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- Tokyo admits 1st death from Fukushima radiation exposure
The Japanese authorities have acknowledged for the first time that a man died from cancer resulting from acute radiation poisoning at the Fukushima nuclear plant that went into meltdown following an earthquake back in 2011.World News - 2 Japanese nuclear plants hold simultaneous tsunami & multiple meltdown drills
Japan has launched comprehensive nuclear disaster management drills to deal with a potential ‘multiple simultaneous meltdown’ scenario, should an earthquake-tsunami disaster similar to Fukushima in 2011 strike the nation.World News - Homeless & migrant workers ‘exploited’ to clean up Fukushima radiation, UN warns
UN human rights experts have slammed the Japanese government for the alleged exploitation of “tens of thousands” of workers, as well as migrants and the homeless, said to be cleaning up the mangled Fukushima nuclear plant.World News - Notes of nuclear? Fukushima radioactivity found in California wine
Radioactive levels are increasing in wine from California's Napa Valley, thanks to the radioactive cloud that drifted from the Fukushima disaster in 2011.US News - TEPCO aims to build more Fukushima-type nuclear reactors, vows to ‘excel in safety’ this time
TEPCO is conducting an independent geological survey to confirm the absence of active faults in Aomori Prefecture, where it wants to resume the construction of a Fukushima-type nuclear plant, frozen following the 2011 disaster.World News - Total tally for Fukushima decommission is $75 billion
The decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power plant will cost an annual $2 billion (220 billion yen) until 2021, an unnamed source told the Japan Times.Business News
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