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1. Shard Calculation

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Calculated Shard: 84 (from laksa035)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa084.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/topic/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/topic/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan","crawl_time":1773745632,"first_indexed_time":1726930019,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,nytimes!www,\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan s443","src_root_hash":"4566504020376537684","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) - The New York Times","meta_descriptions":["News about Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan). Commentary and archival information about Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) from The New York Times.","News about Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan). Commentary and archival information about Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) from The New York Times."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Latest\nSearch\nT’s Culture Issue\nNothing Lasts. How Do We Face It?\nTransience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.\nBy\nAatish Taseer\nand\nMoe Suzuki\nApril 22, 2025\nCitizen Scientists Reclaim Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Zone\nArmed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima.\nBy\nMartin Fackler\nand\nNoriko Hayashi\nJan. 29, 2025\n‘There’s No Town Left’: Fukushima’s Eerie Landscapes\nTen years after a devastating earthquake and tsunami led to a nuclear meltdown in northern Japan, residents are readjusting to places that feel familiar and hostile at once.\nBy\nJames Whitlow Delano, Hikari Hida\nand\nMike Ives\nMarch 10, 2021\nAdditional results have loaded","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan#site-content)[Skip to site index](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan#site-index)\n\nSearch & Section Navigation\n\nSection Navigation\n\nSearch\n\n[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan)](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan)\n\n[Log in](https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252Ftopic%252Ffukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan&asset=masthead)\n\nTuesday, March 17, 2026\n\n[Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper)\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan#after-top)\n\nSupported by\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan#after-sponsor)\n\n[World](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/world)\n# Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan)\n\n- ## [Latest](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan#stream-panel)\n- [Search](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-japan#stream-panel)\n\n1. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/10\/multimedia\/10cul-fukushima-review-cplw\/10cul-fukushima-review-cplw-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   [‘Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare’ Review: An Emotional Choice](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/10\/movies\/fukushima-a-nuclear-nightmare-review.html)\n   \n   This documentary offers a rundown of the 2011 nuclear meltdown with special attention to the shift workers who risked their lives while trying to stabilize the plant.\n   \n   By Natalia Winkelman\n   \n   March 10, 2026\n2. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/01\/20\/multimedia\/Biz-Japan-Nuclear-01-pmlj\/Biz-Japan-Nuclear-01-pmlj-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   [An Anxious Japan Restarts the World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/21\/business\/japan-nuclear-restart.html)\n   \n   Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.\n   \n   By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya\n   \n   Jan. 21, 2026\n3. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/09\/03\/multimedia\/03int-japan-nuclear-cancer-top\/03int-japan-nuclear-cancer-top-square320-v2.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   [Fourteen Years After Japan’s Nuclear Disaster, People With Cancer Seek Answers](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/03\/world\/asia\/japan-fukushima-nuclear-cancer.html)\n   \n   A survey has found hundreds of thyroid tumors, but Japanese officials say they are unrelated to the Fukushima meltdowns. Now they face a lawsuit.\n   \n   By Martin Fackler\n   \n   [Leer en español](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/es\/2025\/09\/04\/espanol\/mundo\/accidente-nuclear-japon-cancer.html \"Read in Spanish\")\n   \n   Sept. 3, 2025\n4. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/22\/t-magazine\/22tmag-impermanence-slide-JFAI-copy\/22tmag-impermanence-slide-JFAI-copy-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   T’s Culture Issue\n   \n   [Nothing Lasts. How Do We Face It?](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/22\/t-magazine\/japan-impermanence-mono-no-aware.html)\n   \n   Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.\n   \n   By Aatish Taseer and Moe Suzuki\n   \n   April 22, 2025\n5. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/01\/12\/multimedia\/00-Japan-CitizenScience-03-czbl-promo\/00-Japan-CitizenScience-03-czbl-promo-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   [Citizen Scientists Reclaim Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Zone](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/29\/world\/asia\/citizen-scientists-japan-fukushima.html)\n   \n   Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima.\n   \n   By Martin Fackler and Noriko Hayashi\n   \n   Jan. 29, 2025\n6. