Fukushima Today Ocean Discharge of ALPS Treated Contaminated Water
The government was expected to make a decision in the summer of 2020 on the release of the contaminated water that conti...
Fukushima Today and Japan’s Energy Future
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Fukushima Today Top News of 2020-21
The following is a selection of top news stories from 2020-2021 regarding nuclear power and energy. Please also see the ...
Fukushima Today Nuclear power versus climate change
Is nuclear power a solution for climate change? In recent years the world has experienced an increase in the frequency a...
Fukushima Today Survey reveals electricity procurement trends of local governments
Survey reveals electricity procurement trends of local governments Major utilities reclaiming former customers, a major ...
Fukushima Today Reactor restart status in Japan: Still zero nuclear reactors operating in East Japan
9 reactors set to restart but… Before the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, there were 54 nuclear react...
Fukushima Today Initial exposure and nuclear evacuation plans
Initial exposure not properly documented One of the reasons it has been difficult to prove a cause-and-effect relationsh...
Fukushima Today Looking back at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident
Ten years have passed since the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, followed by the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi...
Fukushima Today Ministerial ordinance to reuse low-level contaminated soil enters into force in April 2020
Years ago an advisory committee of the Ministry of the Environment drafted a policy to use some of the 14 million cubic meters of soil and waste arising from nuclear decontamination work in Fukushima Prefecture.
Fukushima Today Three former TEPCO executives acquitted of criminal negligence
In September 2019, the Tokyo District Court acquitted three former TEPCO executives of professional negligence resulting in death and injury in connection with the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Fukushima Today Kansai Electric’s nuclear bribery scandal
In September 2019, Kyodo News scooped a story that 20 Kansai Electric Power Co. executives had received the equivalent of 360 million yen in cash and gifts