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Ice wall at Fukushima plant switched on, but will it work?
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Mar 31, 10:28AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant switched on a giant refrigeration system on Thursday to create an unprecedented underground ice wall around its damaged reactors. Radioactive water has been flowing from the reactors, and other methods have failed to fully control it. The decontamination and decommissioning of the plant, damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, hinge of the success of the wall.
Japan regulators OK costly ice wall at Fukushima plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Wed Mar 30, 9:03AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese regulators on Wednesday approved the use of a giant refrigeration system to create an unprecedented underground frozen barrier around buildings at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in an attempt to contain leaking radioactive water.
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Jul 31, 5:11PM CDT
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LNKD: 191.40 (+0.40)
Japan OKs long-term Fukushima cleanup plan despite unknowns
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Jun 11, 11:50PM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government approved Friday a revised 30- to 40-year roadmap to clean up the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, but many questions remain.
Correction: Japan-Nuclear-Flawed Cleanup story
AP - Wed Apr 15, 1:56AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — In a March 24 story about flawed projects at the Fukushima nuclear plant, The Associated Press reported that a 32 billion yen ($270 million) machine made by Areva SA to remove radioactive cesium from water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant lasted just three months. The story should have specified that the 32 billion yen cost also covered related equipment and services supplied by five other companies, not just the Areva machine.
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.
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.
Ice wall at Fukushima plant switched on, but will it work?
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Mar 31, 10:28AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant switched on a giant refrigeration system on Thursday to create an unprecedented underground ice wall around its damaged reactors. Radioactive water has been flowing from the reactors, and other methods have failed to fully control it. The decontamination and decommissioning of the plant, damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, hinge of the success of the wall.
Japan regulators OK costly ice wall at Fukushima plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Wed Mar 30, 9:03AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese regulators on Wednesday approved the use of a giant refrigeration system to create an unprecedented underground frozen barrier around buildings at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in an attempt to contain leaking radioactive water.
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - Fri Jul 31, 5:11PM CDT
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LNKD: 191.40 (+0.40)
Japan OKs long-term Fukushima cleanup plan despite unknowns
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - AP - Thu Jun 11, 11:50PM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government approved Friday a revised 30- to 40-year roadmap to clean up the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, but many questions remain.
Correction: Japan-Nuclear-Flawed Cleanup story
AP - Wed Apr 15, 1:56AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) — In a March 24 story about flawed projects at the Fukushima nuclear plant, The Associated Press reported that a 32 billion yen ($270 million) machine made by Areva SA to remove radioactive cesium from water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant lasted just three months. The story should have specified that the 32 billion yen cost also covered related equipment and services supplied by five other companies, not just the Areva machine.
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.
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.
