Articles tagged with fukushima
Wed, May 09, 2012
Japan to take over Tepco after Fukushima disaster
By Yoko Kubota
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co, Japan's biggest utility and owner of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant, will be taken ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Japan to take over Tepco after Fukushima disaster
By Yoko Kubota
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T>, Japan's biggest utility and the owner of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant, will be ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Japan to lift entry ban on some Fukushima cities
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday it would lift entry bans on some cities in Fukushima prefecture that had been designated no-go zones due ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Fukushima operator Tepco seeks $12 billion government rescue
By Taiga Uranaka and Kentaro Hamada
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> has asked the government for an injection of 1 trillion yen ($12 ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Japan foresaw possible Fukushima meltdown from day one: documents
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government foresaw the possibility of a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant hours after a huge tsunami smashed into ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
Fukushima: Japan leaders feared "devil's chain reaction"
By Shinichi Saoshiro
FUKUSHIMA (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister ordered workers to remain at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant last March as fears mounted ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman
VIENNA (Reuters) - The health impact of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations, the chairman ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale
By Alice Baghdjian
BERLIN (Reuters) - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick ...
Mon, December 26, 2011
Tepco seeks $9 billion more for Fukushima compensation
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co asked a government-backed bailout body on Tuesday for an additional 690 billion yen ($8.8 billion) to help ...
Thu, December 08, 2011
Japan mulls $13 billion Fukushima bailout
By Linda Sieg and Kentaro Hamada
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government may inject about $13 billion into Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> as early as ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Fukushima reactors now "stable," IAEA says
VIENNA (Reuters) - The reactors at Japan's crippled Fukushima atomic power plant are now "essentially stable," the U.N. nuclear chief said on Monday ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
After Fukushima, mother fights to get her life back
By Antoni Slodkowski
FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan (Reuters) - Even before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck knocking out the Fukushima nuclear plant, Aya's ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
Sea radiation from Fukushima seen triple Tepco estimate
TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis is more than triple the amount estimated by plant ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
U.S. nuclear regulator eyes to-do list after Fukushima
By Roberta Rampton and Emily Stephenson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear regulator is refining a plan to change its rules for power plants ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Magnitude 6.8 quake jolts Japan off Fukushima, no damage
TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan off Fukushima prefecture on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Sunflowers melt Fukushima's nuclear "snow"
By Antoni Slodkowski and Yuriko Nakao
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Sparks from burning strips of paper swirled into the hot summer sky, carrying the names ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pockets of lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in a fresh reminder of ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant
By Chisa Fujioka and Kevin Krolicki
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
Analysis: After Fukushima, glacial change seen for U.S. nuclear
By Roberta Rampton and Eileen O'Grady
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear industry this week gets its first peek at a roadmap ...
Sat, June 18, 2011
Radiation spike halts work at Japan nuclear plant
By Hideyuki Sano
TOKYO (Reuters) - A rise in radiation halted the clean-up of radioactive water at Japan's Fukushimi nuclear power station on Saturday ...
Mon, June 06, 2011
Japanese retirees ready to risk Fukushima front line
By Kevin Krolicki
TOKYO (Reuters) - At age 72, Yasuteru Yamada believes he has a few more good years ahead.
But not so many that ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Shares of Fukushima plant operator TEPCO hit record low
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> fell to 289 yen on Thursday, the lowest level since it was listed on the stock ...
Mon, May 30, 2011
Fukushima workers may have passed radiation limit
By Kiyoshi Takenaka, Shinichi Saoshiro and Kevin Krolicki
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two workers at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant may have exceeded the government ...
Sun, May 29, 2011
Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the ...
Mon, May 23, 2011
U.N. body to probe Fukushima radiation impact
VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. scientific body said on Monday it would study the radiation impact of Japan's nuclear disaster on people and ...
Sat, May 21, 2011
Chinese, South Korean leaders visit Fukushima
By Kim Kyung Hoon and Sui-Lee Wee
NATORI, Japan (Reuters)- - Chinese and South Korean leaders chatted with evacuees and tasted local produce in Japan ...
Sun, May 15, 2011
Japan readies new tactics for Fukushima after setback
By Rie Ishiguro and Kevin Krolicki
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese officials are readying a new approach to cooling reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant after ...
Wed, May 11, 2011
U.S. nuclear regulator raises questions after Fukushima
By Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Inspections at U.S. nuclear plants following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi facility have raised questions about ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
Fukushima sees only incremental improvement: NRC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese authorities continue to struggle to control the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the chairman of the U.S. nuclear regulator told ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
U.N. expert sees no serious Fukushima health impact
By Fredrik Dahl
VIENNA (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear accident is not expected to have any serious impact on people's health, based on the ...
Sat, March 12, 2011
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant faces new reactor problem
TOKYO (Reuters) - A quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant reeling from an explosion at one of its reactors has also lost its emergency cooling system at ...
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