Japan set to declare Fukushima in 'cold shutdown'

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Nine months after the earthquake and tsunami, Japan set to announce that the Fukushima nuclear plant is now stable

is to announce it has made significant progress in stabilising the Fukushima Daiichi plant, nine months after it was struck by a powerful earthquake and tsunami that left almost 20,000 people dead and...

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