# fukushima - Monday 7 February, 2022
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
The tanks holding the water are expected to reach their capacity of 1.37 million tons later this year.
# fukushima - Monday 15 November, 2021
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
The team will meet with Japanese officials and visit the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
# fukushima - Tuesday 13 April, 2021
# Radioactive
# Radioactive
The move is fiercely opposed by local fishermen and residents.
# fukushima - Thursday 11 March, 2021
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
More than 18,000 people died and nearly half a million were displaced.
# fukushima - Sunday 14 February, 2021
# 7.3 Magnitude
# 7.3 Magnitude
The latest quake came nearly 10 years after the deadly earthquake that sparked a tsunami and nuclear meltdown.
# fukushima - Saturday 1 December, 2018
# Study
# Study
More than 3,600 people died from causes such as illness and suicide linked to the aftermath of the tragedy.
# fukushima - Thursday 6 September, 2018
# Directly Related
# Directly Related
This is the first time the Japanese government has acknowledged a death directly related to the disaster.
# fukushima - Thursday 10 August, 2017
# Unexploded Bomb
# Unexploded Bomb
A bomb disposal team has been sent in to make the scene safe.
# fukushima - Sunday 19 March, 2017
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
Over 100,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in the Fukushima Daiichi area in the wake of the March 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
# fukushima - Tuesday 22 November, 2016
# Japan
# Japan
The powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake sparked fears of a repeat of the 2011 disaster.
# fukushima - Monday 21 November, 2016
# Japan
# Japan
The quake was felt in Tokyo.
# fukushima - Friday 11 March, 2016
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
Eye-witnesses to the events of Japans “triple disaster” recount their memories.
# fukushima - Saturday 25 July, 2015
# Japan
# Japan
They were shared on Twitter in May but recently caught people’s attention.
# fukushima - Tuesday 14 April, 2015
# Deeper Underground
# Deeper Underground
The Fukushima plant suffered a triple meltdown in 2011.
# fukushima - Saturday 22 November, 2014
# 6.2 Magnitude
# 6.2 Magnitude
Five people are feared trapped in collapsed buildings.
# fukushima - Thursday 11 September, 2014
# Clean Energy
# Clean Energy
Ex-PM Naoto Kan says nuclear power should be consigned to the history books after Fukushima disaster.
# fukushima - Sunday 15 June, 2014
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
Fossil fuels are messy, costly, dangerous to workers and killing our planet. Nuclear energy could be the answer if we let go of illogical, emotional arguments against it.
# fukushima - Monday 9 June, 2014
# Business Poll
# Business Poll
Poll: One woman’s story of spotting an export opportunity after the disaster at Fukushima – but are exports the way forward for Irish SMEs?
# fukushima - Sunday 11 May, 2014
# Japan
# Japan
The entire area around the nuclear disaster site remains empty.
# fukushima - Monday 18 November, 2013
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
Moving the uranium and plutonium fuel rods from a reactor building is the most difficult task so far in the decommissioning of the nuclear plant.
# fukushima - Thursday 7 November, 2013
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
Nuclear engineers will remove the uranium and plutonium fuel rods as part of the decades-long decommissioning of the plant after the worst atomic accident in a generation.
# fukushima - Friday 25 October, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
People were warned to stay away from the coast as the tsunami approached.
# fukushima - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
Tons of highly toxic water spilled out when workers removed the wrong pipe during works.
# fukushima - Sunday 8 September, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
As news broke this week of toxic water leaking from the plant, surfers say they are worried – but not enough to stay out of the waves there.
# fukushima - Tuesday 3 September, 2013
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
A costly untested subterranean ice wall be constructed in a desperate step to stop the leaks after repeated failures by the plant’s operator.
# fukushima - Sunday 1 September, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
It has been patched up with tape, says TEPCO.
# fukushima - Wednesday 28 August, 2013
# Contaminated
# Contaminated
The nuclear regulator in Japan had originally given it a rating of Level 1, an ‘anomaly’.
# fukushima - Wednesday 21 August, 2013
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
Japan is worried about its international reputation following the leak.
# fukushima - Wednesday 10 July, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
The leak was long suspected by experts, but denied by the plant’s operator.
# fukushima - Friday 21 June, 2013
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
More than 18,000 people died when the towering tsunami smashed into Japan’s northeast in March 2011 setting off the crisis at Fukushima .
# fukushima - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
# Energy
# Energy
A report by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland looked at the impact day-to-day operations would have on Ireland and what would happen in the event of a severe nuclear accident.
# fukushima - Monday 11 March, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
Hundreds of people displaced in the Fukushima emergency have today filed a lawsuit seeking official compensation.
# fukushima - Friday 8 February, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
People whose homes or farms were affected by radiation from the Fukushima plant will file class-action lawsuits next month for damages.
# fukushima - Friday 25 January, 2013
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
Proposals by Japan’s new nuclear watchdog may see a massive plant in centre of the country shut down over safety fears.
# fukushima - Monday 31 December, 2012
# Fukushima
# Fukushima
Shinzo Abe said the meltdown is unlike anything humanity has ever undertaken.
# fukushima - Saturday 29 December, 2012
# fukushima - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
# Japan
# Japan
Abe has pledged a hawkish agenda which will fix the economy and get tough on diplomatic issues.
# fukushima - Thursday 13 December, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
When an aeroplane crashes we don’t stop flying, we improve safety. Nuclear power should be the same, writes Philip Walton.
# fukushima - Monday 10 December, 2012
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
Geologists say an existing Japanese nuclear plant may be sited over an active seismic fault – indicating that it will probably have to be scrapped.
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