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Japan: Fukushima loses cooling power
2013-03-19 05:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Four fuel storage pools at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant have been without fresh cooling water for more than 15 hours due to a power outage. The plant's operator has said it is trying to repair or replace a broken switchboard that might be the problem. The 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant's power and cooling systems, causing three reactor cores to melt and fuel storage pools to overheat. The plant has since been using makeshift systems. Plant operator Tepco said pool...
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Japan: Power Blackout Halts Cooling at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
2013-03-18 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A power blackout occurred today at Japan`s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, knocking out the system that cools four pools of water holding spent fuel rods. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, said the blackout took place just before 7 pm Monday. The affected system is used to cool three pools containing about 2,100 spent fuel rods from the plant`s number 1, 3, and 4 reactors, which suffered core meltdowns in the week following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that...
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High cesium level found in fish by Fukushima plant
2013-03-17 10:58:25| Energy - Topix.net
The bottom-dwelling fish called a greenling was found Feb. 21 in a cage set up by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Is the next Fukushima in your backyard?
2013-03-12 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Two years ago today, floodwaters from a massive, deadly earthquake/tsunami combo in Japan knocked out cooling equipment at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, resulting in what experts were quick to deign the second-worst nuclear disaster in history (after Chernobyl), after radioactive contamination touched everything from tuna to baby formula to butterflies. The $125 billion incident precipitated an identity crisis among the worlds big users of nuclear power, particularly Germany, which was so spooked...
Japan: Fukushima Running Out of Workers
2013-03-11 10:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Japan has promised to scrap the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors that faced the world's worst nuclear accident. But Hiroyuki Watanabe, councillor in Iwaki City located 30 kilometres from the accident site, greets such intentions on the second anniversary of the disaster on Monday with misgiving. "I see problems in Fukushima increasing, not decreasing. One of the biggest issues facing the country is the lack of qualified workers in Japan who can meet the enormous challenges ahead," he told...
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