Internat...
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High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant
Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...
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6.5-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Japan
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert which was lifted soon after.There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.The alert was prompted by a quake that the U.S. Geological Survey measured at 7:23 a.m. on Monda...
