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JAPAN

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/ 7 April 2011

Tepco ‘irresponsible’, says Japan mayor

A Greenpeace investigation has discovered contamination in crops on the outskirts of Minamisōma, Fukushima, in the wake of the nuclear crisis.

By Ilham Rawoot
Japan works to avoid explosion at nuclear plant
Article
/ 7 April 2011

Japan works to avoid explosion at nuclear plant

Workers at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant on Thursday pumped nitrogen into a crippled reactor in a bid to prevent a possible explosion.

By Staff Reporter
Japan plugs leak from nuclear plant
Article
/ 6 April 2011

Japan plugs leak from nuclear plant

Workers at Japan’s crippled atomic power plant on Wednesday plugged a hole spewing highly radioactive water into the ocean.

By Harumi Ozawa
Sea radiation another blow to Japan’s fishermen
Article
/ 6 April 2011

Sea radiation another blow to Japan’s fishermen

Fishermen who lost their homes and boats in Japan’s tsunami now fear radioactive water could cost them their livelihoods.

By Malcolm Foster and Ryan Nakashima
Power crunch puts Japan Inc to the test
Article
/ 5 April 2011

Power crunch puts Japan Inc to the test

Analysts suggest power blackouts will ultimately cause the biggest economic damage to Japan, a vital player in the global manufacturing supply chain.

By Kazunori Takada
Japan’s Tepco told to hurry to stop radiation leaks
Article
/ 4 April 2011

Japan’s Tepco told to hurry to stop radiation leaks

Japan’s government on Monday told the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to move quickly to stop radiation seeping into the ocean.

By Yoko Kubota and Yoko Nishikawa
Japan focuses on cracked reactor pit
Article
/ 3 April 2011

Japan focuses on cracked reactor pit

Officials grappling to end the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl tried to seal a crack that has been leaking radiation into the sea.

By Yoko Kubota and Yoko Nishikawa
Japan prime minister enters nuclear zone
Article
/ 2 April 2011

Japan prime minister enters nuclear zone

Japan’s prime minister made his first visit to the country’s tsunami-devastated region on Saturday and entered a nuclear exclusion zone.

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chisa Fujioka
As Japan crisis drags, France wants global reform
Article
/ 1 April 2011

As Japan crisis drags, France wants global reform

Japan’s nuclear and humanitarian crisis stretched to three weeks on Friday with radiation still leaking from a crippled nuclear power plant.

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa
Japan says Fukushima plant to be scrapped
Article
/ 31 March 2011

Japan says Fukushima plant to be scrapped

Japan said on Thursday its stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will have to be scrapped.

By Huw Griffith
Pressure on Japan to widen nuclear exclusion zone
Article
/ 31 March 2011

Pressure on Japan to widen nuclear exclusion zone

Pressure is on Japan to expand the evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear power plant after high levels of radiation were found outside the zone.

By Chisa Fujioka and Chizu Nomiyama
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Article
/ 31 March 2011

Take Five: Of underground nukes and electric cars

The ANCYL’s website gets hacked, an electric car company wants to sue <i>Top Gear</i>, and Indonesia considers underground nuclear facilities.

By Faranaaz Parker
Japan mulls reactor covers in nuclear crisis
Article
/ 30 March 2011

Japan mulls reactor covers in nuclear crisis

Japan was on Wednesday weighing a series of creative solutions to its unfolding nuclear disaster.

By Shingo Ito
Engineers knew tsunami could overwhelm plant
Article
/ 30 March 2011

Engineers knew tsunami could overwhelm plant

Officials and Tokyo Electric Power have described the combination of a powerful quake and tsunami as <i>soteigai</i>, or beyond expectations.

By Kevin Krolicki
Calm urged as radiation spreads across Asia
Article
/ 29 March 2011

Calm urged as radiation spreads across Asia

Small amounts of radiation from Japan’s leaking nuclear power plant have spread across Asia, authorities said on Tuesday.

By Karl Malakunas
Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant
Article
/ 29 March 2011

Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant

Plutonium in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over the battle to contain the world’s worst atomic crisis in 25 years.

