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Fukushima Disaster: Japan Court Acquits 3 Ex-Tokyo Power Firm Executives
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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Fukushima Operator Faces $5 Billion US Suit Over 2011 Disaster
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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Fukushima Costs To Double To Nearly $180 Billion: Report
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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Fukushima's Ground Zero: No Place For Man Or Robot
The robots sent in to find highly radioactive fuel at Fukushima's nuclear reactors have "died"; a subterranean "ice wall" around the crippled plant meant to stop groundwater from becoming contaminated has yet to be finished. And authorities still don't know how to dispose of highly radioactive water stored in an ever mounting number of tanks around...
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Chief Says 'No Textbook' For Clean Up
The man leading the daunting task of dealing with the Fukushima nuclear plant that sank into meltdowns in northeastern Japan warns with surprising candour: Nothing can be promised.
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Fukushima Dumps First Batch of Once-Radioactive Water in Sea
The operator of Japan's Fukushima on Monday began releasing previously radioactive groundwater from the crippled nuclear plant into the sea, saying a filtration process had made the discharge safe.
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Hundreds Trapped as Floods Sweep Japan
Nearly 700 people were awaiting rescue and at least 12 missing in Japan Thursday after torrential rains that saw a river burst its banks and deluge a city north of Tokyo.
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Ex-Fukushima Execs to Be Charged Over Nuclear Accident
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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Former Fukushima Executives to be Charged over 2011 Nuclear Disaster
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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4 Years After Nuclear Disaster, Fukushima Workers Get Own Rest Area
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, has opened a rest area and canteen for cleanup workers, more than four years after the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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Don't Skimp on PC Upgrade, Japan Watchdog Tells Fukushima Operator
Tokyo Electric Power was warned by an independent watchdog to replace its outdated systems due to security concerns.
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Japan Utilities Set to Scrap 5 Ageing Nuclear Reactors
Three ageing nuclear reactors in Japan will be decommissioned due to the high cost of upgrading them in line with tougher safety standards set after the Fukushima disaster, their operators said on today.
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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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'Significant Progress' in Decommissioning Fukushima: UN Agency
Japan has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a UN review mission said today as it again advised the country to consider discharging treated water into the sea.
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Japan Nuclear Plant Worker Dies After Falling Into Tank
A worker at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant died after falling into a water storage tank, the latest in a growing number of accidents at the site still struggling to clean up the mess from the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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Fukushima Disaster: Japan Court Acquits 3 Ex-Tokyo Power Firm Executives
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.
-
Fukushima Operator Faces $5 Billion US Suit Over 2011 Disaster
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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Fukushima Costs To Double To Nearly $180 Billion: Report
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.
-
Fukushima's Ground Zero: No Place For Man Or Robot
The robots sent in to find highly radioactive fuel at Fukushima's nuclear reactors have "died"; a subterranean "ice wall" around the crippled plant meant to stop groundwater from becoming contaminated has yet to be finished. And authorities still don't know how to dispose of highly radioactive water stored in an ever mounting number of tanks around...
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Chief Says 'No Textbook' For Clean Up
The man leading the daunting task of dealing with the Fukushima nuclear plant that sank into meltdowns in northeastern Japan warns with surprising candour: Nothing can be promised.
-
Fukushima Dumps First Batch of Once-Radioactive Water in Sea
The operator of Japan's Fukushima on Monday began releasing previously radioactive groundwater from the crippled nuclear plant into the sea, saying a filtration process had made the discharge safe.
-
Hundreds Trapped as Floods Sweep Japan
Nearly 700 people were awaiting rescue and at least 12 missing in Japan Thursday after torrential rains that saw a river burst its banks and deluge a city north of Tokyo.
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Ex-Fukushima Execs to Be Charged Over Nuclear Accident
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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Former Fukushima Executives to be Charged over 2011 Nuclear Disaster
A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
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4 Years After Nuclear Disaster, Fukushima Workers Get Own Rest Area
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, has opened a rest area and canteen for cleanup workers, more than four years after the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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Don't Skimp on PC Upgrade, Japan Watchdog Tells Fukushima Operator
Tokyo Electric Power was warned by an independent watchdog to replace its outdated systems due to security concerns.
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Japan Utilities Set to Scrap 5 Ageing Nuclear Reactors
Three ageing nuclear reactors in Japan will be decommissioned due to the high cost of upgrading them in line with tougher safety standards set after the Fukushima disaster, their operators said on today.
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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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'Significant Progress' in Decommissioning Fukushima: UN Agency
Japan has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a UN review mission said today as it again advised the country to consider discharging treated water into the sea.
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Japan Nuclear Plant Worker Dies After Falling Into Tank
A worker at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant died after falling into a water storage tank, the latest in a growing number of accidents at the site still struggling to clean up the mess from the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
