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Japan finally gets serious about cleaning up Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by tsunami
2013-09-03 05:40:30| Energy - Topix.net
Downtown Vancouver hosted Telus Taiwanfest this weekend, and the city was alive with the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of Taiwan.
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Fukushima: Japan promises swift action on nuclear cleanup
2013-09-02 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has promised to act quickly to address the buildup of huge quantities of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Abe, who recently suggested that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), was incapable of overseeing the operation on its own, said the government would soon announce a comprehensive plan to deal with the world's largest nuclear cleanup. The prospect of greater state involvement in decommissioning Fukushima...
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Japan: Nuclear Operator Raises Alarm on Crisis
2013-08-24 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The operator of Japans tsunami-hit nuclear power plant sounded the alarm on the gravity of the deepening crisis of containment at the coastal site on Friday, saying that there are more than 200,000 tons of radioactive water in makeshift tanks vulnerable to leaks, with no reliable way to check on them or anywhere to transfer the water. The latest disclosures add to a long list of recent accidents, leaks and breakdowns that have underscored grave vulnerabilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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Japan nuclear agency concerned about more Fukushima leaks
2013-08-21 07:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers. The deepening crisis at the Fukushima plant will be upgraded from a level 1 "anomaly" to a level three "serious incident" on an international scale for radiological releases, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority said earlier on Wednesday....
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Japan nuclear regulator alarmed at Fukushima contamination reports
2013-07-10 13:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's nuclear regulator expressed growing alarm on Wednesday at increased contamination beside the seafront of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and urged the plant's operators to take protective measures. Fukushima's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., has acknowledged problems are mounting at the plant north of Tokyo, the site of the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. On Tuesday, the company said radiation levels in groundwater had soared, suggesting...
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