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Asia · FukushimaJapanese regulators on Wednesday endorsed Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s plan to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from a disaster-crippled nuclear plant. The Nuclear Regulation Authority will officially approve the plan after a public comment periodSee the Story
Japan nuclear regulator grants initial nod to Fukushima water release plan
41% Center coverage: 29 sources
Asia · FukushimaTokyo District Court handed down a ruling Wednesday acknowledging former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. were financially liable for the 2011 nuclear disaster at the firm's Fukushima No. 1 plant. A group of 48 Tepco shareholders had filed a lawsuit demanding the executivess pay a total of some �22 trillion to the company.See the Story
Fukushima operator ex-bosses ordered to pay US$95 billion: Reports
46% Center coverage: 26 sources
Asia · FukushimaJapan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government is not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Thousands of evacuees demand that the state, not just the utility, pay compensation for damage to their lives. The ruling was the first by the top court on government responsibility for the Fukushima disaster in four compensation lawsuits filed by about 3,700 Fukushima residents.See the Story
Japan's top court says government not responsible for Fukushima damage
46% Left coverage: 24 sources
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Fukushima · FukushimaGovernment lifts evacuation orders in section of a village previously deemed off limits. Katsurao village lies about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. More than 300,000 people living near the nuclear plant were forced to temporarily evacuate. It was the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.See the Story
'We're still recovering': 11 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, residents return to their village - KVIA
Coverage: 4 sources
Cancer · FukushimaThe plaintiffs are suing the operator of the nuclear plant, saying radiation released in the accident caused their illnesses. It is the first group lawsuit filed by Fukushima residents over health problems allegedly linked to the disaster, their lawyers say. The plant operator told the court that they were not exposed to enough radiation to cause cancer.See the Story
Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima nuclear plant
60% Left coverage: 10 sources
Asia · FukushimaPlant workers start construction of a pipeline to transport the wastewater from hillside storage tanks to a coastal facility. The digging of an undersea tunnel was also to begin later Thursday. A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant's cooling systems, causing triple meltdowns and the release of large amounts of radiation.See the Story
Construction begins at Fukushima plant for water release
50% Center coverage: 10 sources
Fukushima · FukushimaShimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama announced Thursday that he has approved the restart of the No. 2 reactor at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane Nuclear Power Station. The governor's approval marks the completion of the process to gain the consent of local communities for the restart.See the Story
Shimane OKs nuclear restart, but Hokkaido plant ruling casts doubt on resumption
60% Left coverage: 5 sources
Earthquake · Fukushima２２日午後０時２４分頃、茨城県沖を震源とする地震があり、福島県浜通りで震度５弱を観測した。気象庁によると、この地震による津波の心配はない。震源の深さは５キロ、地震の規模を示すマグニチュードは６・０と推定される。この地震See the Story
福島県いわき市で震度５弱、「第一」「第二」原発に異常なし…新幹線一時ストップ
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
Evacuations · FukushimaThe evacuation order was the first for a difficult-to-return zone in the municipalities that host Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The plant suffered a triple reactor meltdown after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The order was lifted Thursday morning for a part of Okuma, a town in Fukushima Prefecture.See the Story
11 years on, evacuation order lifted for part of 'difficult-to-return' Fukushima town
34% Center coverage: 3 sources
Fukushima · FukushimaJapan's nuclear regulator approved the plan to discharge wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The dumping plan has drawn fierce opposition from government officials and civic groups in South Korea, one of the world's major consumers of seafood. South Korea's Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Cho Seunghwan said the government is considering whether to take the issue to the international tribunal.See the Story
Fukushima plan triggers fresh anger
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
International · FukushimaAccording to Academician Leonid Bolshov, following the Fukushima accident, all nuclear plants in Russia were equipped with additional diesel generators and movable pumps to be launched in case of electricity outages or a pressure loss in the reactor’s cooling loopSee the Story
Key risk for Zaporozhye NPP is reactor cooling malfunction
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
