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NUCLEAR ENERGY

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2021
Suga says time ripe to decide fate of treated Fukushima No.1 water
The prime minister is likely to call a Cabinet meeting on the fate of the water next Tuesday, local reports say, after meeting with national fisheries association chief.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2021
World powers and Iran hold 'constructive' talks on reviving nuclear deal
While longtime foes the United States and Iran say they do not expect any quick breakthroughs, both governments and the EU described the early exchanges in positive terms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Apr 5, 2021
Document shows detail of U.S. plan for nuclear plant in Okinawa in 1960s
According to the plans, the site's first reactor was to be completed in December 1963 and the second in 1965.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2021
New multilingual website on Fukushima aims to assuage 3/11 fears
A new multilingual website has been launched by the government with the aim of assuaging concerns about Fukushima Prefecture, the area most affected by the 2011 nuclear accident, the world's worst since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 27, 2021
Dissecting payouts for decontamination work in Fukushima
Fukushima residents have been paid for their role in decontamination work in the prefecture since the 2011 accident.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2021
Japan asks IAEA to verify safety of Fukushima water release
The government is considering releasing the water used to cool reactors, which is stored at the Fukushima No. 1 complex, into the sea, but has not yet made a final decision.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2021
District court orders suspension of Tokai nuclear plant north of Tokyo
The plant, which started commercial operations in 1978, has been idle as the utility works to meet stricter regulations established after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2021
Japanese nuclear plant vulnerable to unauthorized entry for one year
The NRA has provisionally rated the breach at the plant at the worst level in terms of safety and severity, marking the first time it has given such an assessment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 11, 2021
Japan remembers 'man-made' Fukushima nuclear disaster, 10 years on
Areas around the Fukushima plant remain off-limits, worries about radiation levels linger and many who left have settled elsewhere.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2021
Fukushima accident unlikely to cause future health effects, U.N. says
Future health problems directly linked to radiation exposure from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are 'unlikely to be discernible,' a U.N. panel has stated.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2021
The crisis a decade ago remains relevant today
As we commemorate those losses, we must also remember the heroes of that day and those that followed, men and women who scrambled to combat an unfolding catastrophe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and what we know today
A decade after the disaster, the landscape for Fukushima Prefecture and its people, as well as the nuclear sector in Japan, looks quite different.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021
With return to normalcy in sight, Fukushima fishermen fear release of nuclear plant water
Those in the industry worry that draining the water from the nuclear plant into the sea would hinder the recovery they have made in the years since the disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 8, 2021
Tepco president vows to responsibly scrap Fukushima reactors
The president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, has vowed to responsibly scrap the crippled reactors and revitalize the economies of its host communities, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the accident.
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BUSINESS / Economy / Remembering 3/11
Mar 8, 2021
To secure a green future, Japan must reckon with its nuclear past
The government panel shaping the nation's energy future sees the restart of almost every reactor halted after meltdowns in 2011 as necessary to meet climate goals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 7, 2021
Ten years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan finding path to renewable energy future
Almost immediately after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the shift toward renewable energy sources began to accelerate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2021
Most survivors of 2011 quake and Fukushima crisis want to see an end to nuclear power
Some 30% of respondents said all nuclear power plants should be abolished immediately, with 52% supporting phasing out nuclear power and eventually eliminating it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2021
China gives nuclear power a fresh push in the drive to go green
China is offering new backing for the development of nuclear power as a key tool in its drive to cut carbon emissions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2021
Fukushima plant owner says nuclear power needed to hit green goal
Tepco chief says nuclear energy is indispensable for the company to curb CO2 emissions 50% by fiscal 2030 from 2013 levels as boosting capacity of renewables takes time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2021
Decade after Fukushima disaster, Greenpeace sees cleanup failure
Greenpeace said its own radiation surveys conducted over the last decade have consistently found readings above government target levels.

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