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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offers prayers at the Great East Japan Earthquake cenotaph in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday. | POOL / VIA KYODO
Jiji Mar 6, 2021
Fukushima – During a visit to Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to continue efforts to allow evacuees from the 2011 nuclear disaster to return to their homes in the prefecture.
The prime minister paid the visit ahead of the 10th anniversary on Thursday of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the country’s worst-ever nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant.
Fukushima nuclear plant decommissioning draws attention of local businesses Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
An exhaust stack (center) for the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is dismantled in August 2019. | KYODO
Jiji Mar 3, 2021
Fukushima – Work to decommission the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the Tohoku region is drawing keen attention from local businesses aiming to revive the regional economy, which has been hit hard by the nuclear meltdowns seen 10 years ago.
Initially, major heavy machinery-makers and general contractors mainly engaged in the decommissioning work at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant, which experienced a triple meltdown after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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