Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Nuclear Regulator Caught In Conflicted Situation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner William Ostendorff has invested in Honeywell International Inc., an NRC licensee, since as early as 2009...

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IAEA: Japan Nuke Cleanup May Take More Than 40 Years

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 04.22.2013 | World

TOKYO — A U.N. nuclear watchdog team said Japan may need longer than the projected 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant a...

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Radioactive Water At Fukushima Kept In Plastic & Felt Tanks

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 04.09.2013 | World

TOKYO -- The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant said Tuesday that it had detected a fresh leak of radioactive water from one of the faci...

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More NRC Insiders Step Forward On Nuclear Flood Risks

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 03.29.2013 | Green

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According to findings made public earlier this month, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently uncovered potentially significant flooding vulnerabil...

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Utility Company Takes Blame For Fukushima Meltdown

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 03.29.2013 | World

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TOKYO — The utility that operates Japan's crippled atomic plant said Friday that it deserves most of the blame for the country's nuclear crisis,...

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This Rat Caused A 29-Hour Power Outage At The Fukushima Plant

Reuters | Posted 03.26.2013 | World

TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co on Tuesday blamed a rat for a 29-hour halt in power used to help cool spent nuclear fuel rods a...

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Into the Wake of the Quake: A Witness to the Japanese Tsunami and Meltdown

Steve Heilig | Posted 03.21.2013 | Books

Two years ago this month, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale off the northeastern coast of Japan unleashed the energy of 600 million Hiroshima bombs, followed by massive seismic tidal waves.

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Record Level Of Radioactive Cesium Reported In Fish Near Fukushima

AP | By MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.17.2013 | Green

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TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant says it has detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of...

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Exposed At Sea: Navy Sailors' Lawsuit Blames Japanese Power Company For Fukushima Radiation

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.12.2013 | Green

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Within weeks of setting off a geiger counter and scrubbing three layers of skin off his hands and arms, former Navy quartermaster Maurice Enis recalle...

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A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: The Navy Life -- Into the Abyss

Roger Witherspoon | Posted 04.14.2013 | Green

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To the U.S. government, Operation Tomodachi was just another big humanitarian aid and rescue mission in which the nearest Navy fleet and many land-based personnel rushed to the aid of an ally in need.

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Fukushima Survivors To Sue Japanese Gov't

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.10.2013 | World

People whose homes or farms were hit by radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will file class-action lawsuits next month to seek damages...

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Fish With 2,500 Times The Radiation Limit Found Near Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Posted 01.25.2013 | Green

Two years after the disaster at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant in Japan -- called the "worst accidental release of radiation to the ocean in histo...

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U.S. Scientists Look For Lessons From Fukushima Disaster

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 11.27.2012 | World

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TOKYO -- A group of American scientists met in Tokyo on Tuesday to study last year's Fukushima nuclear accident in hopes of finding lessons to improve...

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200,000 Tons Of Radioactive Water Threaten Japan

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 10.25.2012 | World

TOKYO -- Japan's crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tons of highly contaminated water used to cool...

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23 Nuclear Plants Could Be Susceptible To Tsunamis, Study Finds

Posted 09.24.2012 | Green

From LiveScience Staff: In March 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami set off a partial meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant on Japan's co...

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Review: Silence Deafening, Fukushima Fallout... A Mother's Response

Karl Grossman | Posted 11.06.2012 | Green

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Amid the cover-up of the Fukushima nuclear power disaster, the title of Kimberly Roberson's book rings so unfortunately true: Silence Deafening, Fukus...

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As More About Fukushima Contamination and Casualties Is Known, Japan Proceeding Without Nuclear Reactors

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 10.16.2012 | Green

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Nuclear power does not, as some contend, have to be part of the electricity future. The extremely painful lesson of the Fukushima tragedy is that Japan can emerge from it, without continuing to subject its people to the terrible dangers of atomic power.

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Utility Company Releases Nuclear Disaster Videos

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 10.06.2012 | World

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TOKYO — The command center at Japan's stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at one reactor, and the plant chief shouted,...

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Japanese Nuclear Plant Operator Bailed Out To The Tune Of $12.8 Billion

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 09.30.2012 | World

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ONAGAWA, Japan — The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters received a 1 trillion yen ($12.8 billion) ...

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More Than 100,000 Protest Nuclear Power

Reuters | Posted 09.15.2012 | World

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By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO, July 16 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 anti-nuclear protesters marched through central Tokyo on Monday to voi...

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Thousands Rally In Tokyo For End To Nuclear Power

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 09.15.2012 | World

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TOKYO — Tens of thousands of people rallied at a Tokyo park Monday demanding that Japan abandon nuclear power as the country prepares to restart...

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Nuclear "Regulatory Capture" -- A Global Pattern

Karl Grossman | Posted 09.12.2012 | Green

The conclusion of a report of a Japanese parliamentary panel issued last week that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster was rooted in government-industry "collusion" and thus was "man-made" is mirrored throughout the world.

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A Simple Question for Japan's Leaders

Weston M. Hill | Posted 09.12.2012 | World

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A simple question follows: If the Japanese government can provide billions of dollars to bail out the shareholders and executives of TEPCO, why are Japan's leaders so unwilling to help the innocent victims of the failed Fukushima nuclear plant?

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A Radioactive Conflict of Interest

Robert Alvarez | Posted 08.25.2012 | Green

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Given this well-documented history of deception, why is the government reducing nuclear emergency preparedness and claiming no harm from radiation exposure, right after a major nuclear power disaster?

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Flaws Worsened Japan's Nuclear Crisis

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 06.20.2012 | World

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TOKYO -- The operator of the Japanese nuclear plant devastated by last year's tsunami issued a final report on the disaster Wednesday, outlining organ...

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