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- A Fukushima waiting to happen? Huge stockpile of nuclear waste on California fault line threatens US
Millions 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.USA News - In wake of Fukushima disaster nuclear energy stages comeback in Japan
Nuclear 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.Business News - Stop sending women & children back to Fukushima fallout zone, UN expert tells Japan
A 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.World News - Radioactive, but… ‘safe’? Japan to dump Fukushima wastewater in Pacific despite objections
Running 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.World News - 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
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