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TOKYO — On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion. In the latest flap, a senior reconstruction official in charge of helping victims of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis was dismissed last week after he used a scatological insult on Twitter to deride civil activists.

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty.

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Groundwater influx is adding to the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of contaminated water that the Japanese nuclear power plant needs to dispose ofSource : Science DailyExplore : Asia, Energy, Japan, Nuclear Energy, World

The fallout from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant disaster continues . The latest: Tests found that groundwater there contained 30 times the legal level of the radioactive substance Strontium-90, and eight times the legal amount of the radioactive isoto…

Members of the media and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) employees, wearing protective suits and masks, walk in front of the No. 4 reactor building at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture May 26, 2012. (Re…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty.

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The first signs of trouble at Fukushima were quickly followed by expectations of an action-ready ASIMO leaping to the rescue. Honda’s humanoid remains far from able, but their new High-Access Survey Robot is on the job, and of some consolation: it’s got ASIMO parts. • • • After more than two years of research and [...]

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TEPCO: Groundwater at Fukushima plant contains radioactive substances http://www.smartbrief.com/06/19/13/tepco-groundwater-fukushima-plant-contains-radioactive-substances#.UcHMS5zNlswSource : Michele Kearney’s Nuclear WireExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Osamu Tsukimori and Yuka ObayashiReutersJune 19, 2013 High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that operates the facility said on Wednesday…

TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charge is too hasty. The new requirements approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority will take effect on July 8, when operators will be able to apply for inspections. If…

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Guardian UK: After Fukushima, Japan beginning to see the light in solar energy – Government subsidies raising interest in renewables, but higher bills could complicate Shinzo Abe’s economic recovery planSource : SandeExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Japan’s nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster. Click to Continue »

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The country’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday adopted new safety guidelines that were drawn up to allay concerns in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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By Osamu Tsukimori and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that runs the facility said on Wednesday. Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors as well as nuclear weapons, the U.S. Environmental…

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TOKYO, Japan – High levels of toxic Strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator said Wednesday. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), which has been struggling to clean up the plant, said nearly 30 times the permitted l …

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… location for those wanting to experiencing “real Japan”. Official website: http://english.adb.fukushima-u.ac.jp/index.html For more information please download the documents here

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High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in the groundwater near Japan’s devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) – The policy chief of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party apologised on Wednesday and withdrew remarks that appeared to make light of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, adding it was up to the premier whether she wou…

Cancer-causing radioactive substances have been found in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said on Wednesday, as it pledged to prevent it getting into the sea.Source : PhysOrg.comExplore : Asia, Japan, Sciences…

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed strontium-90 was present at 30 times the legal rate.Source : PanarmenianExplore : Armenia, Asia, Business, World

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant operator TEPCO says « very high » levels of radioactive strontium-90 have been found in groundwater, two years after reactor meltdowns. But it had not leaked into the ocean nearby.Source : Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DEExplor…

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster.Source : Miami HeraldExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster.Source : kansascity.comExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster.Source : Seattle TimesExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have jointly developed a remotely controlled survey robot that will conduct on-site surveys on the first floor of a nuclear reactor building at Fukush…

FUKUSHIMA – ONGOING CONSEQUENCES Proceedings of the recent « Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: Lessons for California » conference in San Diego (site of the recently-decommissioned San Onofre nuclear power plant). Featuring: Former Japanese Prime Minister NAOT…

Fukushima and the nuclear industry’s fight against fear http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/life/health/fukushima-and-the-nuclear-industrys-fight-against-fear/

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Here’s the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. State of the Fukushima Reactors After spending just 15 minutes on the fourth floor of reactor #1, Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) inspectors said they determined yesterday that a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake in March 2011 did not damage isolation condensers there (critical for…

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Ashworth College announces Fukushima, Japan native, Ryoko Hughes, as the new Web Designer. (PRWeb June 18, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10814246.htmSource : PRWeb – Daily News FeedExplore : Asia, Japan, World

Following the devastating tsunami in northern Japan in 2011 and its impact on the Fukushima nuclear energy plant, practically all nations with nuclear energy programmes initiated an assessment of nuclear safety in their countries. Although this single …

Twenty-seven months after the reactors withstood one of the largest earthquakes in history, only to fall to the largest tsunami in history, over 50,000 people are still being held captive by fear, and their lives are slowly being destroyed by the bogey…

Twenty-seven months after the reactors withstood one of the largest earthquakes in history, only to fall to the largest tsunami in history, over 50,000 people are still being held captive by fear, and their lives are slowly being destroyed by the bogey…

The crowdsourced radiation monitoring project Safecast, which was launched in the weeks after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan , has reached a big milestone: they have collected and published over 10,000,000 individual data points .Source : Boin…

… for Fukushima children now living in Tokyo show no adversities. http://www.hiroshimasyndrome. com/fukushima-accident- updates.htmlSource : Michele Kearney’s Nuclear WireExplore : Asia, Japan, World

In April, I attended a seminar in Naples, Italy about energy resilience strategies in post-Fukushima Japan.Source : ForbesExplore : Asia, Business, Energy and Water, Japan, World