Japan, Fukushima

Japan's nuclear watchdog disqualifies a reactor for the first time since Fukushima disaster
Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, the first rejection under safety standards that were reinforced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster and a setback as Japan seeks
Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant has been shut down again due to an equipment problem.
Japanese Nuclear Reactor Disqualified Under Post-Fukushima Safety Standards
This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.
Japón veta por primera vez un reactor nuclear con las normas de seguridad posteriores a Fukushima
El organismo regulador nuclear de Japón retiró oficialmente el miércoles el permiso para reiniciar un reactor en la región centro-norte del país, la primera descalificación según unos estándares de seguridad que se reforzaron después del desastre de Fukushima en 2011.
Central Japan nuclear unit fails post-Fukushima safety check
Japan's nuclear watchdog formally decided Wednesday that a reactor in central Japan has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart, in the first such case since the regulatory body's founding after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
The nuclear fuel sample, the size of a grain of rice, was placed into a secure container Thursday, marking the end of the ...
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with navigating the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has successfully retrieved a small ...
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The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster (Disaster Documentary)
The in-depth story of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster On March 11, 2011, the Japanese islands were struck by an ...
Tsunehisa Katsumata, Top Executive in Power Plant Meltdown, Dies at 84
He was sued and prosecuted for his actions as chairman of the Japanese power company that ran the Fukushima nuclear facility ...
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Events at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
Japanese officials plan to start releasing treated but still slightly radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as ...
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China to conduct sampling of treated water at Fukushima nuclear plant
China is expected to conduct a sampling of treated radioactive water on the premises of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant ea ...
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Fuel debris sample extracted from Fukushima Daiichi reactor
Tokyo Electric Power Company announced it has successfully completed the trial removal of a sample of fuel debris from the ...
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Robot retrieves first piece of melted fuel from damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor
The sample was collected from a mound of molten fuel debris from the base of Fukushima's reactor number 2's primary ...
Take out some of the nuclear fuel remnants of the Fukushima nuclear power plant...For the first time since the 2011 accident.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said today (2nd) that it has taken a small amount of nuclear fuel debris inside the accident reactor at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi ...