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Utility that operates Fukushima cites own shortcomings as main cause of Japan's nuclear crisis

2013-03-29 14:46:42| Energy - Topix.net

The utility that operates Japan's crippled nuclear plant says it deserves most of the blame for the crisis, in the company's strongest remarks about its own shortcomings.

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Google Street View explores Japan's Fukushima nuclear zone

2013-03-28 02:56:00| CNET News.com

The Web giant brings its team inside the nuclear no-go territory to photograph a desolate ghost town. [Read more]

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Fukushima town revealed in Google Street View two years after tsunami

2013-03-27 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Two years after Fukushima's triple nuclear meltdown forced tens of thousands of residents to flee, it is possible to take a virtual journey deep into the exclusion zone to one of the towns they left behind. Google Street View has published striking images of the devastation visited on Namie by the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear meltdown: abandoned homes, shops and restaurants, fields blanketed in grass and weeds. Google's camera-equipped vehicles began filming in Namie this month at the invitation...

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Rat linked to Fukushima power outage

2013-03-20 18:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: A rat may have caused this week's power outage at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, says the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco). The company suspects the rodent may have caused a short-circuit in a switchboard, triggering the power cut. "We have deeply worried the public, but the system has been restored," Tepco spokesman Masayuki Ono was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. Two years ago a massive quake-triggered tsunami caused meltdowns at the plant. The plant was brought...

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