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TEPCO to launch another attempt to remove debris from Fukushima Daiichi Unit...
Tokyo Electric has announced a new plan to attempt to retrieve the fuel handling machine that fell into the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 spent fuel pool.TEPCO has been working to remove the fuel handling...
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Earthquake insurance premiums in Japan to increase for 2nd time in 18 years...
In July 2014, Japan introduced the first increase in earthquake premiums in 18 years. Now, a group commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Finance to study the issue has announced that insurance...
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TEPCO gets approval to release more Fukushima water into the Pacific
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is overwhelmed by the massive amounts of contaminated water piling up at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and 300 tons more is being generated every...
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A Fukushima Lesson Unlearned: NRC scraps public rulemaking on weak GE...
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) typically begins its narrative on the “lessons learned” from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe with Japan’s March 11, 2011accident. Not...
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TEPCO to work with France to develop new robots for Fukushima Daiichi
An aerial view of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on March 11.Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has signed an agreement to acquire robots that can...
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Japan to restart second reactor at Sendai nuclear power plant
The two PWR reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Japan.Kyushu Electric reported this week that it will restart the Unit 2 reactor at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Japan on Thursday. The...
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TEPCO investigates Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 containment vessel
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan used remote-controlled cameras to observe the current conditions inside of the Unit 3 containment vessel.The cameras were also equipped...
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German utilities may drop lawsuits for decommissioning deal
Before 2011, nuclear power generated nearly 18% of the electricity in Germany. After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany elected to gradually shut down its nuclear reactors and...
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French and Japanese nuclear fuel cycle may be affected by failures at Monju
Residents of Fukui Prefecture in Japan have announced that they will file a lawsuit with the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) to permanently shutdown the Monju fast breeder reactor.A breeder reactor...
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The Animals at Fukushima Daiichi and Chernobyl
TEPCO released images this week of what appeared to be a fox that had entered the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 reactor.The animal pokes his head around and explores the contaminated structure.The images...
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Nuclear Meltdown: Releasing radiation and containing the truth
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant pictured in March 2011 (top) and March 2014 (bottom).Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) admitted last week that they should have declared a meltdown within...
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France, Japan and United States to work together on Fukushima decommissioning
The Japanese government has decided to work with the United States and France to develop new technologies to help operators decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.The Science and...
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TEPCO admits that ice wall will not stop groundwater from entering crippled...
This week TEPCO officials at a meeting with officials from the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Japan admitted that the ice wall they promoted as an impermeable barrier to prevent groundwater from...
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Ice Wall at Fukushima Daiichi damaged by recent typhoons in Japan
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has announced that the “ice wall” (formally known as the “Land-Side Impermeable Wall”) under construction at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in...
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Uranium mining industry in survival mode after Fukushima
The entrance to an abandoned uranium mine in Colorado The hot word in the uranium mining market is “staying power”, as in who will have the staying power to survive the collapse of the uranium mining...
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