Fukushima
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Japanese regulator bans restart at nuclear plant over safety breaches
Fukushima plant operator Tepco suffers blow to plans to resume at its only operable atomic facility The operat…
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Everything you need to know about the plan to release treated Fukushima water
Japan has announced it will dump 1m tonnes of contaminated water into the ocean, sparking controversyFukushima…
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Fukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into sea
Environmental groups and neighbours condemn plan to release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water in two y…
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Three stories of hope: 10 years on from Japan’s triple disaster
Much has changed along the hundreds of miles of devastated coastline and the recovery is gathering paceAfter t…
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Fukushima meltdown did not damage health of local people, UN says
‘No adverse health effects’ detected despite three nuclear reactors being destroyed by an earthquake and tsuna…
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Fukushima 50 review – Ken Watanabe in simmering tribute to power-plant heroes
There’s a touch of Hollywood in this dramatised account of the 50 workers who stayed at Fukushima Daiichi in a…
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The man who saves cats in Fukushima’s nuclear zone – in pictures
Sakae Kato stayed behind a decade ago to rescue abandoned cats whose owners fled radiation clouds from the Fuk…
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Japan tsunami: remains on beach identified as victim of 2011 disaster
Family of Natsuko Okuyama ‘extremely happy’ after remains identified as those of 61-year-old woman who went mi…
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Japan to release 1m tonnes of contaminated Fukushima water into the sea – reports
Local media say release could begin in 2022 and would take decades to complete, but local fishermen say move w…
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Fukushima nuclear disaster preventable, court rules, with more damages claims likely
Government and company Tepco ordered to pay some damages for 2011 event, but ruling could spur further claimsA…
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Coronavirus: Japan scales back triple disaster memorials
Ninth anniversary of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown came as Japan reported biggest one-day rise in i…
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‘We always get A’: Fukushima strives to prove local food safe before Tokyo Games
Stringent testing regime still goes on in prefecture to counter reputational damage from triple disaster Knive…
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Japan lifts evacuation order for town hit by Fukushima disaster
Futaba to reopen for start of Olympic torch relay after being deserted for nine years Japan has lifted an evac…
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Coronavirus: Japan to cancel tsunami anniversary ceremony – reports
Efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 set to put paid to tribute marking March 2011 earthquake, tsunami an…
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Fukushima radioactive water should be released into ocean, say Japan experts
Build-up of contaminated water from wrecked nuclear plant has been sticking point in clean-up likely to take d…
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Fukushima unveils plans to become renewable energy hub
Japan aims to power region, scene of 2011 meltdown, with 100% renewable energy by 2040Fukushima is planning to…
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Radiation hotspots ‘found near Fukushima Olympic site’
Greenpeace calls for fresh monitoring of region where nuclear disaster occurredGreenpeace has said it detected…