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- Fukushima Radiation is Still Wreaking Havoc on Insects Around the Plant Thu, 25 Sep 14, 8:00pmThree years later and the world has slowly returned to normal after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station disaster, but the frightening consequences just keep on going...
- MIT Unveils Seawater-Cooled Floating Nuclear Power Plant That Can Withstand Earthquakes and Tsunamis Fri, 18 Apr 14, 11:25pmMIT has unveiled designs for an earthquake and tsunami-proof nuclear power plant. Similar in design to platforms used for offshore oil drilling, the floating power plant would use the surrounding water to cool the reactors...
- Work Begins on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm On the Fukushima Coast Mon, 15 Jul 13, 11:16pmFukushima has become synonymous with the nuclear disaster resulting from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. But the coastal prefecture may turn that reputation around and become known as home to the world's...
- Work Begins on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Off the Fukushima Coast Mon, 15 Jul 13, 11:16pmFukushima has become synonymous with the nuclear disaster resulting from Japan's earthquake and tsunami of 2011. But the coastal prefecture may turn that reputation around and become known as home to the world's largest offshore...
- Cleaning Up The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Could Take Over 40 Years Thu, 25 Apr 13, 7:29amA team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently announced that Japan may need more than 40 years to decommission the Fukushima power plant...
- Former TEPCO Executive Builds a Solar-Agriculture Park Near Fukushima Wed, 13 Mar 13, 5:00amFormer Tepco executive Eiju Hangai, who quit the company a few months before the 2011 devastating tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, has built a solar agricultural park near the power plant...
- Fish Caught Near Fukushima Shows Record Radiation Level 2,500 Times Above Safety Standards Wed, 23 Jan 13, 2:05amA fish caught in the waters near Fukushima Daiichi‘s main reactor on Friday had over 2,500 times the legal limit of radioactivity for human consumption...
- Fish Caught Near Fukushima Shows Record Levels of Radiation Wed, 23 Jan 13, 2:05amA fish caught in the waters near Fukushima Daiichi‘s main reactor on Friday had over 2.5 times the legal limit of radioactivity for human consumption. Caught by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO, the murasoi fish...
- Japan To Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Near Fukushima Fri, 18 Jan 13, 1:31amPhoto via Shutterstock Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has announced plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm near Fukushima, as part of the reconstruction of the area stricken by the...
- Europe To Decommission Most Nuclear Power Stations By 2030 Fri, 8 Jun 12, 3:00amPhoto via Shutterstock First it was Japan, then Germany, and now it looks like all of Europe is following suite. According to a report by energy experts GlobalData, Europe will decommission almost 150 of its nuclear power...
- Activists Claim 14,000 US Deaths Linked to Radiation Leaks at Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor in Japan Tue, 20 Dec 11, 10:26amWithin weeks of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, the EPA reported that radiation levels in their specialized air, water, and milk monitoring systems had slightly risen above normal...
- 14,000 US Deaths Linked to Radiation Leaks at Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor in Japan Tue, 20 Dec 11, 8:30amWithin days of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, researchers in cities across the United States noticed that radiation levels in air, water, and milk that were hundreds of times above...