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IAEA confirms accuracy of radionuclide measurements in treated water from Fukushima
Friday, June 02, 2023 by Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS), has demonstrated its capabilities for accurate and precise measurements...

Japanese regulator orders reassessment of Fukushima NPP risks
Friday, June 02, 2023 by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has ordered plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to urgently assess the risks of a possible collapse at unit 1 of the...

IAEA issues fifth report on Fukushima water discharge
Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force assessing the safety of Japan’s planned discharge of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has issued...

IAEA reports on Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from Fukushima site
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force reviewing the safety of Japan’s plan to discharge ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) treated water from the...

Evacuation order lifted for part of Fukushima town
Tuesday, April 04, 2023 by The nuclear evacuation order has been lifted for three designated special reconstruction base districts in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie. Evacuees from the Tsushima, Murohara...

IAEA releases new report on Fukushima water treatment
Tuesday, January 03, 2023 by The IAEA Task Force established to review the safety of Japan’s plans to discharge to the sea contaminated water treated using the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) stored at...

IAEA to observe sampling of seawater near Fukushima Daiichi
Tuesday, November 08, 2022 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that a team of experts will visit Japan to observe the collection and treatment of marine samples from the sea near the...

Russian expert comments on projected scheme to remove molten fuel from Fukushima reactors
Friday, October 21, 2022 by In their latest annual strategic progress report, experts from Japan’s Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF – part of Tokyo Electric...

IAEA laboratories analyse treated water from Fukushima Daiichi
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is conducting independent analysis and data corroboration related to the discharge of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP...

Tepco postpones Fukushima debris removal pending adjustments to robot arm
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) says it will have to delay to late 2023 the removal of melted nuclear fuel debris from the unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP...

Deadline relaxed for release of treated Fukushima water
Monday, August 15, 2022 by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) now estimates that tanks containing treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP are likely to reach capacity around the autumn of...

Fukushima officials approve treated water release but seek to minimise “reputational damage”
Thursday, August 04, 2022 by Fukushima Prefecture and the town governments of Futaba and Okuma have given their approval for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) to construct the facilities to enable...

Japan approves release of Fukushima water into the sea
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved a plan to release treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP into the ocean, the government has said. The water, used...

Japan’s Kishida wants nine nuclear units in operation by winter
Monday, July 18, 2022 by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), told a news conference that he had asked Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Koichi...

Tokyo court orders former Tepco officials to pay damages for Fukushima disaster
Friday, July 15, 2022 by The Tokyo district court has ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to pay JPY13,000 billion ($95bn) in damages to the operator of the destroyed...

Japan's top court clears government of liability for Fukushima disaster
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 by Japan's highest court has dismissed claims that the government should pay damages in cases involving some 3,700 people seriously affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster...

IAEA releases report water discharge at Fukushima Daiichi
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force established to review Japan’s discharge of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have released a...

Jacobs designs robot to tackle Fukushima debris
Friday, May 27, 2022 by US-based Jacobs has designed and built a robotic tool to obtain crucial information about the state of a damaged nuclear power reactor at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan. The remotely...

Jacobs selected by Tepco to support Fukushima clean-up
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 by US-based Jacobs has been selected by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to support decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP damaged by the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan...

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