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Breakthrough at Fukushima: Robot retrieves melted nuclear fuel fragment 13 years after tsunami disaster
More than a decade after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, TEPCO has successfully extracted a…
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Creepy drone footage from Fukushima shows how a nuclear reactor looks after meltdown
A drone and robot are aiding in the inspection of the devastation inside the Fukushima Daiichi nucl…
Marianne Guenot
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Japan released treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean. Experts say it's safe, but one would avoid the fish.
Japan is releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean. Some are conce…
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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'You could feel the stress and terror': Inside Fukushima's abandoned hospitals, where the wounded rushed to evacuate after the nearby nuclear plant melted down
The rush to evacuate is clear in this scene of unmade beds and leftover personal items.Bob Thissen/…
Erin Heger
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Nuclear power could transform the US energy grid — but decades of roadblocks and rising prices are standing in the way
Experts say relying more nuclear power could reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, especially as t…
Avery Hartmans
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Uranium prices spike to their highest since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, as Biden weighs sanctions on Russian supplier
Uranium prices rose 11% Friday, their highest level since Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, …
Shalini Nagarajan
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Afraid that its athletes may eat contaminated ingredients from Fukushima, South Korea created its own Olympic food program. Japan is not impressed.
South Korea launched its own food program for its athletes and delegates in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics…
Matthew Loh
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Japan hints at possible reversal of post-Fukushima nuclear policy as energy crisis spurs scramble for alternative supplies
After the Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster, Japan said it would not build any new nuclear rea…
Jennifer Sor
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Japan scrapped a cartoon mascot meant to promote its plan to dump Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea
The mascot was pulled after just one day because people thought the cuteness of the character did n…
Marianne Guenot
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South Korea and China are unhappy with Japan's decision to release radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
China and South Korea, along with Japanese fishing unions and Weibo users, expressed concern that r…
Cheryl Teh
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Japan approves plan to dump 1 million tons of wastewater from Fukushima nuclear disaster into the sea, arguing that it has been treated and isn't harmful
Japan announced the decision on Tuesday. Experts say the plan is safe, but China has called the dec…
Marianne Guenot
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Fukushima is running out of space to store contaminated water. Japan's environment minister said the 'only option' is to dump it in the ocean.
Shortly after the tsunami, Fukushima plant workers constructed storage tanks to house the contamina…
Aria Bendix
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Powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake rattles Tokyo and triggers a tsunami advisory near Fukushima
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake hit at around 11:36 p.m. off the coast of Fukus…
Natalie Musumeci
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Chernobyl was the world's worst nuclear power plant accident. Here's how it compares to Fukushima and Three Mile Island.
The disaster, which rejoined the cultural conversation thanks to a new series on HBO, took place on…
Aria Bendix
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A UFO lab just opened in Fukushima to look into Japan's strange sky sightings
The opening of the Fukushima research facility comes amid a marked increase in interest in UFOs wor…
Cheryl Teh
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Japan is waking up a nuclear reactor way past its prime. Some of the country's energy experts think this is a terrible idea.
Experts warned that the Japanese government should learn from the 2011 Fukushima disaster before ex…
Cheryl Teh
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A snake combusted after sparking a power outage that struck 9,800 homes in Japan's Fukushima amid a heatwave
The Tohoku Electric Power Company said the snake could have slithered over a live fire, causing a p…
Cheryl Teh
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After 8 years, residents of a ghost town soaked in radiation by the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster are allowed back
The government, in tandem with the plant's owners Tokyo Electric Power Co., have been working cease…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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US backs Japan's plan to release radioactive water from Fukushima despite pushback from South Korea, China, and Russia
US climate envoy John Kerry has backed Japan's plan to release 1.2 million tons of radioactive wate…