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Japan's TEPCO posts $5.8 billion in Q1 loss on Fukushima plant decommissioning
Tokyo Electric Power Co on Thursday posted 857.7 billion yen ($5.75 billion) loss for the three months ended on June 30, ...
Tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant faces new delay in removing melted fuel debris
The Japanese operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the start of full-scale removal of ...
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Japan on edge: Tsunami fears trigger Fukushima plant evacuation; 4,000 workers moved to higher ground
Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were evacuated Wednesday after a powerful 8.7-magnitude earthquake off ...
Fukushima nuclear plant clean-up faces another delay
Tokyo Electric Power Company newly released plan reveals the challenges to decommissioning the Fukushima nuclear plant by the ...
Japan power firm plans to build first new nuclear reactor since Fukushima
Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in ...
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Global ocean simulations examine tritium release from Fukushima
Model reveals that tritium in treated water discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi reactor has negligible impact on tritium ...
Japan court awards ex-mayor damages over Fukushima nuclear disaster
A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay around 100 million yen ($676,000) in ...
Slightly radioactive Fukushima soil being used at Japanese prime minister’s office to prove safety
Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima has been delivered to the Japanese prime minister’s office to be ...
Japan plans first new nuclear reactor post-Fukushima
A Japanese power company unveiled plans for the country’s first nuclear reactor since the 2011 Fukushima meltdown.
US, Japan, Russia coasts battered by 3-5m tsunami waves as Pacific nations brace for rising seas
Arresting images have emerged of cruise line passengers apparently being abandoned in Hawaii as the vessel frantically leaves ...