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Tepco confirms meltdowns at two more Fukushima reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Company confirmed on Tuesday that there had been meltdowns of fuel rods at three of the plant’s reactors early in the crisis.
Rebuilding Japan’s disaster-hit towns may take a decade
The reconstruction of Japanese towns and cities devastated by a deadly earthquake and tsunami last month could take a decade, an advisory panel says.
Japan set to extend nuclear evacuation zone
Engineers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant north of Tokyo said on Sunday they were no closer to restoring the plant’s cooling system.
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.
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.