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Experts question ice wall at Japan nuclear plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri May 02, 5:39AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Experts on Friday expressed skepticism about a plan to build a costly underground frozen wall at Japan's crippled nuclear plant, a development that could delay the start of construction on the project.
Fukushima residents unsure of return to no-go zone
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Tue Apr 29, 9:35AM CDT
TOMIOKA, Japan (AP) — Whenever Kazuhiro Onuki goes home, to his real home that is, the 66-year-old former librarian dons protective gear from head to toe and hangs a dosimeter around his neck.
US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation
The Orange County Register - Mon Apr 07, 3:38PM CDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nearly 80 U.S. sailors are seeking $1 billion from the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, alleging the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after a tsunami that touched off a nuclear crisis three years ago.
Japan Fukushima nuclear worker dies in mudslide
AP - Fri Mar 28, 6:38AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A worker died Friday at the Japanese nuclear plant devastated by the 2011 tsunami after getting buried in a mudslide, in the first death from an accident during efforts to control and decommission the facility.
Fukushima nuke worker life gets recorded as manga
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Tue Mar 25, 8:57AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — First off, no one who works at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant calls it Fukushima Dai-ichi, comic-book artist Kazuto Tatsuta says in his book about his time on the job. It's ichi efu, or 1F.
Contaminated water still troubles Japan nuke plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Mar 10, 9:23AM CDT
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — The radioactive water that has accumulated at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant remains the biggest problem hampering the cleanup process three years after the disaster.
Japan sees future business in Fukushima cleanup
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Sat Mar 08, 1:29AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — There is something surprising in the radioactive wreck that is the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant: opportunity. To clean it up, Japan will have to develop technology and expertise that any nation with a nuclear reactor will one day need.
Hundreds sue makers of Fukushima nuclear plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Jan 30, 9:15AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — About 1,400 people filed a joint lawsuit Thursday against three companies that manufactured reactors at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, saying they should be financially liable for damage caused by their 2011 meltdowns.
Japanese gov't to pay more for Fukushima cleanup
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri Dec 20, 7:06AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government announced Friday that it will increase the amount of money it is providing to the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to step up cleanup and decommissioning efforts.
Japan lacks decommissioning experts for Fukushima
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Sun Dec 15, 12:10AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is incapable of safely decommissioning the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant alone and must stitch together an international team for the massive undertaking, experts say, but has made only halting progress in that direction.
Fuel removal at Fukushima plant: What's at stake?
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Nov 18, 9:43AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Workers started the difficult task Monday of removing nuclear fuel rods from a heavily damaged reactor building at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. It's the first major step toward decommissioning the plant, a decades-long process fraught with uncertainty and challenges.
Damaged Japan nuke plant begin removing fuel rods
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Nov 18, 7:23AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Workers started removing radioactive fuel rods Monday from a reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The painstaking and risky task is a crucial first step toward a full cleanup of the earthquake and tsunami-damaged plant in northeastern Japan.
Japan ex-leaders join calls against nuclear power
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP - Tue Nov 12, 5:46AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's flagging anti-nuclear movement is getting a boost from two former prime ministers who are calling for atomic power to be phased out following the Fukushima disaster.
Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP - Mon Nov 11, 5:44AM CST
ONAHAMA PORT, Japan (AP) — Japan switched on the first turbine at a wind farm 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Fukushima on Monday, feeding electricity to the grid tethered to the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant onshore.
5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Sep 20, 5:51AM CDT
DENVER (AP) — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the Japanese prefecture that is home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan PM wants Fukushima plant entirely scrapped
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Sep 19, 11:19AM CDT
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the operator of the country's crippled nuclear power plant on Thursday to scrap all six reactors at the site instead of just four already slated for decommissioning and to concentrate on tackling pressing issues like leaks of radioactive water.
Powerful typhoon downgraded after lashing Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Tue Sep 17, 9:18AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Crews were cleaning up wrecked houses and assessing damage Tuesday in the wake of a powerful typhoon that lashed Japan with torrential rains, leaving at least two people dead.
Powerful typhoon lashes Japan; thousands evacuate
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Sep 16, 8:57AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon lashed Japan with torrential rain Monday, leaving two dead as it damaged homes and flooded parts of the country's popular tourist destination of Kyoto, where 260,000 people were ordered to evacuate to shelters.
News Summary: Fukushima's complicated cleanup
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Sep 13, 11:58AM CDT
BIGGER TASK: A former U.S. nuclear regulator says cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant is a bigger challenge than the work he led at Three Mile Island and that ongoing radioactive water leaks are a minor part of that task.
Ex-US regulator: Fukushima cleanup complicated
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri Sep 13, 8:33AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A former U.S. nuclear regulator says cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant is a bigger challenge than the work he led at Three Mile Island and that ongoing radioactive water leaks are a minor part of that task.
