Japan Nuclear Meltdown

'Devil's Chain Reaction'

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

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By Shinichi Saoshiro FUKUSHIMA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister ordered workers to remain at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima ...

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Japanese Officials: Fukushima Nuclear Reactors Have Reached Stability

AP | Posted 09.18.2011

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TOKYO — The crippled reactors at Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear power plant have reached stability more than four months since the disaster and the...

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Japan Plant Clean-Up Suspended Due To Rising Radiation Levels

Reuters | Posted 08.17.2011

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TOKYO, Jun 18 (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, said on Saturday it had suspended an operation to clean ...

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Japan Prime Minister Says He Will Consider Resigning

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 08.01.2011

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TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Naoto Kan, facing a no-confidence vote in parliament, said Thursday he will consider resigning once Japan's efforts to r...

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Japan's Prices Rise For First Time In Two Years

AP | Posted 07.27.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan's consumer prices in April rose for the first time in more than two years on a spike in energy and tobacco prices, the government said ...

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A Look At What World Leaders Will Discuss At G8 Summit

Posted 07.25.2011

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This Thursday, leaders from the "Group of Eight" top industrialized nations -- the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Russia and C...

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Operator Of Damaged Japan Nuclear Plant Confirms Meltdowns At 2 More Reactors Early In Crisis

Reuters | Posted 07.23.2011

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May 24, 2011 1:25:55 AM TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co , the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disabled ...

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President Of Company Behind Damaged Japan Nuclear Plant Stepping Down

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 07.19.2011

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TOKYO — The president of the Japanese utility that runs a tsunami-devastated nuclear plant resigned in disgrace Friday after reporting the bigge...

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Worker At Damaged Japan Nuclear Plant Dies

AP | Posted 07.13.2011

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TOKYO — A man died on his second day of work at Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant Saturday, and the plant operator said harmful levels...

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Japan Official Says Country Will Not Abandon Nuclear Power

AP | Posted 07.07.2011

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TOKYO -- A top Japanese official says Japan will maintain atomic power as part of its energy policy despite the country's ongoing nuclear crisis. Dep...

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Workers Enter Japan Nuclear Reactor Building For First Time Since Explosion

AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 07.04.2011

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TOKYO -- Workers entered one of the damaged reactor buildings at Japan's stricken nuclear power plant Thursday for the first time since it was rocked ...

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Japan Approves Nearly $50 Billion For Post-Earthquake Rebuilding

Reuters | Linda Sieg and Kazunori Takada | Posted 06.21.2011

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April 22, 2011 4:37:58 AM By Linda Sieg and Kazunori Takada TOKYO, April 22 (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved on Friday almost $50 billio...

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Japan Declares No-Go Zone Around Nuclear Plant

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 06.20.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometer) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging resi...

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Japan Considers Restricting Access To Evacuation Zone Around Plant

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 06.19.2011

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TOKYO -- Authorities were considering restricting access to the evacuation zone around Japan's crippled nuclear plant Wednesday to limit radiation exp...

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The Worldshift Has Started

Ervin Laszlo | Posted 06.18.2011

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More and more people seem convinced that something dramatic will happen at the end of 2012. Something dramatic will indeed happen -- and it could be something dramatically good.

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Japan Orders Nuclear Plant Operator To Pay Evacuees

AP | By SHINO YUASA and MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 06.14.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan's government on Friday ordered the operator of a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant leaking radiation to pay about $12,000 to each household...

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Fukushima Daiichi Is a 'Ticking Time Bomb'

Democracy Now! | Posted 06.14.2011

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The Japanese government is trying to calm fears about radiation levels and food safety in the region around the Daiichi nuclear power facility, even as it has raised the severity rating of the crisis to the highest possible level.

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U.S. Nuclear Regulator Lets Industry Write Rules

ProPublica | John Sullivan | Posted 06.13.2011

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ProPublica's John Sullivan reports:In the fall of 2001, inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were so concerned about possible corrosion a...

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Japanese Tsunami Aftermath Floating Alaska's Way

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 06.12.2011

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Simulated on a computer model, a bobbing mass of wreckage will begin washing up on beaches in Southeast and other West Coast zones within three years, according to a pair of Hawaiian scientists.

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Japan Hit By Second Major Aftershock In A Day

Reuters | Posted 06.11.2011

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April 12, 2011 5:18:41 AM TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - A second major aftershock measuring 6.3 rocked northeast Japan on Tuesday, swaying buildi...

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Japan Nuclear Crisis Raised To Highest Severity Level, On Par With Chernobyl

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA and RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 06.11.2011

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TOKYO — Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 C...

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Japan Set To Extend Nuclear Evacuation Zone

Posted 06.10.2011

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By Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka Tokyo -- (Reuters) - Japan said on Monday it may extend some parts of an evacuation zone around its crip...

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Japan To Stop Pumping Radioactive Water Into Sea

Reuters | Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka | Posted 06.08.2011

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April 9, 2011 1:28:50 AM By Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) - Japan expects to stop pumping radioactive water i...

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Body Of Missing American Teacher Found In Japan

Reuters | Yereth Rosen | Posted 06.06.2011

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April 6, 2011 7:28:32 PM By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 6 (Reuters) - The body of an Anchorage teacher who went missing in Japan f...

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Workers At Japan Nuclear Plant Focus On Preventing More Hydrogen Explosions

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 06.06.2011

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TOKYO -- After notching a rare victory by stopping highly radioactive water from flowing into the Pacific, workers at Japan's flooded nuclear power co...

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