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Japanese Nuclear Reactor Disqualified Under Post-Fukushima Safety Standards
This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.
Japón veta por primera vez un reactor nuclear con las normas de seguridad posteriores a Fukushima
El organismo regulador nuclear de Japón retiró oficialmente el miércoles el permiso para reiniciar un reactor en la región centro-norte del país, la primera descalificación según unos estándares de seguridad que se reforzaron después del desastre de Fukushima en 2011.
Japan's nuclear watchdog disqualifies a reactor for the first time since Fukushima disaster
Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country's north-central region from restarting, the first rejection under safety standards that were reinforced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with searching the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has retrieved a sample of melted nuclear fuel.
Central Japan nuclear unit fails post-Fukushima safety check
Japan's nuclear watchdog formally decided Wednesday that a reactor in central Japan has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart, in the first such case since the regulatory body's founding after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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Easy Japanese news in translation: 'Aliens' parade in 'hometown of UFOs' event in Fukushima
On November 9, a "UFO festival" was held in the Iinomachi district in the city of Fukushima, which is being promoted as a "hometown of UFOs." This year marked the third edition of this event. A ...
Fukushima Nuclear Debris Arrives At Lab After Secret Journey
A small amount of radioactive debris removed by a robot from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has arrived at a research lab near Tokyo, the plant operator said Tuesday, after a journey kept ...
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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A device to remove debris from a reactor at the damaged Fukushima ...
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Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive ...
Robot Grabs Melted Fuel Sample From Fukushima Reactor
More than 13 years after an earthquake-turned-tsunami triggered the second-largest nuclear accident in global history, a ...
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Japan electric company removes small debris from Fukushima nuclear plant
Nov. 7 (UPI) --Japanese nuclear plant workers, for the first time, removed a small amount of melted fuel from one of the ...
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Japan’s Fukushima worker radiation monitoring validated
Japan is accurately monitoring occupational radiation exposure of workers involved in handling treated water at the ...
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Japan's nuclear watchdog disqualifies reactor for first time since Fukushima disaster
TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region from ...
Robot successfully retrieves first radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima reactor
Small sample to aid in planning the safe decommissioning of the nuclear plant, which contains an estimated 880 tons of highly ...
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
The nuclear fuel sample, the size of a grain of rice, was placed into a secure container Thursday, marking the end of the ...