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Japan, South Korea eye visit by team of experts as Fukushima nuclear plant prepares water release

Officials from Japan and South Korea are eyeing a potential visit by South Korean experts to the Fukushima nuclear plant before it begins the controversial release of treated but radioactive water to sea

The Independent UK

The tiny town with hundreds of UFO sightings which has become the ‘home of aliens’

Japan has a little 'UFO village' in the Date District of Fukushima, a region which has risen from the ashes of a devastating tsunami and nuclear meltdown 12 years ago

Daily Mirror

China to Pass U.S. as World’s Largest Nuclear Power Operator by 2030

With 10 project approvals last year and 24 units under construction, controversial clean energy source rebounds from a years-long post-Fukushima pause

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Does India have enough insurance coverage for a nuclear disaster?

India has barely half the insurance amount required for current nuclear plants, and has many more plants in the works.

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Seven key questions about the Fukushima water release

Japan’s plan to release nuclear wastewater from its Fukushima reactor has sparked many questions.

360info

A nuclear-fuelled debate over Japan’s wastewater release

Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima reactor into the ocean has its supporters but is causing ripples in the Pacific.

360info

How Fukushima wastewater will disrupt seafood trade

Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean.

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A deep dive into the reality of radioactive water

Japan faced three options with disposing of radioactive wastewater. All were problematic.

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The group most directly affected never had a say in Fukushima water release

Fukushima’s fishers have constantly been the last to know about decisions which directly impact their livelihoods and way of life. That needs to change.

360info

Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific

Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used in other ways instead.

360info

It’s time to stop worrying about Fukushima’s wastewater

Releasing treated wastewater directly into the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear plant sounds dangerous, but going below the surface reveals the full story.

360info

School classes return to town hosting Fukushima No. 1 plant

FUKUSHIMA -- School wasn't out forever.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Damage inside Fukushima reactor feared greater than assumed

Damage to the interior of a support structure at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may extend around its entire perimeter, raising concern that the extent of the damage may be greater than previously thought.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Underwater pictures from inside Fukushima nuclear reactor spark safety concerns

About 880 tonnes of highly radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the plant's reactors, about 10 times the fuel that was removed in the clean-up of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 1979.

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Daily Mirror

New images from inside Fukushima reactor spark worrying nuclear meltdown fears

The Fukushima nuclear catastrophe was triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the shores of Japan in 2011, creating towering tsunami waves that battered the plant

The Independent UK

New images from inside Fukushima reactor spark safety worry

Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant have shown exposed steel bars in the main supporting structure and parts of its thick external concrete wall missing

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Evacuation order lifted for part of Fukushima town

FUKUSHIMA -- An evacuation order designated as a difficult-to-return zone was lifted for an area of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Small Areas Reopen near Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Few Return

Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, on Saturday, in time for the area’s popular cherry blossom season and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a ceremony there to mark the reopening. The area of about 4 square…

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The Independent UK

Small areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few return

Evacuation orders have been lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, in time for the area’s popular cherry blossom season

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Photo from inside Fukushima N-plant shows fresh view of meltdown damage

Damage to the interior of a structure at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant can be seen in a photo released on Wednesday by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

Al Jazeera

South Korea to keep Fukushima seafood ban despite thaw with Japan

President Yoon Seok-yeol’s administration says ‘health and safety’ top priority despite improving Seoul-Tokyo ties.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake / Combined school, daycare to open in Fukushima Prefecture

AIZU-WAKAMATSU, Fukushima -- A school is to reopen in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in April after a 12-year hiatus. Residents of the town were ordered to evacuate following the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan Marks 12 Years from Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster

Japan on Saturday marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with a minute of silence, as concerns grew ahead of the planned release of the treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and the government's return to nuclear energy. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake…

The Independent UK

Japan marks 12 years from tsunami and nuclear disaster

Japan has marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with a minute of silence as concerns grew ahead of the planned release of the treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant

Daily Mirror

Terrifying moment Japan tsunami flattened entire towns and villages as it burst banks

Footage of the catastrophe shows an entire ocean climb 132ft in the air before coming crashing back down on residential areas in Fukushima Prefecture, which is around 160miles northeast of Tokyo

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