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Japan's troubled Toshiba to delist after takeover by Japanese consortium succeeds
TOKYO (AP) — A 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer for troubled electronics and energy giant Toshiba by a Japanese consortium has been completed, clearing the way for it to be delisted, the company said Thursday. In the tender offer, announced last month and ended Wednesday,...
Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers ate Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting Wednesday, in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that began...
Today in History: August 27, catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa
Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2023. There are 126 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The resulting tidal...
At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release
FUTABA, Japan (AP) — For the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, managing the ever-growing volume of radioactive wastewater held in more than 1,000 tanks has been a safety risk and a burden since the meltdown in March 2011. Its release marks a milestone for the decommissioning, which is...
Today in History: August 26, De Gaulle leads victory march through Paris
Today in History Today is Saturday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2023. There are 127 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 26, 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event that resulted in the...
Events at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
Treated but still slightly radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is being released into the Pacific Ocean in a process that began Thursday — more than 12 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused the meltdowns of three of its reactors and the...
Events at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese officials plan to start releasing treated but still slightly radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday, 12 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused the meltdowns of three of its...
Company that leaked radioactive material will build barrier to keep it away from Mississippi River
The energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, Minnesota, in recent months has announced that it will build an underground metal barrier to keep affected groundwater away from the nearby Mississippi River. Xcel Energy said...
Japan's nuclear plants are short of storage for spent fuel. A remote town could have the solution
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese town said Friday it has agreed to a geological study to determine its suitability as an interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel. Kaminoseki, a small town in the southwestern prefecture of Yamaguchi, said it would accept the offer of a survey by Chugoku...
Fukushima official says release of treated water is a milestone in nuclear plant's decommissioning
TOKYO (AP) — An official in charge of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says the upcoming release of treated radioactive water into the sea more than 12 years after the reactors' meltdown marks “a milestone,” but is still only an initial step in a daunting decades-long decommissioning...