Experts question ice wall at Japan nuclear plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri May 02, 5:39AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Experts on Friday expressed skepticism about a plan to build a costly underground frozen wall at Japan's crippled nuclear plant, a development that could delay the start of construction on the project.
Fukushima residents unsure of return to no-go zone
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Tue Apr 29, 9:35AM CDT
TOMIOKA, Japan (AP) — Whenever Kazuhiro Onuki goes home, to his real home that is, the 66-year-old former librarian dons protective gear from head to toe and hangs a dosimeter around his neck.
US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation
The Orange County Register - Mon Apr 07, 3:38PM CDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nearly 80 U.S. sailors are seeking $1 billion from the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, alleging the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after a tsunami that touched off a nuclear crisis three years ago.
Japan Fukushima nuclear worker dies in mudslide
AP - Fri Mar 28, 6:38AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A worker died Friday at the Japanese nuclear plant devastated by the 2011 tsunami after getting buried in a mudslide, in the first death from an accident during efforts to control and decommission the facility.
Fukushima nuke worker life gets recorded as manga
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Tue Mar 25, 8:57AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — First off, no one who works at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant calls it Fukushima Dai-ichi, comic-book artist Kazuto Tatsuta says in his book about his time on the job. It's ichi efu, or 1F.
Contaminated water still troubles Japan nuke plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Mar 10, 9:23AM CDT
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — The radioactive water that has accumulated at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant remains the biggest problem hampering the cleanup process three years after the disaster.
Japan sees future business in Fukushima cleanup
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Sat Mar 08, 1:29AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — There is something surprising in the radioactive wreck that is the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant: opportunity. To clean it up, Japan will have to develop technology and expertise that any nation with a nuclear reactor will one day need.
Hundreds sue makers of Fukushima nuclear plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Jan 30, 9:15AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — About 1,400 people filed a joint lawsuit Thursday against three companies that manufactured reactors at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, saying they should be financially liable for damage caused by their 2011 meltdowns.
Japanese gov't to pay more for Fukushima cleanup
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri Dec 20, 7:06AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government announced Friday that it will increase the amount of money it is providing to the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to step up cleanup and decommissioning efforts.
Japan lacks decommissioning experts for Fukushima
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Sun Dec 15, 12:10AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is incapable of safely decommissioning the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant alone and must stitch together an international team for the massive undertaking, experts say, but has made only halting progress in that direction.
Fuel removal at Fukushima plant: What's at stake?
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Nov 18, 9:43AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Workers started the difficult task Monday of removing nuclear fuel rods from a heavily damaged reactor building at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. It's the first major step toward decommissioning the plant, a decades-long process fraught with uncertainty and challenges.
Damaged Japan nuke plant begin removing fuel rods
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Nov 18, 7:23AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Workers started removing radioactive fuel rods Monday from a reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The painstaking and risky task is a crucial first step toward a full cleanup of the earthquake and tsunami-damaged plant in northeastern Japan.
Japan ex-leaders join calls against nuclear power
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP - Tue Nov 12, 5:46AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's flagging anti-nuclear movement is getting a boost from two former prime ministers who are calling for atomic power to be phased out following the Fukushima disaster.
Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP - Mon Nov 11, 5:44AM CST
ONAHAMA PORT, Japan (AP) — Japan switched on the first turbine at a wind farm 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Fukushima on Monday, feeding electricity to the grid tethered to the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant onshore.
5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Sep 20, 5:51AM CDT
DENVER (AP) — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the Japanese prefecture that is home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan PM wants Fukushima plant entirely scrapped
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Sep 19, 11:19AM CDT
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the operator of the country's crippled nuclear power plant on Thursday to scrap all six reactors at the site instead of just four already slated for decommissioning and to concentrate on tackling pressing issues like leaks of radioactive water.
Powerful typhoon downgraded after lashing Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Tue Sep 17, 9:18AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Crews were cleaning up wrecked houses and assessing damage Tuesday in the wake of a powerful typhoon that lashed Japan with torrential rains, leaving at least two people dead.
Powerful typhoon lashes Japan; thousands evacuate
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Sep 16, 8:57AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon lashed Japan with torrential rain Monday, leaving two dead as it damaged homes and flooded parts of the country's popular tourist destination of Kyoto, where 260,000 people were ordered to evacuate to shelters.
News Summary: Fukushima's complicated cleanup
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Sep 13, 11:58AM CDT
BIGGER TASK: A former U.S. nuclear regulator says cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant is a bigger challenge than the work he led at Three Mile Island and that ongoing radioactive water leaks are a minor part of that task.
Ex-US regulator: Fukushima cleanup complicated
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri Sep 13, 8:33AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A former U.S. nuclear regulator says cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant is a bigger challenge than the work he led at Three Mile Island and that ongoing radioactive water leaks are a minor part of that task.
