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Wednesday 23 September 2020
Renewed doubts about the plant’s stability have been raised after an internal examination revealed fatally high radiation levels and much less water than had been estimated.
The detection of radioactive xenon will have no major impact on workers’ efforts to keep the reactor cool and stable, official said.
Tokyo Electric Power Company blames the high costs of compensation, and rising fuel prices, for its massive losses.
A man has died on his second day working at Japan’s battered Fukushima nuclear power plant, however the plant operator has insisted that harmful levels of radiation were not detected in his body.
The plant’s operator said workers were installing six ventilation machines today in an attempt to absorb radiation from the air inside the building.
Workers are constructing systems around the crippled Fukushima plant in order to begin repairs – however officials have warned that it could take a year to get the plant fully under control.
People with houses within the exclusion zone around Fukushima I have been returning home, against government orders.
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The operator of the stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima says it plans to allow some residents to return to their homes once the crisis is over.
Japan’s nuclear regulator raises its alert warning from level 5 to 7 – putting the Fukushima crisis on a par with Chernobyl.
Tokyo Electric Power Company’s share price reaches an all-time low after the company pledges to cover evacuation costs.
The presence of the highly radioactive element in the soil confirms damage to reactor number 3, where it was housed.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company chief has overseen a dramatic fall in the company’s share price.
Recordings that suggested the level of radiation was ‘ten million times’ higher than normal were erroneous, TEPCO says.
Staff working to try and restore power to the Fukushima cooling systems are hospitalised after major radiation exposure.
Ireland’s nuclear watchdog says atmospheric pressure will determine whether trace amounts of radiation will reach our shores.
Water supplies contain more radioactive iodine than is safe for young children to drink – as black smoke emerges from Fukushima.
Steam-like vapours emerge from one reactor, while hazy smoke emerges from another, as workers restore power to the plant.
Engineers relay new power lines to the stricken nuclear plant – as operators admit they may simply bury it under concrete.
In a rare TV appearance, Japan’s Emperor Akihito admitted he was “deeply worried” by the crisis facing his country.
The operators of the troubled Fukushima I power plant pull all staff out of the plant following a spike in radiation levels.
The fire at reactor 4 was caused by an explosion that tore an 8-square-metre hole in the walls – exposing rods to the outside.
Spent fuel is usually kept in a containment pond – but that’s beginning to evaporate away, causing further risks in Japan.
A blast at reactor 2 may have damaged the nuclear core, authorities say, with emissions now strong enough to harm humans.
The nuclear cores at reactors 1, 2 and 3 are all now believed to be melting, after cooling systems at all three failed.
Stock in the beleaguered Tokyo Electric Power Company fell by double digits – but car makers and electronics firms also badly hit.
Two days after the first explosion, a second hydrogen blast strikes the nuclear plant – as 2,000 bodies are found in Miyagi.
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The lowest state of alert has been declared at the Onagawa nuclear plant, while the cooling system fails at another facility.
Naoto Kan says 100,000 troops are being deployed to Japan’s stricken areas, as estimates say damages could reach €29bn.
Authorities are pumping seawater into a second reactor, amid fears of a second hydrogen explosion at the nuclear plant.
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Local authorities in Minamisanriku – with a population of around 18,000 – says over half of its population is missing.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE had to cancel holidays abroad this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In July, the government published its Green List of foreign countries which allow Irish people to travel abroad to without having to restrict their movements for 14 days afterwards when they return.
While some people have hopped at the chance to pack up and travel out of the country, many others are still hesitant as Covid-19 figures have continued to rise in recent weeks.
So, today we want to know: When do you think you’ll next be able to go a foreign holiday?
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