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Two Years After Fukushima, Japan Worries About the Next Big Quake In January 2012, the respected Earthquake Research Institute, at the University of Tokyo, reported there's a 70% chance a 7.0-magnitude or higher quake will strike Japan's capital by 2016. Such an event, the scientists said, could mean a death toll of … Full News [...]

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Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. In a little over a week – we’ll hit the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear crisis at Fukushima in Japan. And this week – we’re learning that that nuclear crisis is even worse than was originally thought. On Wednesday – Japanese Scientists [...]

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Fukushima Watch: Highlights of Video From Inside Tepco's Nuclear Crisis Center On Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. for the first time released footage taken inside its command centers during last year's devastating accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The visuals won't win any Oscars: They're 150 hours recorded … Full News here – [...]

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Fukushima residents say resounding 'no' to nuclear energy Fukushima prosecutors launched an investigation after more than 1000 residents filed criminal complaints against 15 former and present Tokyo Electric Power officials, including former company president Masataka Shimizu, and 18 government officials, … Full News here – Read more on Ynetnews

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Fukushima plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (9501.T) posted a quarterly net loss of $ 3.69 billion, boosting total losses by eight of Japan’s nine listed atomic plant operators to $ 7.12 billion as they struggle with higher … Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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The Japanese government is trying to win speedy parliamentary approval for its choice of candidates to lead a new nuclear regulatory agency that it hopes will soothe public concern over restarting the country’s reactors. Some lawmakers have … Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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Japanese Panel Spreads Blame for Fukushima Disaster TOKYO — An investigative panel has concluded the last of a series of high-profile reviews of last year's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The report criticizes actions by the plant's operator, the government and industry … Full News here – Read more on Voice of [...]

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TOKYO (Reuters) – A government-appointed inquiry into Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis raised doubts on Monday about whether other atomic plants were prepared for massive disasters, and delivered a damning assessment of regulators and the station’s operator. Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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TOKYO (Reuters) – A government-appointed inquiry into Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis raised doubts on Monday about whether other atomic plants were prepared for massive disasters, and delivered a damning assessment of regulators and the station’s operator. Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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TOKYO, July 23 (Reuters) – A government-appointed inquiry into Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis raised doubts on Monday about whether other atomic plants were prepared for massive disasters despite new safety rules, and delivered a damning … Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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TOKYO — Japan’s Health Ministry has said it will investigate reports that workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were urged by a subcontractor to place lead around radiation detection devices in order to stay under a safety threshold for exposure. Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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Tokyo and Washington on Fukushima A special investigative commission in Japan has issued a report that praises, explicitly or implicitly, several elements of nuclear safety regulation in the United States. But a few hours after the report was released on Thursday, the chairman of the … Full News here – Read more on New York [...]

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s health ministry said it would investigate reports that workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were urged by a subcontractor to place lead around radiation detection devices in order to stay under a safety … Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s health ministry said it would investigate reports that workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were urged by a subcontractor to place lead around radiation detection devices in order to stay under a safety … Full News here – Tokyo – Bing News

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Fukushima opens first beach since nuke crisis TOKYO — Fukushima prefecture (state) has opened its first beach to swimmers since last year's nuclear disaster after judging the water to be safe. About 1000 people on Monday descended on Nakoso beach, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of the … Full News here – Read more [...]

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