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  Japan's Nuclear Regulator Says No Repeat of Fukushima Under New Safety Rules: Report

  Japan's nuclear regulator said an accident on the scale of the 2011 Fukushima disaster would not occur under new safety rules imposed on reactors such as Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai No.1, set to be the first to restart since Fukushima, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.

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  Japan Court Approves Restart of Reactors in Boost for Shinzo Abe's Nuclear Policy

  A Japanese court has approved the restart of Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power station, plaintiffs said on Wednesday, rejecting a legal bid to halt the process by residents worried about the safety of the plant.

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  Japan Court Blocks Restarting of 2 Nuclear Reactors

  A Japanese court on Tuesday issued a landmark injunction against the restarting of two atomic reactors, after the country's nuclear watchdog had given the green light to switch them back on.

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  Japan Nuclear Regulator Advisers Fear Loss of its 'Essential' Independence

  International advisers to Japan's atomic regulator have raised concern a mandatory review of its performance could lead to a loss of independence for the body, which was set up in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

• Japan Nuclear Watchdog Greenlights More Reactors

  Japan's nuclear watchdog today gave the green light to restarting two more atomic reactors, days after pro-nuclear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept to election victory.

• Nuclear Plant in Southern Japan Clears Safety Hurdle

  A nuclear power plant in southern Japan has won regulators' approval for meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, a key step toward becoming the first reactor to restart under the tighter rules.

• Japanese Regulator Approves Restart of First Nuclear Reactors

  Japan's nuclear regulator gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the restart of a nuclear power station, the first step to reopening an industry that was mothballed after the Fukushima disaster and which may involve the definitive closure of a dozen old plants.

• Typhoon, mudslides kill 17 in Japan; 50 missing

  A typhoon caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island Wednesday before sweeping up the Pacific coast, grounding hundreds of flights and disrupting Tokyo's transportation during the morning rush. At least 17 deaths were reported and nearly 50 people were missing.

• Japan nuclear regulator slams Fukushima operator for leakage

  Japan's atomic watchdog summoned the boss of Fukushima-operator TEPCO today for a public dressing down over sloppy standards at the crippled nuclear plant, as yet another problem with contaminated water emerged.

• Japan's nuclear regulators visit Fukushima nuclear plant

  Officials from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority today visited the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

• Fukushima inspectors 'careless', Japan agency says, as nuclear crisis grows

  The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant was careless in monitoring tanks storing dangerously radioactive water, the nuclear regulator said on Friday, the latest development in a crisis no one seems to know how to contain.

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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.

• 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.

• Toxic puddles at Fukushima nuclear plant: report

  Puddles with extremely high radiation levels have been found near water storage tanks at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's atomic regulator and operator said today, according to a report.

• Japan nuclear regulator alarmed at Fukushima contamination reports

  Japan's nuclear regulator expressed growing alarm on Wednesday at increased contamination beside the seafront of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and urged the plant's operators to take protective measures.