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It’s been 12 years since the catastrophe at Fukushima Daiichi, and decommissioning the site continues to be a major headache.
In a news conference on 15 March the director general of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, said that there was a "possibility of core damage" at Unit 2 of less than 5%. [30] Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) stated 33% of the fuel rods were damaged, in news reports the morning of 16 March. [31]
In Italy there was a national referendum, in which 94 percent voted against the governments plan to build new nuclear power plants. [citation needed] Elsewhere in the world, nuclear power continues to be discussed in Malaysia, [8] and plans are well-advanced in the United Arab Emirates, [9] [10] Jordan, [11] and Bangladesh. [12]
Units 1 through 4 at the plant. At the time of the earthquake, Unit 4 had been shut down for shroud replacement and refueling since 29 November 2010. [1] [2] All 548 fuel assemblies had been transferred in December 2010 from the reactor to the spent fuel pool on an upper floor of the reactor building [3] where they were held in racks containing boron to damp down any nuclear reaction. [4]
Treated but still slightly radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is being released into the Pacific Ocean in a process that began Thursday — more than 12 ...
Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will visit the Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday ahead of a final decision on when to begin releasing wastewater from the wrecked ...