New Images From Inside Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Spark Safety Concerns
Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant showed exposed steel bars in the main ...
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What’s Happening at Fukushima Nuclear Plant 12 Years After Meltdown?
Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive ...
Japan’s Government Ruled Liable for Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
A court in Japan on Friday ruled that Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) and the government are liable for negligence in a case involving compensation for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the first time the ...
Typhoon Lionrock Makes Landfall at Notorious Japanese Location
Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in Japan the evening of Aug. 30, carrying the intensity of a Category 1 hurricane. It hit the same area where a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 caused death and ...
Japan Confirms First Cancer Link in Worker From Fukushima
Japan's health ministry confirmed for the first time that leukemia found in a worker at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant is a result of the March 2011 atomic disaster. The ...
Moving Beyond Golf Balls and Diapers in Cleaning Up Energy Disasters
Diaper liner, sawdust, golf balls and shredded tires -- these are some of the items used to try and contain the oil and nuclear disasters that marked the end of this century's first decade and the ...Japan’s Abe Orders Surviving Fukushima Reactors Scrapped, Pledges Safe Olympics
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the scrapping of two Fukushima nuclear reactors that survived the 2011 tsunami, a write-off that threatens to complicate a turnaround plan the operator has ...