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  Japan PM eats 'safe and delicious' fish from Fukushima amid row over radioactive water discharge

  World | August 30, 2023 23:36 IST

  Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and three of his Cabinet ministers ate sashimi of flounder, octopus and sea bass that were caught at the Fukushima coast after the radioactive water was released.

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  Toxic radioactive water leaks at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant

  World | October 07, 2016 23:59 IST

  Highly radioactive water leaked from a storage tank of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant operators on Friday. The technicians at the accident-struck plant detected the leak on Wednesday, Efe news reported. The leak was

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  Fukushima steps up efforts to freeze radioactive water

  World | July 24, 2014 11:24 IST

  Tokyo: The operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it will accelerate the process of freezing irradiated water in underground tunnels.Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) would thus comply with the requirements of

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  120 tonnes of radioactive water leak from Fukushima

  World | April 07, 2013 8:31 IST

  Tokyo, April 7:  About 120 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the plant's operator said.The water came from one of the seven underground reservoir tanks storing

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  Japan nuke crisis crew not told of danger: Worker

  World | November 01, 2012 10:10 IST

  Iwaki, Japan, Nov 1: The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that went into a tsunami-triggered meltdown knew the risks from highly radioactive water at the site but sent in crews without adequate protection or

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  Report: Radioactive Water Leaks Inside Japan Plant

  World | December 10, 2011 9:49 IST

  Tokyo , Dec 10: A report says radioactive water has leaked inside a nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan but did not escape into the environment.Kyodo News agency said Saturday that 1.8 tons of radioactive

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  Japan Dumps Radioactive Water Into Sea

  World | April 05, 2011 8:07 IST

  Tokyo, Apr 4 :Amid the failure to plug dangerous leakages in the quake-crippled Fukushima plant, workers today were forced to release contaminated water into the sea in a desperate attempt to create room for the