Alex Thomson
Japan’s Fukushima plant undamaged after quake
Japan’s emergency agencies declare a tsunami warning as the US Geological Survery reports a magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Japan’s east coast.
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Fukushima 10 years on: Japan remembers the tsunami that killed 20,000 people
It’s exactly a decade today since a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck north east Japan, leading to a nuclear disaster at Fukushima.
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Fukushima: no radiation deaths but ‘their souls are killed’
No-one has died due to radiation released after the Fukushima nuclear crisis and this is unlikely to change, the UN says. But the mental health impact for the nuclear evacuees is a different story.
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Highly radioactive water leaks from Japan’s Fukushima plant
Around 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water leaks from a tank in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, in the worst incident of its kind since August 2013.
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Could British drones help with Fukushima clean-up?
Parts of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are still too dangerous for humans to enter. But not, perhaps, for drones.
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A glimpse inside Fukushima nuclear plant
CCTV footage overlooks the Fukushima nuclear power plant, a rare glimpse inside the ruined site. The first fuel removals at the stricken plant began safely last week.
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First day of risky fuel removal at Fukushima a ‘success’
It was seen as the riskiest operation at Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the March 2011 tsunami – but the plant’s operator says the first fuel removals have begun safely.
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Part of Fukushima plant secured by duct tape, worker claims
As Tepco opens up to the world about a dangerous operation coming up at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, we speak to a former worker who says his legs shook as he did his work.
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Fukushima and Iwaki reconstruction: eyewitness report
British architect Garry Thomas visited Iwaki, near the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, recently. He found a place barely reconstructed, and residents losing hope.
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Alex Thomson
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Fukushima: why next month is its biggest since 2011
The headlines are alarming: vast leaks of radioactive water, international experts being drafted in and spikes in radiation levels. But how bad is the situation at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant?
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What is happening at Fukushima?
The world is responding to Japan’s call for help at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. But with reports of leaks, contamination and a risky new operation, Channel 4 News asks: is it too late?
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Japanese government moves to fix Fukushima
Japan is to accelerate efforts to stop radiation leaks from the Fukushima nuclear plant after more bad news from the site, although the announcement may be timed to enhance the country’s Olympic bid.
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Fukushima radiation levels ’18 times higher’ than thought
Radiation levels at some parts of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan are 18 times higher than previously thought, it has emerged.
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Fukushima nuclear leak: Chinese government ‘shocked’
China says it is “shocked” to learn radioactive water is still leaking from the Fukushima nuclear plant, as it is revealed 300 tonnes of contaminated liquid has escaped from a tank.
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Alex Thomson
The lost world of Fukushima
Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, 150,000 people are still displaced across Japan and the clean-up is scheduled to last decades. In a land where hope has run out – the hope of return.
