Japan disaster

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  Fukushima nuclear cleanup could create its own environmental disaster

  9 Jan 2012:

  Yale Environment 360: Decontaminating the Fukushima region to remove radioactive particles will not be possible without removing large amounts of soil, leaves and plants

• Fukushima nuclear disaster firm asks for extra £6bn to compensate victims

  27 Dec 2011: Tokyo Electric Power Co fears de facto nationalisation as costs of Fukushima disaster mount

• The fallout from the Fukushima disaster

  26 Dec 2011: Leo Hickman: The explosion at a nuclear plant in Japan in March caused concern around the world

• Fukushima investigation reveals failings

  26 Dec 2011: Japanese government delayed giving information to the public, according to interim report into the disaster

• Japan bets on casinos to fund earthquake recovery

  25 Dec 2011: A cross-party group of Japanese MPs wants to legalise casino gambling in the hope of increased tax revenues and tourism

• Environment world review of the year: '2011 rewrote the record books'

  22 Dec 2011:

  The ecologically tumultuous year saw record greenhouse gas emissions, melting Arctic sea ice, natural disasters and extreme weather – and the world's second worst nuclear disaster

• Fukushima is in cold shutdown, says Japanese prime minister

  16 Dec 2011:

  Yoshihiko Noda says the most critical phase is over at Fukushima Daiichi, but it is not clear when residents can return

• Japan set to declare Fukushima in 'cold shutdown'

  16 Dec 2011:

  Nine months after the earthquake and tsunami, Japan set to announce that the Fukushima nuclear plant is now stable

• Japan disaster donations will never be used to fund whaling research

  13 Dec 2011: Letters: We would like to make it crystal clear that all donations are only ever used for the relief and reconstruction of the lives of those affected by the disaster

• Japan nuclear operator scraps plan to dump contaminated water in sea

  9 Dec 2011: Tepco, operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, forced to back down after fierce protests from fishing groups

• Fukushima Daiichi operator considers plans to dump treated water into sea

  8 Dec 2011: Tepco says it is running out of space to store water and may dump it, prompting protests from fishing groups

• Japan was hit by 'double tsunami'

  7 Dec 2011: Scientists recreate how multiple waves from undersea quake merged into single front that devastated north-eastern Japan

• Japan whaling fleet accused of using tsunami disaster funds

  7 Dec 2011:

  Japanese whalers have left port under heavy guard and clashes are expected with Sea Shepherd conservation activists

• Fukushima plant leaks radioactive water

  5 Dec 2011: Radioactive water might have found its way into the Pacific ocean and experts believe it could contain strontium

• Fukushima fuel rods may have completely melted

  2 Dec 2011: One of the plant's nuclear reactors was close to being breached as fuel rods bore through its concrete floor, says Tepco

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