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/11\/02\/multimedia\/01katsumata-wkmj-print1\/01katsumata-wkmj-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   [Tsunehisa Katsumata, Top Executive in Power Plant Meltdown, Dies at 84](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/01\/business\/tsunehisa-katsumata-dead.html)\n   \n   He was sued and prosecuted for his actions as chairman of the Japanese power company that ran the Fukushima nuclear facility when it failed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.\n   \n   By River Akira Davis\n   \n   Nov. 1, 2024\n7. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/09\/20\/multimedia\/20china-japan-01-jbwk\/20china-japan-01-jbwk-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   [China Says It Will ‘Gradually’ Resume Imports of Japanese Seafood](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/20\/world\/asia\/china-japan-seafood-ban-fukushima.html)\n   \n   China imposed a ban last year after Japan began releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. They have agreed to expand monitoring of the water.\n   \n   By Daisuke Wakabayashi, Kiuko Notoya and Claire Fu\n   \n   [阅读简体中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/china\/20240923\/china-japan-seafood-ban-fukushima\/ \"Read in Simplified Chinese\")[閱讀繁體中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/china\/20240923\/china-japan-seafood-ban-fukushima\/zh-hant\/ \"Read in Traditional Chinese\")\n   \n   Sept. 20, 2024\n8. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/09\/18\/multimedia\/18a2_insider-zjqc\/18a2_insider-zjqc-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   Times Insider\n   \n   [Plastic Waste and Toxic Sludge: A Sweep of a Messy Beat](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/18\/insider\/pollution-effects.html)\n   \n   The Climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi is interested in all the things we take for granted about our environment.\n   \n   By Josh Ocampo\n   \n   Sept. 18, 2024\n9. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/01\/01\/multimedia\/01japan-quake-fukushima-vqfh\/01japan-quake-fukushima-vqfh-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n   \n   [In Quake-Scarred Japan, 2011 Fukushima Disaster Still Looms Large](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/01\/world\/asia\/japan-fukushima-quake-tsunami.html)\n   \n   As another major quake struck Japan, the country was still reckoning with the nuclear crisis triggered by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami of 13 years ago.\n   \n   By Emma Bubola\n   \n   Jan. 1, 2024\n10. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/08\/31\/multimedia\/31japan-china-disinfo-vjmc\/31japan-china-disinfo-vjmc-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [China’s Disinformation Fuels Anger Over Fukushima Water Release](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/31\/world\/asia\/china-fukushima-water-protest.html)\n    \n    By exaggerating the risks from Japan’s discharge of treated wastewater, Beijing hopes to cast Japan and its allies as conspirators in malfeasance, analysts say.\n    \n    By Motoko Rich and John Liu\n    \n    [阅读简体中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/china\/20230901\/china-fukushima-water-protest\/ \"Read in Simplified Chinese\")[閱讀繁體中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/china\/20230901\/china-fukushima-water-protest\/zh-hant\/ \"Read in Traditional Chinese\")\n    \n    Aug. 31, 2023\n11. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/08\/24\/multimedia\/24headlines-core-gqzc\/24headlines-core-gqzc-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Today’s Top News: The Republican Debate Winners and Losers, and More](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/24\/podcasts\/headlines-nyt-audio-app.html)\n    \n    Exclusively from New York Times Audio, our new app.\n    \n    By New York Times Audio\n    \n    Aug. 24, 2023\n12. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/08\/03\/multimedia\/00JAPAN-FUKUSHIMAWATER1-lkfc\/00JAPAN-FUKUSHIMAWATER1-lkfc-square320-v2.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Japan to Release Treated Water From Ruined Nuclear Plant Despite Concerns](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/21\/world\/asia\/japan-fukushima-water-release.html)\n    \n    In the face of regional and domestic objections, the country plans to proceed with a discharge at Fukushima that will eventually reach more than a million tons of water.\n    \n    By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno\n    \n    Aug. 21, 2023\n13. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/04\/13\/world\/22ambriefing-asia-skorea-fukushima\/22ambriefing-asia-skorea-fukushima-square320-v2.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Tuesday Briefing: Japan’s Radioactive Water](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/21\/briefing\/japan-south-korea-fukushima-china-economy-saudi-migrants.html)\n    \n    Also, Ukrainian soldiers playing video games.\n    \n    By Justin Porter\n    \n    Aug. 21, 2023\n14. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/04\/13\/world\/00skorea-fukushima\/00skorea-fukushima-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Radioactive Water Is Complicating Japan and Korea’s New Friendship](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/21\/world\/asia\/korea-japan-fukushima.html)\n    \n    Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant has triggered a backlash in the region, especially in highly polarized South Korea.\n    \n    By Choe Sang-Hun\n    \n    Aug. 21, 2023\n15. