Fukushima Disaster Signals Decline of Nuclear Power - EV World


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Fukushima Disaster Signals Decline of Nuclear Power
EV World
... marking the first time in over 40 years that the country had not a single nuclear power plant generating electricity. The March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown shattered public confidence in atomic energy ...
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Water inside Fukushima No. 1 reactor may be only 40 cm deep - Mainichi Daily News

Water inside Fukushima No. 1 reactor may be only 40 cm deep
Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An analysis by the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization has shown that the level of the water filling the crippled No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may be far lower than estimated by plant operator Tokyo ...

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Japan Urges Industry to Cut Energy Use 15% - Environmental Leader


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Japan Urges Industry to Cut Energy Use 15%
Environmental Leader
The country is facing a shortage of electric power after shutting down all 50 of its nuclear power plants in the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi reactor (pictured) last year, the BBC reports. Public skepticism about the safety of nuclear ...

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Minister downplays Fourth Nuclear Plant problems - Taipei Times

Minister downplays Fourth Nuclear Plant problems
Taipei Times
Tsai also pledged that once the country reinforces safety measures at the plant, disasters such as the nuclear meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami would not occur. “The Fourth Nuclear Power Plant ...
No need to halt 4th nuclear plant project: atomic energy minister Focus Taiwan News Channel

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While Japan Turns Away from Nuclear Power, South Korea Sticks to Plan - Earth & Industry

While Japan Turns Away from Nuclear Power, South Korea Sticks to Plan
Earth & Industry
Frozen in time after being hit by the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and meltdowns in the nearby Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear plant, tables are still laid in partially-collapsed restaurants and cars are stacked up against railings where they were ...

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Nuclear Power Emergency Plans: Regulators Scale Back Community Readiness ... - Huffington Post


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Nuclear Power Emergency Plans: Regulators Scale Back Community Readiness ...
Huffington Post
By JEFF DONN 05/16/12 05:57 PM ET Workers wearing protective suits and masks prepare for work in front of the emergency operation center at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima ...
AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants Seattle Post Intelligencer

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ONR publishes stress test final report on UK non-power generating nuclear ... - HazardEx

ONR publishes stress test final report on UK non-power generating nuclear ...
HazardEx
The tests were requested last year by chief nuclear inspector Mike Weightman following the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in Japan. For both reports, licensees of the facilities carried out the stress tests against defined assessment criteria ...

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Japan to Nationalize Fukushima Utility - New York Times


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Japan to Nationalize Fukushima Utility
New York Times
TOKYO — Japan is ready to nationalize Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, under a 1 trillion yen ($12.5 billion) bailout plan that was approved on Wednesday. The Japanese government has been ...
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Nuclear regulatory chief Jaczko resigns - Chicago Tribune


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Nuclear regulatory chief Jaczko resigns
Chicago Tribune
... painted Jaczko as a bully who had reduced some senior female employees to tears - accusations that have overshadowed new rules he championed in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
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Japan shuts down last nuclear reactor for tests. End of nuclear power? - Christian Science Monitor


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Japan shuts down last nuclear reactor for tests. End of nuclear power?
Christian Science Monitor
This weekend's nuclear shutdown in Japan is being greeted with a mixture of anxiety and optimism, just over a year since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident signaled the beginning of the end of the country's dependence on atomic energy.
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