The British government is soliciting public opinions on lifting Japanese food imports restrictions that have been in place since the Fukushima incident in March 2011, as part of the process to ease the curbs, which are likely to take effect next spring. Britain’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has concluded that the removal of import requirements—a limit…
UK Seeks Public Opinions on Lifting Japanese Food Imports Restrictions
UN Experts Review Plans for Release of Fukushima Plant Water
TOKYO—A team from the U.N. nuclear agency arrived in Japan on Monday to assess preparations for the release into the ocean of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. The six experts on the team from the International Atomic Energy Agency are to meet with Japanese officials and visit the Fukushima Daiichi plant…
A Decade On, Fukushima Farmers Fear Nuclear-Tainted Water’s Impact on Business
IWAKI, Japan—Fukushima farmers fear the Japanese government’s planned release of water from the crippled power plant could revive concerns about contamination and again hit the price of their produce, undoing a decade of slow recovery from nuclear disaster. Japan plans to release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the plant in the…
Japan PM Says Fukushima Wastewater Release Can’t Be Delayed
TOKYO—Japan’s new prime minister on Sunday said the planned mass disposal of wastewater stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant cannot be delayed, despite concerns from local residents. Speaking at his first visit to the facility since taking office, Fumio Kishida said his government would work to reassure residents nearby the plant about the technical…
Lifting Nuclear Ban Could Boost NSW Economy: Commissioner
A report by the New South Wales (NSW) Commissioner for Productivity has suggested easing restrictions on nuclear energy in a bid to boost the state’s economic prosperity. The May 31 white paper, titled “Rebooting the Economy,” provided a list of recommendations for the NSW government in improving the productivity growth of Australia’s largest state, which…
Japan Plans to Release Fukushima Water Into Ocean as Part of Cleanup
The Japanese utility giant Tepco may soon release more than one million cubic meters of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that was wrecked by the tsunami that followed a magnitude 9.0 quake off the shore of northern Japan a decade ago. It is being considered as part of a $200 billion…
Radiation Levels at Fukushima Nuclear Plant ‘Worse’ Than Previously Thought: Japan
Nuclear regulators in Japan have reported that radiation levels in Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are “exceedingly high” and are worse than previously thought. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said in a report a significant amount of radioactive materials apparently were attached to shield plugs in the containment vessels in the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors,…
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