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Japan should be prepared for the possibility of a magnitude-10 earthquake, although the chances of a temblor that size are slim, a seismologist said. ajw.asahi.com

Plans for the construction of a protective cover over the damaged reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi unit 3 have been announced by Tokyo Electric Power Company. world-nuclear-news.org

The fuel pond of Fukushima Daiichi 4 will be inspected by an underwater robot this month as an early step in the program of work to remove the used nuclear fuel from the building. world-nuclear-news.org

The discovery of radiation hotspots well beyond the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has forced the Japanese government to increase its monitoring from six to 22 prefectures in the east of the country. telegraph.co.uk