
Fukushima nuclear plant News


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 ...
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 ...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 ...
Two Years On: How Nuclear Sells Itself Post-Fukushima
Two years after the catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima plant, sellers of atomic reactors woo potential buyers with the promise that lessons learned from one of the world's worst nuclear disasters make ...Ice Wall Idea Studied to Halt Radioactive Water in Japan
Turning soil into virtual permafrost with refrigerated coolant piped through the earth was first used in the 1860s to shore up coal mines. One hundred and fifty years on, it's the newest idea for ...