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                    [Title] => Japan restarts nuclear reactor using plutonium-mixed fuel
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Japan on Friday restarted a nuclear reactor that uses riskier plutonium-based MOX fuel, the first of that type to resume operations under stricter safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-29 11:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20160130/Nuclear-Power-Plant-japan.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1487249 [Title] => Japan committed to nuclear power despite Fukushima fiasco [Summary] =>

With the pull of a lever, control rods were lifted yesterday from the reactor core at a plant in southern Japan, ending a ban on nuclear power following meltdowns at Fukushima in the northeast that forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, most of them for good.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-11 16:18:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302369 [AuthorName] => Elaine Kurtenbach and Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1347215 [Title] => Japanese nuclear plant deemed safe, nears restart [Summary] =>

A Japanese nuclear plant won preliminary approval for meeting stringent post-Fukushima safety regulations yesterday, an important step toward restarting the country's first reactors under the tighter rules applied after the 2011 disaster.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-17 05:27:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326010 [Title] => Japan court rejects startup of 2 nuclear reactors [Summary] =>

A court yesterday refused to let two nuclear reactors restart operations in western Japan, saying their risk assessment is too optimistic and safety measures insufficient despite lessons from the Fukushima disaster.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-22 04:41:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1268747 [Title] => Japan lacks decommissioning experts for Fukushima [Summary] =>

Japan is incapable of safely decommissioning the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant alone and must stitch together an international team for the massive undertaking, experts say, but has made only halting progress in that direction.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-16 03:49:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796133 [AuthorName] => Yuri Kageyama [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1232531 [Title] => Japan PM wants Fukushima plant entirely scrapped [Summary] =>

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the operator of the country's crippled nuclear power plant on Thursday to scrap all six reactors at the site instead of just four already slated for decommissioning and to concentrate on tackling pressing issues like leaks of radioactive water.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-20 03:43:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/876/ft6p.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 963068 [Title] => Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors [Summary] =>

Japan moved a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors Monday as four utility companies applied for safety inspections of 10 idled plants, the clearest sign of a return to atomic energy nearly two and a half years after the Fukushima disaster.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-08 13:31:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 848994 [Title] => Japan Cabinet panel urges ending use of nuke power [Summary] =>

A Japanese Cabinet panel called Friday for phasing out of nuclear power over the next three decades as part of an overhaul of the country's energy policy following the Fukushima meltdowns.  

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-14 17:07:36 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 833730 [Title] => Japan utility gets $12.8B nuclear crisis bailout [Summary] =>

The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters received a $12.8 billion bailout Tuesday, putting it under government ownership, while international experts visited another plant that survived the tsunami's impact.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 822248 [Title] => Japan nuke utility shareholders approve bailout [Summary] =>

The power company behind Japan's nuclear crisis got support from shareholders Wednesday for a decision to take 1 trillion yen ($12.6 billion) in public funds that effectively nationalizes the utility.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-27 23:32:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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