9053 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/japan-halts-1st-attempt-to-extract-debris-at-crippled-fukushima-nuclear-plant/3310004ISTANBUL. Japan on Thursday stopped its first attempt to retrieve melted fuel debris at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It was first time since the 2011 disaster that plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings or TEPCO was set to remove the debris from one of its crippled reactors, Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported.2024-08-22T09:15+0200aa-en-392e64c8a4282ab6b2fda8614dc708ca20240822091500https://www.outlookindia.com/international/japan-robots-attempt-to-get-nuclear-fuel-sample-of-damaged-fukushima-daiichi-reactor-suspendedThe work was stopped Thursday morning when workers noticed that five 1.5-meter (5-foot) pipes used to maneuver the robot were placed in the wrong order and could not be corrected within the time limit for their radiation exposure, the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said.2024-08-22T08:44+0200outlookindia-af4053cdc07b7405a96ad5bc72733d4c20240822084400https://exbulletin.com/uncategorized/2825538/TEMPO.CO, Bandung – Danny Helman Natawidjaja, a researcher in geology and disasters at the National Research and Innovation Agency, highlighted the great potential for a major earthquake to occur in the Mentawai-Sibirut sector and the Sunda Strait. While the exact timing of such an event remains....2024-08-22T08:42+0200exbulletin-18a43d3f6b10b696b71601248cd3168c20240822084200https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15397031Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Aug. 22 again postponed a long-awaited test to remove melted nuclear fuel from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 power plant, citing a mistake in equipment installation. The removal work was scheduled for later that day at the plant’s No. 2 reactor. TEPCO said it has not yet decided on a new starting time.2024-08-22T06:15+0200ajw-76e3fc7577705585539debb39c0423ea20240822061500