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NUCLEAR

EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2017
Another radiation exposure accident
A radiation exposure accident in Oarai, Ibaraki, highlights once again the lack of safety consciousness on the part of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and its predecessor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2017
With eye to grabbing slice of market, China focuses on developing small nuclear reactors
China is betting on new, small-scale nuclear reactor designs that could be used in isolated regions, on ships and even aircraft as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the global nuclear market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 17, 2017
Kansai takes measured view on missile drills
Over the past two months, hardly a week has passed without news of another North Korean missile launch. It's become routine: An early morning South Korean media report, based on government sources, says that "an object has been launched," forcing politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists in Tokyo out...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2017
Toshiba unveils submersible video robot to probe reactor 3 at Fukushima No. 1 plant
Toshiba Corp. unveiled on Thursday a submersible robot to take live video of reactor 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant to confirm whether fuel debris is sitting at the bottom of a pool of radioactive water inside.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017
North Korean detainee Otto Warmbier, in coma for over a year, is evacuated to U.S.
An American college student who fell into a coma more than a year ago while detained by North Korea was returned to the U.S. Tuesday in a stunning display of diplomatic dexterity by the White House.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2017
Nuclear-free New Zealand turns 30
The 1987 nuclear-free act was a milestone in New Zealand's development as a nation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jun 14, 2017
Radiation, risk and robots: Ripping out a reactor's heart
As head of the Muelheim-Kaerlich nuclear reactor, Thomas Volmar spends his days plotting how to tear down his workplace. The best way to do that, he says, is to cut out humans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2017
Rodman's return to North Korea brings with it speculation of Trump connection
Former U.S. professional basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, bringing his "basketball diplomacy" back to the country amid heightened tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the reclusive nation's nuclear and missile program and its jailing of four Americans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 11, 2017
South Korea names new defense minister to counter North's missile, nuclear threat
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday nominated a former navy chief as his defense minister, the president's office said, as the government faces challenges tackling North Korea's rapidly developing weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2017
Kim Jong Nam had $120,000 in cash when killed, had earlier met with suspected U.S. spy: report
The half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was in possession of $120,000 when he was killed at a Kuala Lumpur airport in February, the Asahi Shimbun daily reported, adding that he met with an American suspected of connections with a U.S. intelligence agency four days before his death.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2017
North Korea warns long-range missile test 'not too far away'
North Korea warned Saturday that it was "not too far away" from testing a long-range missile capable of hitting the continental U.S. amid an unprecedented pace of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2017
North Korea says new anti-ship cruise missile can strike enemy battle groups 'at will'
The latest missile test by North Korea was of "a new-type ground-to-sea cruise rocket," the nuclear-armed country's state media said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 9, 2017
Declassified papers reveal U.S. held debate on Japan's nuclear ambitions in 1970s
Japan's push to establish a nuclear fuel recycling program and use the plutonium created in the process was the center of an intense debate in the U.S. government four decades ago, pitting those who wanted smooth relations with Tokyo against those who worried the plan might lead to the proliferation...
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jun 9, 2017
In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 2
The second in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the previous year.

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