UN watchdog chief visits Fukushima

UN watchdog chief visits Fukushima as Japan returns to nuclear power
The UN nuclear watchdog chief visited Japan's stricken Fukushima plant on Wednesday, the day after Tokyo approved an energy plan that marks a return to nuclear power. Under the plan, nuclear power will account for around 20 percent of Japan's energy supply by 2040,
Japan raises nuclear power goal in post-Fukushima shift
Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from power-hungry sectors like AI and semiconductors.An energy plan approved by the cabinet on Tuesday called for "maximising the use of nuclear energy" and dropped reference to "reducing reliance on nuclear energy".
A decade after Fukushima disaster, Japan decides to bank on nuclear power
Japan is turning to nuclear power more than a decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Japan is ditching plans to lessen its relia
Fukushima disaster: UN nuclear chief to visit contaminated soil storage
The organisation is monitoring the decades-long process to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which went into meltdown after being hit by a tsunami in the worst nuclear disaster since C
Japan to increase reliance on nuclear energy in post-Fukushima shift
It comes as the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster from 14 years ago continues to hang over the country, conjuring painful memories. In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake near Japan's north-east ...
IAEA official visits Fukushima; Japan revives nuclear power
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is monitoring Japan’s efforts to decommission the Fukushima plant after a 2011 earthquake-triggered tsunami killed 18,000 people and set off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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UN nuclear chief arrives in Japan to inspect Fukushima soil storage
While Japan intends to recycle around 75 per cent ... still poses fertility issues” for agriculture, he said. The Fukushima disaster was triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March ...
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Japan to increase nuclear power as new crises overshadow fears of Fukushima repeat
Japan also switched off its reactors in the wake of the disaster. But as the years passed and new crises emerged, nuclear power started to make a comeback. Prior to the Fukushima disaster ...