Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant experienced a triple meltdown resulting from a tsunami, constituting the worst nuclear power plant disaster since Chernobyl. Efforts to bring the catastrophe under control are ongoing and piecemeal. This section explores advances and pitfalls as Japanese authorities attempt to deal with this ongoing crisis.

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Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

April 8, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Fukushima irradiated water storage tank springs gaping leak

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) said Monday that 47 tons more water may escape a storage pool at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant […]

April 8, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Rat hunt leads to another power blackout to Fukushima cooling pond

Workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant who were installing wire nets Friday to keep rats away from a vital cooling system […]

March 21, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Rat may have caused Monday’s power shut-down at Japan’s embattled Fukushima Daiichi plant

A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the company that runs the beleaguered Fukushima plant, which was devastated in the March […]

March 19, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Fukushima power outage to spent nuclear fuel storage ponds partially restored

Four fuel storage ponds at Japan’s tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were deprived of fresh cooling water for more than […]

March 14, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

New Japanese nuclear regulatory agency must assert its opinion as confusion around Fukushima disaster still lingers

TOKYO – By its own understated account, the nuclear regulatory body that was reconstituted in Japan is suffering from a public relations […]

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Oskar is the head of the Russian Department in Oslo, and is responsible for project implementation and coordination of Bellona’s work across borders. Oskar has worked in Bellona since 2016 and has an MA from the University of Oslo in Russian area studies. Before he started in Bellona, he worked with the Norwegian environmental youth organization “Natur og Ungdom” as a coordinator for their Russia project, and has been a trainee with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. During his studies, Oskar spent longer periods in Russia and he speaks Russian.

Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Fukushima irradiated water storage tank springs gaping leak

Rat hunt leads to another power blackout to Fukushima cooling pond

Rat may have caused Monday’s power shut-down at Japan’s embattled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Fukushima power outage to spent nuclear fuel storage ponds partially restored

New Japanese nuclear regulatory agency must assert its opinion as confusion around Fukushima disaster still lingers

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Oskar Njaa

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