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Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater
2013-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that runs the facility said on Wednesday. Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors as well as nuclear weapons, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says on its website. The discovery of rising levels of such radioactive material is likely to complicate efforts by the utility, Tokyo Electric Power...
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Marubeni to Set Up Floating Wind Turbine Off Fukushima
2013-06-18 06:45:47| Chemicals - Topix.net
A group led by Marubeni Corp. is setting up a floating wind turbine off the coast of Fukushima, aiming to commercializing the unproven technology and create an industry in the region ravaged by the earthquake in 2011.
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Marubeni to Set Up Floating Wind Turbine Off Fukushima
2013-06-18 05:40:53| Grocery - Topix.net
A group led by Marubeni Corp. is setting up a floating wind turbine off the coast of Fukushima, aiming to commercializing the unproven technology and create an industry in the region ravaged by the earthquake in 2011.
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Fukushima plant steps closer to fuel-rod removal
2013-06-12 15:03:42| Energy - Topix.net
More than two years after Japan's nuclear disaster, damaged vehicles, twisted metal and other debris remains strewn about the Fukushima plant.
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Japan: Water leak at Fukushima nuclear plant
2013-06-06 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Radioactive water is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says. Nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said a worker discovered the leak on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Tepco also announced that it had found radioactive caesium in ground water around the plant. The plant was damaged in an earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and has been hit by several leaks and power failures in recent months. Hundreds of huge water tanks have been constructed...
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