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Hundreds outside Fukushima affected by Japanese nuclear disaster seek … – Washington Post
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Radiation levels in Hippo district are comparable to areas in Fukushima subject to voluntary evacuation, where residents are entitled to receive up to 720,000 yen ($7,000) for every child and pregnant woman, and up to 120,000 yen ($1,180) per adult.
Nearly 700 crisis-hit residents outside Fukushima seek compensation from …Calgary Herald
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Posted on 21 May 2013 | 2:40 pm
Nuclear Energy Industry Re-Energizing after Fukushima – Energy Collective
Nuclear Energy Industry Re-Energizing after Fukushima
Energy Collective
The Fukushima incident has contributed to the lay belief that nuclear energy is a risk not worth taking. Although, according to the data of the non-profit World Nuclear Association only a very limited number of accidents occurred in over 14,500 …
Two years after Fukushima, Japan still recoveringWKAR
Japanese nuclear reactor faces permanent shutdownLegalbrief (subscription)
Report: Japan, India set to resume nuclear cooperation talksUPI.com
The Japan Daily Press -GlobalPost -Asahi Shimbun
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Posted on 21 May 2013 | 8:36 am
Nuclear power industry moves on from Fukushima meltdown: IAEA chief – Platts
Nuclear power industry moves on from Fukushima meltdown: IAEA chief
Platts
More than two years since the Fukushima I meltdown in Japan, the global nuclear power industry is "beginning to put the accident behind us and is looking forward to the future," International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said …
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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 5:05 pm
Fishermen net fish in Fukushima waters to measure radiation levels – Asahi Shimbun
Fishermen net fish in Fukushima waters to measure radiation levels
Asahi Shimbun
A fishing vessel from Fukushima Prefecture caught fish in waters south of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on May 20 to test them for levels of radiation contamination, as local fishing cooperatives hope to soon resume fishing in the area.
Posted on 20 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
Fukushima No. 1 can’t keep its head above tainted water – The Japan Times
Fukushima No. 1 can't keep its head above tainted water
The Japan Times
More than two years into the triple-meltdown crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, workers continue to wage a desperate battle to keep the stricken reactors cool while trying to contain the 400 tons of radioactive water produced by the process …
IAEA inspector backs pumping Fukushima groundwater into seaGlobalPost
International nuclear inspector supports pumping groundwater to sea at …The Japan Daily Press
IAEA to support radioactive decontamination in Fukushima from JulyMainichi Daily News
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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 3:14 pm
TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO INCORPORATED : Earthquake Occurred on … – 4-traders (press release)
TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO INCORPORATED : Earthquake Occurred on …
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At around 4:10 PM in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, a TEPCO employee found water dropping from an overflow pipe of Units 5-6 RO treated water tank (D7 tank) where the leakage was found yesterday on the site patrol after the earthquake.
French nuclear plant research to include heatwave, tsunami analysisPlatts
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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 11:23 am
Rice seeds sown in former Fukushima evacuation zone – RT
RTRice seeds sown in former Fukushima evacuation zone
RT
Farmers in Fukushima have started planting rice in the former radioactive no-go zone, as close as 15 km from the TEPCO plant which suffered a meltdown in March 2011. They intend to sell the grain for mass consumption. The first sowing was on Saturday …
Rice planted in former no-go zoneThe Japan Times
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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 10:16 am
Fukushima photos focus on what can’t be seen – The Japan Times
Fukushima photos focus on what can't be seen
The Japan Times
Photographer Tomoki Imai has been a blur of activity since we reached the lookout point halfway up 601-meter Mount Higakure in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture. Despite it being late April, with cherry blossoms in the forests and hamlets …
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Posted on 18 May 2013 | 3:17 pm
5.9 earthquake strikes Japan off Fukushima coast – RT
RT5.9 earthquake strikes Japan off Fukushima coast
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No tsunami warning has been issued, despite the offshore quake's close proximity to Fukushima prefecture, where the magnitude 9.0 quake in March 2011 instigated the Tsunami, which led to the deaths of at least 16,000 people and nuclear meltdown at the …
No tsunami after Japan quakeTVNZ
Magnitude 6 quake rocks Tohoku region; no tsunami warning issuedThe Japan Times
Earthquake strikes northeast Japan; no tsunami alertGlobalPost
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Posted on 18 May 2013 | 8:20 am
County invention to clean-up Fukushima – Lancashire Evening Post
Lancashire Evening PostCounty invention to clean-up Fukushima
Lancashire Evening Post
NNL managing director Paul Howarth said: “The cleanup of the Fukushima site is one of the major challenges facing the global nuclear industry at present, and I'm delighted that this technology is to be part of the solution to that challenge.” He said …
Posted on 15 May 2013 | 8:32 pm
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Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis
TOKYO (AP) — Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country's 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 2:49 pm
Hundreds seek damages in Japan nuclear crisis
TOKYO : Hundreds of residents and evacuees from just outside Fukushima say they have been unfairly denied full compensation despite high radiation levels in their area caused by Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 11:26 am
Russia leads the way in post-Fukushima world
Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing. Reconstructing nuclear confidence in the world following the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster will be a long and painful process.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 6:54 am
Tepco Surges a Fourth Day on Reactor Restart Speculation
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) , operator of the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant, surged for a fourth consecutive day, bringing gains to 55 percent in the period amid speculation it will apply soon to restart idled reactors.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 5:35 am
6.0-magnitude quake strikes Japan
FUKUSHIMA, Japan, May 18 (UPI) — A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan Saturday, jolting residents in the area hit hard by a massive quake in 2011, officials said.
Posted on 18 May 2013 | 6:31 pm
Fukushima disaster could not happen in Taiwan: officials
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan authorities attempted Tuesday to ease fears of a Japanese-style crisis at the island's nearly completed newest nuclear power plant, ahead of a mass protest this weekend.
Posted on 14 May 2013 | 7:58 pm
Fukushima debris cleanup delayed
TOKYO, May 8 (UPI) — The cleanup effort in Japan's earthquake-hit Fukushima prefecture is being delayed by the unresolved nuclear crisis there, the government said.
Posted on 8 May 2013 | 5:32 am
The Fukushima Cleanup Continues to Falter
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Posted on 1 May 2013 | 4:35 pm
Fukushima leaks raise fears
TOKYO — Like the persistent tapping of a desperate SOS message, the updates keep coming. Day after day, the operators of the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have been detailing their struggles to contain leaks of radioactive water .
Posted on 1 May 2013 | 10:42 am
Fukushima Leaks and Sandy Sewage Raise Questions About Shore Pollution
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Posted on 30 April 2013 | 3:24 pm
