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- Japan mulls pouring 1 million metric tons of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean Tue, 28 Nov 17, 2:33amFukushima cleanup continues over six years after the 2011 disaster - and the country hasn't yet decided what to do with one million metric tons of radioactive water currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...
- Japan mulls pouring 1M metric tons of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean Tue, 28 Nov 17, 2:33amFukushima cleanup continues over six years after the 2011 disaster - and the country hasn't yet decided what to do with one million metric tons of radioactive water currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...
- Fukushima robot finds lava-like deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel Mon, 24 Jul 17, 11:35pmSix years after the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns, there's still a lot of cleanup to be done. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) deployed an underwater robot to assess damage inside the Unit 3 reactor in Japan last week,...
- 82 bags of radioactive waste from Fukushima washed away in Japan floods Tue, 15 Sep 15, 4:00amSevere rains stemming from Typhoon Etau have caused widespread flooding in Japan, and reports of the damage continue to mount. Most recently, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has announced that floodwaters have swept away...
- Japan to Build Massive 1.5km Ice Wall in Order to Stop Radiation Leaks from Fukushima Nuclear Plant Tue, 27 May 14, 1:34amIn March, Inhabitat ran a story about how the Japanese government had pledged $470 million towards the construction of a massive ice wall that they hoped would contain the radiation from the Fukushima disaster...
- 100 Tons of Radioactive Water Leak From Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Fri, 21 Feb 14, 3:36amIt seems that whenever the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan appears to be under control, something new happens to set back progress. The plant’s operator just discovered the worst leak since the alarming string of...
- New Radioactive Leak Found at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Wed, 22 Jan 14, 7:06amTokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the embattled operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, just released a new video showing highly radioactive water inside the damaged number 3 nuclear reactor...
- Japan Plans Controlled Nuclear Meltdown in Hope of Averting Another Fukushima Disaster Fri, 10 Jan 14, 4:30amPhoto via Shutterstock Scientists from the government-backed Japan Atomic Energy Agency recently announced that they intend to conduct a controlled nuclear meltdown in order to learn how to prevent another Fukushima-scale...
- Japan’s Governing Party Says TEPCO Should Not Handle Fukushima Nuclear Plant Decommission Fri, 1 Nov 13, 5:00amAs the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) prepares for the most dangerous phase of decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan's Liberal Democratic party (LDP) is calling for another agency to oversee...
- 17 Dead, Fukushima on Alert as Typhoon Wipha Hits Japan Thu, 17 Oct 13, 12:00amA "once-in-a-decade" typhoon has hit the Japanese coast, and while its winds weakened from a peak of 130-156mph—Category 4 status—heavy rain and landslides have claimed 17 lives on Oshima Island and caused over 20,000...
- Radiation Levels in Water Near Fukushima Nuclear Plant Hit a Two-Year High Sat, 12 Oct 13, 12:00amIn the latest of a now seemingly endless series of devastating, embarrassing debacles at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, operating utility Tepco has found that radiation levels in seawater directly adjacent to...
- Severed Pipe Exposes Fukushima Workers To Several Tonnes Of Radioactive Water Thu, 10 Oct 13, 3:01amAs if the situation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant weren't bad enough, we now have news that six clean-up workers were exposed to radioactive water when a pipe was mistakenly disconnected...
- Yet Another Fukushima Spill Sends Radioactive Water into Pacific Ocean Fri, 4 Oct 13, 11:30pmThe utility responsible for Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has confirmed yet another leak of carcinogenic, strontium-containing wastewater from storage tanks at the site...
- Japanese Fast Food Chain to Grow Crops 60 Miles From Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Thu, 3 Oct 13, 4:30amFast food chain Yoshinoya Holdings has announced plans to grow rice, cabbage, and onions a mere 100 km (60 miles) away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant...
- Japanese Prime Minister Orders TEPCO to Fix Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Leaks, Wants Plant Scrapped Fri, 20 Sep 13, 11:00pmOn a tour of the crippled nuclear power plant, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the operators of Fukushima Daiichi to present a timeline for fixing persistent leaks of contaminated water, and suggested that all...