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Fukushima seafood on sale for first time since nuclear disaster
For the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster last year, seafood caught off the Fukushima coastline is being sold in local markets to test customer demand. On Monday, two types of octopus and one variety of marine snail deemed clear of radioactive...Tags: Fukushima Prefecture (Japan), Soma (drug), Google+, Seafood, Japan
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Japan to restart nuclear reactors despite widespread fear
World NowIn a nation deeply scarred by nuclear disaster in both its military and civilian iterations, Japanese are deeply skeptical and resistant to government plans to take the first steps toward resuming nuclear energy production this weekend.... -
Japanese utility admits it failed to plan for tsunami disaster
World NowThe Japanese electrical utility that operated the now-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex acknowledged Wednesday that its managers were "too optimistic" that a devastating earthquake- and tsunami-triggered disaster would never occur.... -
Japanese more opposed to nuclear power a year after tsunami
World NowSeventy percent of Japanese surveyed by the Washington-based Pew Research Center said they wanted nuclear power reduced or eliminated, while a year ago the nation was nearly evenly divided on the subject, with 44% urging a phaseout and 46% backing... -
Japan radiation report finds mostly 'low' doses; risks unclear
World NowMore than a year after a devastating tsunami inundated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a new report from the World Health Organization says people in most parts of Japan got little added radiation, but estimates much higher doses in some... -
Radioactive Particles from Japan Found in Local Sea Kelp
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- Researchers say seaweed harvested from Orange County beaches tested positive for small amounts of radiation from last year's nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According...Tags: Nuclear Accidents, Science and Technology, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Nuclear Power, Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
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News briefs from U.S., World
Obama urges North Korea to 'have the courage to pursue peace;' wants further cuts in US arsenal SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Barack Obama is warning North Korea and Iran that their options are few and their friends fewer as those nations...
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Additional safety upgrades at Peach Bottom plant, a year after Fukushima disaster
Multi-Media JournalistA little more than a year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami caused a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan, plant officials in central Pennsylvania are implementing the lessons learned from that tragedy. "We'...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Accidents, Japan, Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Japan remembers quake victims a year later
![<a class="runtimeTopic" href="#">Japan</a> gathered Sunday amid tears, prayers and a moment of silence to mark one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands, and triggered the world's worst nuclear crisisin a quarter century.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/283201080-11061624.jpg "<a class="runtimeTopic\" href=\"#\">Japan</a> gathered Sunday amid tears, prayers and a moment of silence to mark one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands, and triggered the world's worst nuclear crisisin a quarter century.")
Japan gathered Sunday amid tears, prayers and a moment of silence to mark one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands, and triggered the world's worst nuclear crisisin a quarter century.
Throngs nationwide observed a moment of silence at 2:...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Tokyo (Japan), World War II (1939-1945), Defense Equipment
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No more Fukushimas
![The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a meltdown of the spent fuel pools sitting atop the reactors more than of the reactors themselves, according to an aide to then-prime minister Naoto Kan. Spent fuel pools, unlike nuclear reactors, are enclosed in no primary containment building. The one atop Reactor 4, which also has the "hottest fuel," sits directly exposed to the elements after an explosion blew the roof off the building March 15.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68737390-11070759.jpg "The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a meltdown of the spent fuel pools sitting atop the reactors more than of the reactors themselves, according to an aide to then-prime minister Naoto Kan. Spent fuel pools, unlike nuclear reactors, are enclosed in no primary containment building. The one atop Reactor 4, which also has the "hottest fuel,\" sits directly exposed to the elements after an explosion blew the roof off the building March 15.")
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a...Tags: York County (Pennsylvania), Naoto Kan, Waste, Plant Openings, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Japan Mourns Tsunami Dead; Grapples With Aftermath
ReutersOFUNATO, Japan (Reuters) - With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan marked on Sunday one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power and the...Tags: The Washington Post, Energy Saving, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Dining and Drinking, Tokyo (Japan)
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Cheap natural gas, caution curb nuclear energy
It's radioactive, its plants can be expensive to build and it scares the bejeebers out of many, but to some, nuclear energy is the future.
That may well be true, but for now, the race to that future has slowed to a cautious crawl as regulators have...Tags: Energy, China Earthquake (2010), Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Lafayette College, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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