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Technology to look inside Fukushima reactors faces challenge
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Fri Mar 27, 10:36AM CDT
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — The cutting-edge technology was billed as a way to decipher where exactly the morass of nuclear fuel might sit at the bottom of reactors in the Japanese power plant that went into multiple meltdowns four years ago.
Correction: Japan-Nuclear-Flawed Cleanup story
AP - Wed Mar 25, 3:51AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — In a March 24 story about flawed projects at the Fukushima nuclear plant, The Associated Press erroneously described the spending as coming from taxpayer money allocated for the plant's cleanup. It actually was part of 350 billion yen ($3 billion) paid for by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Japan audit: Millions of dollars wasted in Fukushima cleanup
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Tue Mar 24, 5:33AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese government auditors say the operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has wasted more than a third of the 190 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in taxpayer money allocated for cleaning up the plant after it was destroyed by a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Climate funds for coal highlight lack of UN rules
By KARL RITTER and MARGIE MASON - AP - Mon Dec 01, 10:30AM CST
KANCI KULON, Indonesia (AP) — About $1 billion in loans under a U.N. initiative for poor countries to tackle global warming is going toward the construction of power plants fired by coal, the biggest human source of carbon pollution.
Japan's nuclear cleanup stymied by water woes
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Wed Nov 12, 8:25PM CST
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — More than three years into the massive cleanup of Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant, only a tiny fraction of the workers are focused on key tasks such as preparing for the dismantling of the broken reactors and removing radioactive fuel rods.
OK given to restart nuclear plant in Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri Nov 07, 5:36AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — A governor gave final approval Friday for a nuclear power plant to restart in southern Japan, the first to resume operations under new safety rules imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdowns caused by an earthquake and tsunami.
Agenda of Japan's Abe challenged as scandals mount
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP - Mon Oct 27, 5:03AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with Japan's voters is fading as scandals and a slowing economic recovery take a toll on his popularity and hinder progress on his policy agenda.
Japanese governor says too soon for nuke restarts
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Wed Oct 15, 8:37AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese governor said Wednesday the country should not restart any nuclear plants until the cause of the Fukushima meltdown is fully understood and nearby communities have emergency plans that can effectively respond to another major accident.
Panel wants TEPCO execs charged over nuke crisis
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Jul 31, 7:59AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese judicial panel has recommended that three former executives of the utility that operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant face criminal charges over their role in the disaster.
Underground lab tackles Japan nuclear waste issue
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Jul 14, 9:17AM CDT
HORONOBE, Japan (AP) — Reindeer farms and grazing Holstein cows dot a vast stretch of rolling green pasture here on Japan's northern tip. Underground it's a different story.
Stigmatized nuclear workers quit Japan utility
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Thu Jul 10, 3:54AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Stigma, pay cuts, and risk of radiation exposure are among the reasons why 3,000 employees have left the utility at the center of Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster. Now there's an additional factor: better paying jobs in the feel good solar energy industry.
Technology to look inside Fukushima reactors faces challenge
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Fri Mar 27, 10:36AM CDT
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — The cutting-edge technology was billed as a way to decipher where exactly the morass of nuclear fuel might sit at the bottom of reactors in the Japanese power plant that went into multiple meltdowns four years ago.
Correction: Japan-Nuclear-Flawed Cleanup story
AP - Wed Mar 25, 3:51AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — In a March 24 story about flawed projects at the Fukushima nuclear plant, The Associated Press erroneously described the spending as coming from taxpayer money allocated for the plant's cleanup. It actually was part of 350 billion yen ($3 billion) paid for by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Japan audit: Millions of dollars wasted in Fukushima cleanup
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Tue Mar 24, 5:33AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese government auditors say the operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has wasted more than a third of the 190 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in taxpayer money allocated for cleaning up the plant after it was destroyed by a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Climate funds for coal highlight lack of UN rules
By KARL RITTER and MARGIE MASON - AP - Mon Dec 01, 10:30AM CST
KANCI KULON, Indonesia (AP) — About $1 billion in loans under a U.N. initiative for poor countries to tackle global warming is going toward the construction of power plants fired by coal, the biggest human source of carbon pollution.
Japan's nuclear cleanup stymied by water woes
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Wed Nov 12, 8:25PM CST
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — More than three years into the massive cleanup of Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant, only a tiny fraction of the workers are focused on key tasks such as preparing for the dismantling of the broken reactors and removing radioactive fuel rods.
OK given to restart nuclear plant in Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Fri Nov 07, 5:36AM CST
TOKYO (AP) — A governor gave final approval Friday for a nuclear power plant to restart in southern Japan, the first to resume operations under new safety rules imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdowns caused by an earthquake and tsunami.
Agenda of Japan's Abe challenged as scandals mount
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP - Mon Oct 27, 5:03AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with Japan's voters is fading as scandals and a slowing economic recovery take a toll on his popularity and hinder progress on his policy agenda.
Japanese governor says too soon for nuke restarts
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Wed Oct 15, 8:37AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese governor said Wednesday the country should not restart any nuclear plants until the cause of the Fukushima meltdown is fully understood and nearby communities have emergency plans that can effectively respond to another major accident.
Panel wants TEPCO execs charged over nuke crisis
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Jul 31, 7:59AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese judicial panel has recommended that three former executives of the utility that operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant face criminal charges over their role in the disaster.
Underground lab tackles Japan nuclear waste issue
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Mon Jul 14, 9:17AM CDT
HORONOBE, Japan (AP) — Reindeer farms and grazing Holstein cows dot a vast stretch of rolling green pasture here on Japan's northern tip. Underground it's a different story.
Stigmatized nuclear workers quit Japan utility
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP - Thu Jul 10, 3:54AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Stigma, pay cuts, and risk of radiation exposure are among the reasons why 3,000 employees have left the utility at the center of Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster. Now there's an additional factor: better paying jobs in the feel good solar energy industry.
