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Debris removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Photo taken from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 29, 2025, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The body supervising the plant's decommissioning said the same day full-scale retrieval of melted fuel debris at the plant is likely to be delayed to fiscal 2037 or later, from the early 2030s as initially planned.

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Debris removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Photo taken from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 29, 2025, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The body supervising the plant's decommissioning said the same day full-scale retrieval of melted fuel debris at the plant is likely to be delayed to fiscal 2037 or later, from the early 2030s as initially planned.

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Debris removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Photo taken from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 29, 2025, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The body supervising the plant's decommissioning said the same day full-scale retrieval of melted fuel debris at the plant is likely to be delayed to fiscal 2037 or later, from the early 2030s as initially planned.

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NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hold a press conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

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NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Jack Fischer, an astronaut of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is interviewed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

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NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Jack Fischer (C) and other astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration celebrate at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

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Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - A Delta 4 Heavy rocket, carrying NASA's next-generation spacecraft Orion, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014 in its first unmanned test flight. Orion was developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

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Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - A Delta 4 Heavy rocket, carrying NASA's next-generation spacecraft Orion, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014 in its first unmanned test flight. Orion was developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A large antinuclear rally is held in the Nagatacho district of Tokyo, where the prime minister's office and the Diet building are located, on Dec. 21, 2012, the first since the Dec. 16 general election in which the Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat, allowing the Liberal Democratic Party to regain power. The LDP has said it plans to make a comprehensive decision on restarts for all nuclear reactors in the country within three years, in sharp contrast to the DPJ, which pledged to phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A large antinuclear rally is held in the Nagatacho district of Tokyo, where the prime minister's office and the Diet building are located, on Dec. 21, 2012, the first since the Dec. 16 general election in which the Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat, allowing the Liberal Democratic Party to regain power. The LDP has said it plans to make a comprehensive decision on restarts for all nuclear reactors in the country within three years, in sharp contrast to the DPJ, which pledged to phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A large antinuclear rally is held in the Nagatacho district of Tokyo, where the prime minister's office and the Diet building are located, on Dec. 21, 2012, the first since the Dec. 16 general election in which the Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat, allowing the Liberal Democratic Party to regain power. The LDP has said it plans to make a comprehensive decision on restarts for all nuclear reactors in the country within three years, in sharp contrast to the DPJ, which pledged to phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s.

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Noda announces election pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces his Democratic Party of Japan's pledges at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 27, 2012. In the pledges released ahead of the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election, the ruling party promised to phase out nuclear energy in the 2030s and fight deflation by cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

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Noda announces election pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces his Democratic Party of Japan's pledges at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 27, 2012. In the pledges released ahead of the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election, the ruling party promised to phase out nuclear energy in the 2030s and fight deflation by cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

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Noda announces election pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces his Democratic Party of Japan's pledges at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 27, 2012. In the pledges released ahead of the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election, the ruling party promised to phase out nuclear energy in the 2030s and fight deflation by cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

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Noda announces election pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces his Democratic Party of Japan's pledges at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 27, 2012. In the pledges released ahead of the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election, the ruling party promised to phase out nuclear energy in the 2030s and fight deflation by cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

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NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hold a press conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s. (Kyodo)

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NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Jack Fischer, an astronaut of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is interviewed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s. (Kyodo)