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Japan to go nuclear-free for first time since 1970
TOKYO, May 4, 2012 (AFP) – Japan is set to go without nuclear energy for the first time since 1970 from Saturday, when the last operating reactor shuts down for maintenance, heightening fears of a looming power crunch this summer. …
North Korea agrees to nuclear halt
WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday that North Korea has agreed to halt its nuclear program and allow back UN inspectors, in a
Japanese parents live with radiation fear
FUKUSHIMA, August 5, 2011 - Parents living near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are facing a nightmare dilemma: evacuate their children or live with the fear that radiation
Sunflowers to clean radioactive soil in Japan
TOKYO - Campaigners in Japan are asking people to grow sunflowers, said to help decontaminate radioactive soil, in response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster that followed March's massive
Japan imperial couple cheer nuclear evacuees
FUKUSHIMA CITY - Two months after Japan's quake and tsunami sparked an atomic disaster, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Fukushima on Wednesday to comfort hundreds of nuclear
Japan nuclear evacuees make brief trip home
KORIYAMA - Nearly 100 villagers forced to flee their homes near Japan's stricken nuclear plant made a brief but emotional return on Tuesday in radiation suits and masks
Japan evacuees berate nuclear firm head
TOKYO - Families forced to flee their homes by radiation leaks from a tsunami-hit Japanese nuclear power plant on Friday angrily berated the head of the operator as
Japan PM declares no-go zone around nuclear plant
TOKYO - Japan on Thursday banned people from going within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, which has been leaking radiation for nearly six
Japan nuclear firm sees ‘cold shutdown’ in 6-9 months
TOKYO - The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant said Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks within three months and to achieve a "cold shutdown" within six
Japan plugs leak from nuclear plant
TOKYO - Workers at Japan's crippled atomic power plant on Wednesday plugged a hole spewing highly radioactive water into the ocean, boosting efforts to contain the world's worst
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