Governor requests interim storage plan revision
The governor of Fukushima Prefecture is asking the government to reconsider one of three candidate sites to build a stor...
read moreFukushima Update #21“Cutting-edge decontamination robots”
TEPCO is testing new robots to decontaminate areas of the reactor buildings that are too toxic for humans to enter. Othe...
read moreCutting-edge decontamination robots
Tokyo Electric Power Company began decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi plantlate last year. Decontaminating areas that...
read moreGovernment seeks fishermen’s approval
Officials from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry met with Hiroshi Kishi, head of Japan Fisheries Cooperatives,...
read moreGroundwater bypass radiation levels
The levels are part of their “groundwater bypass” plan to reduce the amount of contaminated water accumulating at Fukush...
read moreFukushima Update #20NEW PURPOSE FOR FUKUSHIMA RICE
Farmers in an evacuated area of Fukushima are looking for new ways of using their rice until it's fit for consumption.Ot...
read moreNew purpose for Fukushima rice
Farmers forced to evacuate their land after the nuclear accident have spent nearly 3 years wondering what they will do n...
read moreLocal resistance to radioactive waste storage
A municipality in Fukushima Prefecture is resisting the government’s call to build a long-term storage facility for radi...
read moreOnagawa nuclear plant holds drill
Authorities in Miyagi Prefecture have organized an exercise simulating a nuclear accident.The Onagawa nuclear plant suff...
read moreFukushima Update #19 “The Dilemma of Nuclear Evacuees”
This edition of Fukushima Update examines the dilemma faced by the residents of an evacuated municipality, as work conti...
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