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Japan reactivates nuclear reactor

Japan activates its Monju fast-breeder reactor, which has been suspended since an accident 14 years ago. Ref. Source 5

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I wonder what will happen this time if something goes wrong again. Are we going to see something major happen this time?

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TEPCO says it 'no longer owns' Fukushima fallout

IN terms of sheer chutzpah, Tokyo Electric Power Co's claim that it no longer owns the radioactive isotopes that spewed out of its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March takes some beating. Ref. Source 4

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Japan goes nuclear free
Local Japanese News In English

Japan's only remaining nuclear power plant in use, Hokkaido Electric Power's Tomari nuclear power plant reactor number 3, will be shut down for routine inspections on Saturday, leaving the country without an operational nuclear plant for the first time in 42 years. (ANNNews)
Source: News On Japan

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Japan utility gets $15.8b nuclear crisis bailout

The Japanese utility that operates the nuclear power plant sent into meltdown by last year's tsunami says it has received a trillion yen (NZ$15.8 billion) public bailout. Ref. Source 1

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Survey balloon flown inside Fukushima reactor
Local Japanese News In English

The operator of the defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has flown a balloon inside the No.1 reactor building to check the upper part of the structure. (NHKReloaded)
Source: News On Japan

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Nuclear solutions tough in quake prone Japan

How is an atomic-powered island nation riddled with fault lines supposed to handle its nuclear waste? Part of the answer was supposed to come from this windswept village along Japan's northern coast. Ref. Source 1

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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaking contaminated water:

As much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, contaminating the surrounding ground, Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Saturday. Ref. Source 5