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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a temporary storage facility for dry casks containing spent fuel, which has been put to use at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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FANFAN LA TULIPE

FANFAN LA TULIPE [FR 2003] MICHEL MULLER Date: 2003

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UCS nuclear expert Lyman meets press in Tokyo

Edwin Lyman, a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists' Global Security Program, speaks to the press on July 9, 2015, in Tokyo. He said spent fuel should be transferred from wet pools to dry casks in preparation for unexpected events before restarting the Sendai nuclear power plant and others. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's smallest whisky distiller chases big dream

Venture Whisky Ltd. owner Ichiro Akuto shows off the shelves of casks for maturing whisky produced at his distillery in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 22, 2015. Akuto, who began producing the "Ichiro's Malt" series at the distillery in 2008, hopes to offer 10-year-old whisky when Japan hosts the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's smallest whisky distiller chases big dream

Eight rare "washback" casks, or fermentation tanks, made of "mizunara" Japanese oak are lined up in front of two Scotland-made copper pot stills at Venture Whisky Ltd.'s distillery in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 22, 2015. Ichiro Akuto, who began producing whisky at the distillery in 2008, hopes to offer 10-year-old whisky when Japan hosts the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Distillery in Hokkaido

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2018, shows whisky casks stored at Akkeshi Distillery in Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MOX fuel arrives at Takahama plant

Mixed oxide fuel casks are unloaded at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast on Sept. 21, 2017. The MOX fuel will be used for the No. 4 reactor under the "pluthermal" project. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MOX fuel arrives at Takahama plant

Mixed oxide fuel casks are unloaded at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast on Sept. 21, 2017. The MOX fuel will be used for the No. 4 reactor under the "pluthermal" project. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo