Tokyo Electric Power Company said it has completed the ocean discharge of treated water containing radioactive tritium from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant for fiscal 2024, which ended Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/tepco-water-discharge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater
Yoko Suetsugu, a sculptor from Fukushima who runs a gallery in New York, is working to showcase the current state and appeal of her home prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/japan/society/fukushima-sculptor-new-york-gallery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #fukushima #fukushimano1 #yokosuetsugu #newyork #pottery
The acquittal of two former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings over the 2011 nuclear disaster at its Fukushima No. 1 power plant has been finalized after no appeal was filed against the latest rulings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/crime-legal/tepco-execs-acquittal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tepco #fukushimano1
Sapporo-based startup Ookuma Diamond Device is looking to decommissioning work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to realize what is believed to be the world's first practical application of diamond chips. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/science-health/fukushima-plant-decommissioning-diamond-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #fukushimano1 #radiation #chipmakers #ookumadiamonddevice #tech #311
The government has compiled a policy to make full use of nuclear power — a major shift from its stance of reducing the country's dependence on such energy after the triple meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture 14 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/ishiba-nuclear-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #fukushimano1 #311 #electricity
Soil from radiation decontamination work after the 2011 nuclear reactor meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture should be disposed of outside the prefecture by the deadline, the governor said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/japan/fukushima-gov-soil-disposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #311 #earthquakes #fukushimano1 #masaouchibori
Over a decade after 3/11, Japan has the chance to foster participatory energy democracy by engaging its environmental organizations in nuclear policymaking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/10/japan/japan-nuclear-policy-public-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nuclearenergy #energy #311 #fukushimano1 #fukushima #restarts #environment #climatechange
One former Fukushima plant worker has taken it upon himself to look after the numerous pets left behind in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/japan/fukushima-left-behind-pet-protection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #pets #petadoption #animalwelfare #fukushimano1 #311 #fukushima
A Fukushima wood-processing company is supplying materials for the Osaka Expo's centerpiece, which the firm's director dubs a symbol of the prefecture's reconstruction in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/japan/society/fukushima-firm-osaka-expo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #fukushima #fukushimano1 #2025osakaexpo #forests
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi agreed on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation on the decommissioning and dismantling of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/19/japan/foreign-minister-iaea-head-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #fukushimano1 #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #radioactivewater
The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief began a three-day visit to Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/18/japan/iaea-chief-visit-to-fukushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #iaea #rafaelgrossi #radioactivewater
Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tons of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/15/japan/tepco-nuclear-debris-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #fukushimano1 #nuclearenergy #radiation #radioactivewater #tepco
Gusty winds prevented the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant from starting to dismantle treated water tanks on Thursday, a crucial step towards decommissioning the entire facility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/japan/fukushima-nuclear-dismantling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushimano1 #311 #nuclearenergy
The Environment Ministry plans to decide around 2030 or later where to finally dispose of soil removed from the ground during decontamination work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/12/japan/fukushima-disposal-sites/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1
The Japan External Trade Organization will start full-scale support for exports of Japanese yellowtail to the United States, with China's blanket ban on Japanese fishery products still in place. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/09/economy/japan-yellowtail-exports-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jetro #trade #fish #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #yellowtail
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant said that it will start dismantling treated water tanks next week to clear space needed to store nuclear fuel debris to be extracted from the reactors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/05/japan/tepco-fukushima-water-tanks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushimano1
Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will visit nuclear power plants in Japan later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/05/japan/iaea-chief-fukushima-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #nuclearenergy #radioactivewater #iaea
Municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture are trying to come up with measures to attract new residents or bring back those who left after the March 2011 disaster, but increasing the number of children remains a tall order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/27/japan/society/fukushima-children-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #fukushima #fukushimano1 #children #population #depopulation
North Korea sent directives to a secret organization formed by a former executive of South Korea's largest labor union, ordering it to incite anti-Japanese sentiment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/14/japan/north-korea-anti-japan-sentiment-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #northkoreajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #fukushimano1 #wartimelabor
An ambitious plan for nuclear power to make up 20% of Japan's energy mix by 2040 sets a clear vision but offers little detail on how to get there, or what happens if the target isn't met. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/01/10/japan/japan-energy-plan-nuclear-target/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nuclearenergy #energy #electricity #datacenters #climatechange #emissions #fukushimano1 #311 #restarts #shimanenuclearplant