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/12\/19\/multimedia\/00japan-fukushima2b-1-91f4\/00japan-fukushima2b-1-91f4-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/30\/world\/asia\/japan-fukushima-wastewater-pacific-radiation.html)\n    \n    The proposal has angered many of Japan’s neighbors, particularly those with the most direct experience of unexpected exposure to dangerous levels of radiation.\n    \n    By Pete McKenzie\n    \n    Dec. 30, 2022\n16. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/03\/17\/world\/17-japan-quake-fukushima\/17-japan-quake-fukushima-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Powerful Quake Off Japan Rekindles Fears of Another Fukushima](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/16\/world\/asia\/japan-earthquake-fukushima.html)\n    \n    Tsunami warnings in a region hit by nuclear disaster in 2011 were lifted after a few hours. The damage was still being assessed, but it appeared contained.\n    \n    By Motoko Rich and Eric Nagourney\n    \n    March 16, 2022\n17. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/04\/13\/world\/13fukushima-waste-1sub\/13fukushima-waste-1sub-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Japan’s Plan for Fukushima Wastewater Meets a Wall of Mistrust in Asia](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/13\/world\/asia\/japan-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater.html)\n    \n    The government in Tokyo says criticism of its intention to release treated water into the ocean is unscientific. South Korea has called the proposal “utterly intolerable.”\n    \n    By Ben Dooley and Makiko Inoue\n    \n    [阅读简体中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/asia-pacific\/20210414\/japan-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater\/ \"Read in Simplified Chinese\")[閱讀繁體中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/asia-pacific\/20210414\/japan-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater\/zh-hant\/ \"Read in Traditional Chinese\")\n    \n    April 13, 2021\n18. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/04\/13\/lens\/13japan-fukushima\/merlin_186159237_402b1621-0232-4683-8553-3382fcce3674-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Fukushima Wastewater Will Be Released Into the Ocean, Japan Says](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/13\/world\/asia\/japan-fukushima-wastewater-ocean.html)\n    \n    The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.\n    \n    By Jennifer Jett and Ben Dooley\n    \n    April 12, 2021\n19. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/03\/09\/world\/00fukushima-photos-promo2\/00fukushima-photos-promo2-square320-v5.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [‘There’s No Town Left’: Fukushima’s Eerie Landscapes](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/10\/world\/asia\/fukushima-japan-nuclear-anniversary.html)\n    \n    Ten years after a devastating earthquake and tsunami led to a nuclear meltdown in northern Japan, residents are readjusting to places that feel familiar and hostile at once.\n    \n    By James Whitlow Delano, Hikari Hida and Mike Ives\n    \n    [Leer en español](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/es\/2021\/03\/11\/espanol\/fotos-fukushima-aniversario.html \"Read in Spanish\")\n    \n    March 10, 2021\n20. ![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/03\/10\/world\/10japan-nuclear-promo\/merlin_184824906_e5abef0f-3975-445c-afb6-43fc514e3a33-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n    \n    [Furor in Japanese Town Casts Light on Fukushima’s Legacy](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/10\/business\/japan-fukushima-nuclear-waste.html)\n    \n    When a mayor volunteered his town for a study on nuclear waste, his house was firebombed, reflecting the lingering anxiety 10 years after the Fukushima disaster.\n    \n    By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno\n    \n    March 10, 2021\n\nPage **1** of **5**\n\n1. 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Now they face a lawsuit. By Martin Fackler [Leer en español](https://www.nytimes.com/es/2025/09/04/espanol/mundo/accidente-nuclear-japon-cancer.html "Read in Spanish") Sept. 3, 2025 4. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/04/22/t-magazine/22tmag-impermanence-slide-JFAI-copy/22tmag-impermanence-slide-JFAI-copy-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) T’s Culture Issue [Nothing Lasts. How Do We Face It?](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/t-magazine/japan-impermanence-mono-no-aware.html) Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self. 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By Martin Fackler and Noriko Hayashi Jan. 29, 2025 6. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/11/02/multimedia/01katsumata-wkmj-print1/01katsumata-wkmj-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) [Tsunehisa Katsumata, Top Executive in Power Plant Meltdown, Dies at 84](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/business/tsunehisa-katsumata-dead.html) He was sued and prosecuted for his actions as chairman of the Japanese power company that ran the Fukushima nuclear facility when it failed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. By River Akira Davis Nov. 1, 2024 7. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/09/20/multimedia/20china-japan-01-jbwk/20china-japan-01-jbwk-square320.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) [China Says It Will ‘Gradually’ Resume Imports of Japanese Seafood](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/world/asia/china-japan-seafood-ban-fukushima.html) China imposed a ban last year after Japan began releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. 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