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Tepco, Mitsubishi Plan Coal-Fired Power Plants At Fukushima

25.11.2013 - The operator of Japan's wrecked nuclear plant and three Mitsubishi group firms plan to build a new type of energy-efficient coal-fired power plant in Fukushima, a source said on...

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Fukushima: Now For The Tough Part

13.11.2013 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will as early as this week begin removing 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel in a hugely delicate and unprecedented...

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Radioactive Water Leak at Fukushima Plant

21.08.2013 - Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the clean up of...

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Japan's Nuclear Industry Credibility Crumbles Amid Email Scandal

11.07.2011 - A Japanese nuclear power plant has come under fire for trying to sway the outcome of a public forum on atomic safety, dealing a fresh blow to the industry's credibility four months...

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Fukushima Daiichi: What's Going On At Japan's Crippled Nuclear Power Plant?

11.07.2011 - Japanese engineers are inching towards gaining control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, triggering the...

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Japan May Crude, LNG Imports Jump On Nuclear Shutdowns

20.06.2011 - Japan's oil and gas imports gained sharply in May from a year ago to fuel power plants running hard to compensate for nuclear reactors either crippled by the March earthquake and...

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U.N. Nuclear Report Shows Japan Safety Problems

20.06.2011 - Japanese nuclear regulators failed to review and approve steps taken after 2002 to protect against tsunamis at the Fukushima plant and these proved insufficient to prevent the...

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Radiation Spike Halts Work at Japan Nuclear Plant

20.06.2011 - A rise in radiation halted the clean-up of radioactive water at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power station on Saturday hours after it got under way, a fresh setback to efforts to...