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JAPAN’S NUCLEAR REGULATOR BANS TEPCO FROM RESTARTING ITS PLANT
Highlights –
- Japan’s nuclear regulator bans TEPCO from restarting its plant.
- TEPCO has been barred from transporting nuclear fuel stored at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture.
- The corrective measure is expected ...
CURRENT ENERGY POLICIES IN JAPAN
Highlights:
- The Japanese energy policies were greatly modified after the nuclear disaster in 2011
- Deregulation of the electricity market was done post the disaster
Japan had heavily relied on nuclear energy before 2011. The country i...
FUKUSHIMA RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FROM TEPCO AND JAPAN
Highlights:
- 11th March marks the 9th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima
- Residents of the area who fled to Hokkaido will be compensated by TEPCO and Japan
The government of Japan and Tepco have been ordered by a court to...
COUNTRIES GRADUALLY LIFTING BANS ON JAPANESE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Highlights:
- Post the nuclear disaster, bans were placed on Japanese food imports
- Vietnam became the 12th country to lift the ban
Import bans were placed on Japanese agricultural products post the nuclear disaster in Fukushima nuclear...
Govt. considering release of contaminated water into ocean or air
Post the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a vast amount of radioactive contaminated water got stored by Tokyo Electric Power Co. The same has been treated but still contaminants are present in it. The Economy and Industry ministry has proposed to eliminate the same gradually by evaporation o...