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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2013
Fukushima No. 1 mishandling may foreclose on Tepco reactor restarts: NRA
Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s apparent inept handling of the triple-meltdown crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant may foreclose on its bid to restart two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture, the Nuclear Regulation Authority chief indicates.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2013
Electricity aplenty this winter, METI says
Power shortages are unlikely this winter even if all of the country's 50 reactors remain offline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2013
Tepco resumes water filtration at Fukushima nuke plant
The shutdown of the ALPS water treatment system at the Fukushima No. 1 plant is linked to a rubber mat apparently left in a water tank.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2013
Power-saving targets likely to be dropped this winter
This winter is likely to be Japan's first without numerical power-saving targets since 2011 despite the loss of all atomic power, sources say.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2013
Tepco halts trial of water treatment system at Fukushima No. 1 plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday it has halted a trial run of its much-vaunted water treatment system at the Fukushima No. 1 plant just a day after it resumed operations.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2013
Tepco fixes silt fence at No. 1 plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it has finished repairing the damaged silt fence set up in front of reactors 5 and 6 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to stop radioactive materials escaping into the Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2013
Tepco asks to restart two Niigata reactors
Tepco files for safety assessments of two reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata, joining other utilities seeking a return to atomic power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2013
Tepco to resume testing on ALPS water filter
Tokyo Electric will resume tests on the ALPS processor and install a new ALPS next year to bring the radioactive water at Fukushima No. 1 to safer levels.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2013
Niigata governor gives Tepco green light on reactor inspections
Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Thursday that he basically approves of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to request government safety tests for two idled reactors at the world's largest nuclear power plant, paving the way to restarting them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2013
Tepco finds chinks around two bolts in leaky tank
Tokyo Electric manages to uncover bolt chinks in the storage tank from which 300 tons of highly radioactive water escaped with barely a trace last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2013
Niigata puts Tepco's reactor inspection request on hold
Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Wednesday that his decision on whether to let Tokyo Electric Power Co. request safety tests for two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture won't be made for some time.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2013
Rusatom keeps nuclear aid offer to Tepco alive despite rejections
Russia's state-run nuclear power firm Rusatom is leaving its offer to help Tokyo Electric Power Co. deal with the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns open despite the rejections it's been getting so far, the head of a Rusatom unit said.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Sep 23, 2013
Let the world help at Fukushima No. 1
Readers' mails on the Fukushima fiasco and the late, great Mary Sisk Noguchi, Kanji Clinic columnist and friend to Japanese learners around the world.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2013
LDP bigwig pushes Tepco split to speed up Fukushima No. 1 decommissioning
A senior Liberal Democratic Party official wants Tepco to be split up and a new company created to take charge of decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2013
1,130 tons of tainted rainwater dumped at nuke plant
Tepco says it dumped about 1,130 tons of tainted rainwater Monday into the Pacific after it accumulated at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant due to the passing typhoon.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 16, 2013
Fukushima and the right to responsible government
A responsibility-shirking government is ultimately the people's problem — and responsibility — just as much as the nuclear disaster and all the nation's other problems are, argues Colin P.A. Jones.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 16, 2013
Osaka: What on Earth should be done about the deteriorating situation at Fukushima No. 1?
As Tepco plays 'whack-a-mole' with myriad problems at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, readers offer their advice to the utility and Abe's government.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2013
Tepco discharges tainted rainwater from storage tank areas
Tainted rainwater was discharged into the ocean Monday to prevent the damaged Fukushima No. 1 power plant from being flooded by the passage of Typhoon Man-yi, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2013
Toxic drain water may have run into Pacific
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it found radioactive substances in a drainage ditch that leads directly to the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2013
Tepco tech chief disputes Abe's 'under control' assertion
A Tokyo Electric Power Co. executive created a stir Friday by stating that he doesn't believe the radioactive water leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 plant are under control — contradicting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bold assertions in Tokyo's Olympics presentation in Buenos Aires.

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