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- Russian nuclear firm wins contracts to clean up Fukushima
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will help Japan in handling the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant (NPP) and will be engaged in the nuclear control plan, according to the company’s CEO Aleksey Likhachev.Jan 14, 2019 12:00Business News - Fukushima prosecutors demand TEPCO execs get 5 years for negligence that led to nuclear meltdownJapanese prosecutors have demanded the top three executives at Tokyo Electric Power Company receive five-year prison sentences for failing to take measures to prevent the disastrous triple meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant.Dec 28, 2018 05:12World News
- A Fukushima waiting to happen? Huge stockpile of nuclear waste on California fault line threatens USMillions of pounds of toxic waste are being buried under the site of a privately owned former nuclear power plant in California. The only problem? Experts warn that it sits on a major fault line — and in a tsunami zone.Nov 15, 2018 15:35USA News
- In wake of Fukushima disaster nuclear energy stages comeback in JapanNuclear energy in Japan may be making a significant comeback, it is just not going to be able to meet the government’s lofty production goals for 2030, according to a recent Reuters report.Nov 10, 2018 07:36Business News
- Stop sending women & children back to Fukushima fallout zone, UN expert tells JapanA UN human rights expert has urged Japan to reconsider its policy of returning women and children to areas still high in radiation after they were displaced by the Fukushima meltdown.Oct 26, 2018 06:40World News
- Radioactive, but… ‘safe’? Japan to dump Fukushima wastewater in Pacific despite objectionsRunning out of space to store water contaminated by fuel that escaped during the Fukushima meltdown, the Japanese government is preparing to release it into the Pacific Ocean – despite the presence of radioactive elements.Oct 17, 2018 07:48World News
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