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2015.09.12

Flooding swept away radiation cleanup bags in Fukushima

Bags filled with grass and soil from work to remove radioactive substances spewed by the crippled Fukushima No
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2014.11.07

Decontamination work has not progressed in Nasu resort area

Decontamination work at Nasu Highland, one of Japan’s most famous cottage areas, is making little headwa
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2014.10.13

Property leases for interim radioactive waste storage are set to expire

Property leases for many interim radioactive waste storage facilities in Fukushima Prefecture are set to expir
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2014.09.22

Planned decontamination of residential area has not finished yet

More than half of the 74 municipalities in the Tohoku and Kanto regions that have planned decontamination of r
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2014.08.02

Decontamination focus will be changed to case-by-case individual exposure amounts

The Ministry of the Environment said that its efforts to remove radioactive contamination from Fukushima disas
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2014.06.24

Evacuees can return home by 2021 according to Gov estimation

Evacuees can return home in the hardest-hit areas around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant by 2021, a
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2014.06.16

Gov adjust decontamination near Fukushia No.1 by changing how to select land to scrub

The government will adjust decontamination operations near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant by changing how i
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2014.06.11

Radiation levels remain high even after decontamination at hot zone

Radiation levels in many areas of Fukushima Prefecture designated as zones where it is difficult for residents
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2014.02.01

Gov classified sludge as radioactive waster in Kanagawa

  The government has classified 2.9 tons of sludge from Kanagawa Prefecture as radioactive waste derived
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2014.01.10

New decommissioning division will be created within the government-backed fund responsible for compensating victims of the disaster

To accelerate work at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the industry ministry plans to place a new decommi
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2013.11.23

Goverment to purchase land for storing contaminated soils around Fukushima No.1 plant

The Japanese government plans to purchase a vast area of land around the Fukushima No.1 plant to build sites t
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2013.10.22

IAEA: 1 millisievert standard cannot be achieved in a short time

The head of the IAEA team, Juan Carlos Lentijo, director of the IAEA Division of Fuel Cycle and Waste Technolo
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2013.10.21

Decontamination in the evacuation zone is delaying

Decontamination work in some of the most contaminated towns around Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant is delay
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2013.10.07

Where to store radioactive waste in Fukushima??

Two years after the nuclear disaster, bags of radioactive waste continue to sit on private land and at tempora
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2013.09.11

Delay of decontamination work affects to the life of evacuees

The Ministry of the Environment announced Sept. 10 that the decontamination work of seven municipalities in Fu
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2013.07.24

5 trillion yen needs for decontamination in Fukushima

The cost for decontamination and storage of radioactive materials in Fukushima Prefecture will be up to 5.13 t
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2013.06.24

Calling for another decontamination in Fukushima prefecture

Some municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture are increasingly calling for a second round of decontamination wor
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2013.05.21

IAEA come to Fukushima for helping decontamination from July

Based on the agreement of joint project issued December 2012, experts from the International Atomic Energy Age
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2013.04.25

Who will pay for the decontamination cost around the plant?: TEPCO refuses to do so

Tokyo Electric Power Co. refuses to pay 10.55 billion yen ($106 million) for decontamination work around Fukus
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2013.03.29

10.5 billion yen of decontamination has not paid by TEPCO

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) owes 10.5 billion yen to the Ministry of the Environment in unpaid expenses f
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