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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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ONLY 2 OF 3 REACTORS TEPCO puts cost to remove melted nuclear fuel at over 1 trillion yen March 31, 2020 Tokyo Electric Power Co. estimates that 1.37 trillion yen ($12.6 billion) will be needed over 12 years to remove melted nuclear fuel from reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
SHOW SOME RESTRAINT Officials plead with young people to stop partying during pandemic March 31, 2020 An intensifying global pandemic wasn’t going to spoil the fun of three Kyoto Sangyo University students. The male students had traveled to European countries infested with the novel coronavirus and joined parties in Kyoto after returning to Japan.

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