Search results for ‘Fukushima’
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Japan: life in the shadow of nuclear crisis
As Japan’s government rejects advice to widen the evacuation zone around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, a farmer in Iwate Prefecture tells Channel 4 News of life in the shadow of the crisis.
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Fuelling the Treasury
The devil in the detail of George Osborne’s second Budget: a windfall for the nuclear industry, a cash cow for the Treasury and another turn of the screw for families already feeling the pinch.
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Japanese nuclear power plant: friend of foe?
A nuclear plant in Japan, which is experiencing problems after the quake and tsunami, has taken in hundreds of local people who are homeless after the disaster. Alex Thomson tries to get inside to find out the full story but is denied access.
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Tokyo tap water declared unsafe for babies
Japanese authorities advise that infants should only drink bottled water after the detection of more than twice the safe level of radioactive iodine in the Tokyo water supply.
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Japan’s miracle rescues nine days after tsunami
A pensioner and a teenager have been pulled alive from the rubble of the Japanese tsunami. The good news comes as officials say 15,000 people may have been killed in Miyagi prefecture alone.
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Japan: charities work under threat of nuclear meltdown
As charities work to help the millions affected by Japan’s tsunami, Save the Children’s Andrew Wander writes for Channel 4 News about the challenges of making “child friendly spaces” amid the carnage.
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Japan food fears as engineers battle to cool nuclear plant
Japan is considering banning the sale of food from Fukushima due to radiation. Teams are trying to restore power to the nuclear plant and Alex Thomson says businesses are closing early to save energy.
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Japan: Cold weather adds to quake victims’ suffering
Winter weather and fears of radiation are hampering relief efforts in Japan, where Save the Children say: “We are finding pockets of profound humanitarian need.”
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Japan: UN atomic body to hold extraordinary meeting
As Japan’s nuclear body raises the level of the nuclear crisis from 4 to 5 on a scale of 7, the International Atomic Energy Agency announces it will meet on Monday.
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Japan live blog: the battle to avoid nuclear meltdown
Latest updates, pictures and video from Japan as earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts are hampered by an escalating nuclear crisis.
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Japanese nuclear crisis: an issue of trust?
As Japan struggles to keep the nuclear crisis from spiralling out of control, Krishnan Guru-Murthy looks at the way facts has been controlled and asks whether officials have concealed information.
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Foreigners flee as radiation fear grips Japan
Fears of a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant are causing trauma and travel chaos across tsunami-stricken Japan as foreign governments tell their nationals to evacuate.
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Japan: Nuclear panic is ‘over-reaction’ say scientists
As fear spreads in Japan, radiation expert Professor Gerry Thomas tells Channel 4 News: “We are panicking that poor, savaged population about radiation that is not going to harm them.”
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Will China’s nuclear nerves fuel a boom in green energy?
Surely China’s decision to suspend approvals of new power plants won’t stop the long march to a nuclear future? Don’t be so sure, leading experts tell Channel 4 News.
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A shift in public attitudes to nuclear power?
What impact will Japan’s nuclear disaster have on future power station plans? Environmental psychologist Professor Nick Pidgeon, reports on how disasters like these alter our perception of risk.