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The catch from six small fishing boats, the first to resume commercial fishing in the waters off Fukushima since last year’s nuclear catastrophe, went on sale at local supermarkets on Monday, raising hopes and concerns in a region struggling to return to something like normal.
For now, the catch is limited to octopus and whelk, a type of sea snail, because those species are thought to trap fewer radioactive particles in their bodies…
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Last-ditch effort to block restart of nuclear reactors in Japan, Nature
Two Japanese nuclear reactors are set to restart next month, despite tens of thousands of people throughout Japan pouring into the streets in protest. But warnings from scientists about the potential for earthquakes in the region could pose one last hurdle. All 50 of Japan’s operational reactors have been closed for scaled-up safety evaluations since the March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant. But the government has been pushing to restart some of the reactors before the summer peak in electricity demand in August…