By Chizu Nomiyama and Kazunori Takada
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Article
/ 28 March 2011

IAEA calls nuclear safety summit amid Japan crisis

The United Nations atomic energy chief called a Vienna summit to tackle mounting concerns about nuclear safety.

By Michael Shields and Sylvia Westall
Radiation leak worsens at Japan nuclear plant
Article
/ 28 March 2011

Radiation leak worsens at Japan nuclear plant

Highly contaminated water has escaped from a reactor building at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant and may leak into the ocean, the operator says.

By Huw Griffith
Japan says high radiation due to partial meltdown
Article
/ 28 March 2011

Japan says high radiation due to partial meltdown

The high level of radiation in water flooding the basement at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant is probably due to a partial melting of fuel rods.

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Kubota
Soaring radioactivity deals blow to plant rescue
Article
/ 27 March 2011

Soaring radioactivity deals blow to plant rescue

Workers were withdrawn from a building at Japan’s earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant on Sunday after potentially lethal levels of radiation were found.

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Taiga Uranaka
Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor
Article
/ 27 March 2011

Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor

Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after high doses of radiation were detected.

By Yoko Kubota and Taiga Uranaka
Radiation spikes in seawater off stricken Japan plant
Article
/ 26 March 2011

Radiation spikes in seawater off stricken Japan plant

Radiation levels have soared in seawater near Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, officials said on Saturday.

By Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro
Workers trying to pump out water from Japan reactors
Article
/ 26 March 2011

Workers trying to pump out water from Japan reactors

Japanese engineers were frantically attempting on Saturday to pump out puddles of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

By Shinichi Saoshiro
Reactor fear at Japan plant as toll tops 10 000
Article
/ 25 March 2011

Reactor fear at Japan plant as toll tops 10 000

The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant on Friday reported possible damage to a reactor vessel, casting doubts over control of a radiation leak.

By Giles Hewitt
Fears of food contamination in Japan
Article
/ 25 March 2011

Fears of food contamination in Japan

The operation to cool the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has suffered a setback.

By Justin Mccurry
Radiation injuries slow work at Japan’s nuclear plant
Article
/ 25 March 2011

Radiation injuries slow work at Japan’s nuclear plant

Engineers had to pull out of some parts of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant on Thursday when three workers were exposed to high contamination.

By Mayumi Negishi Author, Franklin Paul and Kazunori Takada
Global food scare widens from Japan nuclear plant
Article
/ 24 March 2011

Global food scare widens from Japan nuclear plant

Australia, Canada and Singapore joined a list of countries shunning Japanese food imports as radioactive steam wafted anew from a nuclear plant.

By Karyn Poupee
Tokyo water unsafe for babies, food bans imposed
Article
/ 23 March 2011

Tokyo water unsafe for babies, food bans imposed

Tokyo warned on Wednesday that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water.

By Karyn Poupee
Japan disasters to cost over $300-billion
Article
/ 23 March 2011

Japan disasters to cost over $300-billion

Japan estimated the cost of the damage from its devastating earthquake and tsunami could top $300-billion.

By Mayumi Negishi Author, Franklin Paul, Franklin Paul And and Kazunori Takada
US halts imports from Japan nuclear zone
Article
/ 23 March 2011

US halts imports from Japan nuclear zone

The United States became the first nation to block produce from ally Japan’s radiation zone, saying it will halt milk, vegetable and fruit imports.

By Risa Maeda and Kazunori Takada
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Article
/ 22 March 2011

Fuel storage, safety issues vexed Japan plant

When the tsunami smacked into Fukushima Daiichi, the nuclear power plant was stacked high with more uranium than it was originally designed to hold.

By Kevin Krolicki
Icy rain, fuel shortages hamper relief in Japan
Article
/ 22 March 2011

Icy rain, fuel shortages hamper relief in Japan

Fuel shortages, icy rain and power failures are hampering Japan’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, but workers are reporting progress.

By Jon Herskovitz
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