Beginning this week, Japan will begin releasing water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean

On Tuesday, Japan announced that it will begin the process of releasing more than one million metric tonnes of cleaned radioactive water from the ruined Fukushima nuclear power plant on August 24. This will put into motion a plan that has garnered harsh condemnation from China.

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NRA SAYS 31 HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE SEDIMENT CONTAINERS EXCEEDED LIFESPANS

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• NRA says 31 highly radioactive sediment containers exceeded lifespans.
• TEPCO has said it will start the contents to new containers in August.
• Contaminated water is treated by filtering at a multi-nuclide removal facility ...

MIHAMA NUCLEAR PLANT TO BEGIN FULL OPERATION ON JUNE

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• Mihama nuclear plant to begin full operation on June.
• Kansai Electric Power Co. will load nuclear fuel into the No. 3 unit at the Mihama plant.
• In 2016, Mihama plant was given approval to operate beyond the 40-year limit ...

HOKKAIDO VILLAGE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS TO SUBMIT BILL TO BAN NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

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• Hokkaido village assembly members to submit a bill to ban nuclear waste disposal.
• Five out of eight assembly members will introduce the bill on Dec.15 at the regular session.
• The bill includes provisions on refusing to al...

JAPAN’S ONAGAWA NUCLEAR PLANT MAY RESUME OPERATIONS IN 2022

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• Japan’s Onagawa nuclear plant may resume operations in 2022.
• The nuclear reactor was damaged by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.
• Miyagi prefecture governor Yoshihiro Murai gave the green signal to Tohoku Electr...

TEPCO ORDERED TO PAY $9.5 MILLION IN DAMGES FOR THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER

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• TEPCO ordered to pay $9.5 million in damages for the Fukushima disaster.
• The Sendai High Court announced the same.
• The high court has also found the state responsible for the incident and needs to pay damages.
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THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN ROKKASHO CLEARS SAFETY CHEKCS

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• The nuclear power plant in Rokkasho clears safety checks.
• The plant has been under construction for nearly three decades.
• The safety standards were made tougher in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Sweden shuts down nuclear plant’s reactor

The nuclear plant in Sweden has shut down one of its reactors after four decades of continuous operation. Located in Varberg, Ringhals 2 was switched off at 9 am. The south-western Swedish nuclear power plant had spent the last 43 years producing the equivalent of required power to satisfy the ne...