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5 Mar 2022 TOKYO, Japan
IAEA To Inspect Fukushima Water Release Plans
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will monitor release and verify safety of Fukushima contaminated water release into South Pacific ocean.
15 Jan 2022 ADEN, Yemen
Access To Improved WASH Services For 50,000 In Yemen
Japan's $1.2 million USD to the UNDP will help to improve WASH services in five healthcare centres across two areas in the Hadramout region through the rehabilitation of sanitation facilities and systems development for medical waste management.
7 Jan 2022 TOKYO, Japan
Radioactive Water Release Plans Announced
Plans to discharge treated but still contaminated water into sea submitted by Japan government to Nuclear Regulation Authority.
22 Oct 2021 TOKYO, Japan
Fukushima: Radioactive Water Release To Commence In Early 2023
New Prime Minister will implement plan to begin release of contaminated water into ocean; IAEA supports plan; local fishing industry and neighboring countries unconvinced.
16 Apr 2021 TOKYO, Japan
Plan To Release Water From Fukushima Sparks Outrage
The Fukushima nuclear plant is running out of space to store radioactive water following its destruction in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Plans by owners TEPCO to begin discharging the "treated" water into the Pacific Ocean have been met with dismay by some but cautiously welcomed by others.
4 Feb 2021 HAMILTON, Canada
The Growing Threat Posed By Ageing Dams
The world's dam-building spree from 1930 to 1970 is catching up with some nations as they face the risks of a crumbling infrastructure exacerbated by climate change. "Ageing Water Storage Infrastructure: An Emerging Global Risk", a report published in January by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), identifies that most of the world’s 58,700 large dams were built during that period with a design life of 50 to 100 years, with 93 Percent of them located in just 25 countries...