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Japan begins the discharge of treated radioactive waste water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.
2023-08-24

South Koreans gather in central Seoul to protest against Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
2023-08-12

The Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan formally approves the release of a million tons of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. The plan had already been endorsed by the Japanese government and other agencies.
2022-07-22

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, causing tsunami waves of up to 1 m. As a precaution, Tohoku Electric Power shuts down the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant and Tokyo Electric Power Company checks the condition of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was struck by the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.
2021-03-20

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry proposes gradually releasing or allowing to evaporate massive amounts of radioactive water at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
2019-12-23

Tokyo Electric Power Company says that it is moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
2013-04-6

A subcontractor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant reportedly told workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure in an apparent effort to keep its contract. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20120723234142-http:--ajw.asahi.com-article-0311disaster-fukushima-AJ201207210069 ("Asahi Shimbun")] [http:--main.omanobserver.om-node-103852 ("Oman Daily Observer")]date=August 2019
2012-07-21

Japan declares the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in cold shutdown.
2011-12-16

Radioactive cesium above Japanese legal limits is found in tea from the Shizuoka Prefecture, located 300 kilometres from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
2011-06-10

Two of the reactors damaged in the March earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan may be riddled with holes, according to the facility's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
2011-05-25