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Treated Fukushima wastewater set to be released from Thursday – Expert Reaction

Treated Fukushima wastewater set to be released from Thursday – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 August 202323 August 2023

Japan will begin releasing treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea as soon as Thursday, […]

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Treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater soon to be released in the Pacific – SMC Briefing

Treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater soon to be released in the Pacific – SMC Briefing

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 21 June 202330 October 2024

Japan has begun tests of new facilities designed to discharge treated nuclear wastewater into the sea. The water has been used to cool the […]

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Nuclear fusion power breakthrough – Expert Reaction

Nuclear fusion power breakthrough – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 December 2022

US scientists have reportedly reached a milestone in nuclear fusion research, producing a net gain of energy for the first […]

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Fukushima water to be released into the Pacific – Expert Reaction

Fukushima water to be released into the Pacific – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 April 2021

Japan plans to release treated radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown into the Pacific Ocean in about two […]

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Lockheed Martin announces nuclear fusion power advances – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 October 201428 March 2016

US defence technology firm Lockheed Martin Corp says in a press release that it has made major technological advances in developing a […]

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Nuclear expert – Q&A with Prof Robin Grimes

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 21 March 201428 March 2016

Three years on from Fukushima, questions are still being asked about the long term impacts of radiation contamination for local […]

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