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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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1 million tons of contaminated radioactive water still plagues Japan nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Japan's Fukushima region has come a long way since 2011 when a massive tsunami damaged the nuclea…
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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 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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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…
Cheryl Teh
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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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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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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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Russia joins China and South Korea in expressing 'serious concern' at Japan's plan to release waste water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Russia wants more information from Japan, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday, including an…
Marianne Guenot
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US honey still contains traces of the radioactive fallout of nuclear bomb testing in the '50s and '60s, study finds
Traces of radioactive cesium-137 act as a marker of "hot spots" of nuclear contamination, but they …
Marianne Guenot
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Typhoons Keep Spreading Radioactive Material From Fukushima Around Japan
Local populations who escaped the initial fallout two-and-a-half years ago could now find their foo…
Agence France Presse
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Japan Plans To Build An 'Ice Wall' In Attempt To Stem Radioactive Water Leaks At Fukushima
Thousands of tonnes of radioactive water are being stored in temporary tanks at the site, 220 kilom…
Shingo Ito, Agence France-Pre…
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Parts of the Marshall Islands are now more radioactive than Chernobyl because of US nuclear tests
After testing for americium-241, the researchers found that certain islands contained much higher l…
Aria Bendix
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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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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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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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The Situation Keeps Getting Worse At Fukushima
Water with a radioactivity of 230 millisieverts per hour was found below it, the operator said, whi…
Agence France Presse
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Radioactive boars are taking over this nuclear wasteland - and that's just the start of the problem
The next best solution would be incinerating the bodies. This is where things get a little tricky. …
Ali Sundermier
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'Disaster Relief Mansions' Are Tearing Neighboring Fukushima Town Apart
Chuo-dai Kashima, a newly developed area in Iwaki where many of the temporary housing units have be…