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Tepco board feels heat at AGM
Tokyo Electric Power Company faced pressure on Tuesday from angry shareholders to shut all its reactors.
Tepco aims for shutdown in six to nine months
Tepco said on Sunday the first step would be cooling the reactors and spent fuel to a stable level within three months.
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Workers were withdrawn from a building at Japan’s earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant on Sunday after potentially lethal levels of radiation were found.
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.
Blast strikes Japan plant
A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown.
Toyota memo raises stakes for chief’s US hearings
A document claiming Toyota saved $100m by convincing regulators to agree to a cheap fix for acceleration problems has raised pressure on Akio Toyoda.