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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), along with experts from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Switzerland, collected samples today of ALPS ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says that a retrieval device placed inside No. 2 reactor has successfully grabbed a small amount of fuel debris left at the ...

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This Feb. 13, 2021 photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the Fukushima ...

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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 ...