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    Many cases of thyroid cancer

    As part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey, regular thyroid exams are being conducted for persons who were 18 or ...
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    Current conditions for evacuees

    “Right to evacuate” not respectedAfter the nuclear accident, the central government’s Nuclear Emergency Response Headqua...
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    Top News of 2019

    Evacuation orders lifted in three “difficult-to-return” zonesElectricity procurement: Many local governments go back to ...
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    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...
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    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 ...
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    Evacuation Orders Lifted But Many Evacuees Won’t Return

    Immediately after TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster, the government expanded the evacuation order i...
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    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 an...
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    Financial assistance approved to restart Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant in Tochigi Prefecture (TEPCO and Japan Atomic Power Company)

    In October 2019, TEPCO announced that it would provide financial assistance to the Japan Atomic Power Company for its Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant
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    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.
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    Survey reveals electricity procurement trends of local governments

    Survey reveals electricity procurement trends of local governments Major utilities reclaiming former customers, a major ...