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Protesters shout slogans during a march against the government’s planned secrecy law in Tokyo November 21, 2013 (Reuters).
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An aerial view shows Kansai Electric Power Co’s Ohi nuclear power plant’s No. 4 reactor (front) in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, in this file photo taken by Kyodo July 19, 2012 (REUTERS/Kyodo)
Japan to switch off nuclear power, may be some time before it’s on again
Tokyo, Reuters—Japan is set to be nuclear power-free, for just the third time in more than four decades, and with no firm date for re-starting an energy source that has provided about 30 percent of electricity to the world’s third-largest economy. Kansai...Caption:
A general view of a building of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen from a bus during a media tour at the plant in Fukushima prefecture in this June 12, 2013, file photo. (REUTERS/Noboru Hashimoto/Pool/Files)
Japan vows quick action, public funds for Fukushima
Tokyo, Reuters—Japan vowed quick, decisive action, including the use of public funds, to tackle the worsening problem of contaminated water pouring from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as the authorities step in to help the facility’s embattled operator....Caption:
An aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks (bottom) in Fukushima, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 20, 2013. (Reuters/Kyodo)
Japan nuke watchdog may raise leak to ‘serious’
Tokyo, AP—The Japanese nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said they are taking the leakage of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant seriously, and proposed raising the rating to describe it from “an anomaly” to a “serious...Caption:
A handout picture made available on 20 August 2013 and taken on 19 August 2013 shows highly radioactive water leaked from drain valve of contaminated water storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, Japan. (EPA/TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO)