Japan’s Clean-Up from 2011 Tsunami, Nuclear Accident Lagging
Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying —...
View ArticleFukushima Plant Springs Another Leak in Battle with Radioactive Water
Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported another breach of the defenses it has built at the Fukushima nuclear plant in its more than two-year struggle to stop leaks of radioactive water into the soil and sea....
View ArticleJapan Earmarks Additional $30B for Fukushima Clean-Up, Compensation
Japan’s government is finalising plans to borrow an additional 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) to pay for compensating Fukushima evacuees and cleaning up the area outside the wrecked nuclear plant, said...
View ArticleHeavy Rains Cause Floods in Japan; Thousands Evacuated; Fukushima Leak
A city near Tokyo declared a state of emergency and ordered thousands of residents to evacuate after torrential rain caused severe flooding. The storm caused contaminated water from the wrecked...
View Article6 Years After Fukushima Disaster, Robots Continue Search for Radioactive Fuel
The latest robot seeking to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel and debris that melted down six years ago in Japan’s wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant met its end in less than a day. The...
View ArticleTepco & Japan Government Held Liable Over 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...
View ArticleNuclear Power Industry Pushes for Fewer Inspections
The nuclear power industry is pushing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cut back on inspections at nuclear power plants and throttle back what it tells the public about plant problems. The agency,...
View ArticleTrump Regulatory Rollback Targets Safety Rules Prompted by Industrial Disasters
The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer plant is the latest example of the White House easing rules established...
View ArticleScientists Identify Nuclear Plants Facing Highest Risks From Earthquakes
The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but states including South Carolina and Missouri, an analysis of government...
View Article10 Years After Disaster, Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator Continues Cleanup
Tepco, the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima atomic plant, said it had successfully removed spent uranium fuel from a damaged reactor building in a key step in its clean up of the site after a...
View ArticleHow Dangerous Is Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant After 10 Years of Cleanup?
OKUMA, Japan – A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its reactors melted down, leaving it looking like a bombed-out factory. Emergency workers...
View ArticleJapan’s Fukushima Plant to Build Undersea Tunnel to Release Nuclear Water...
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the...
View ArticleFukushima Plant Officials Admit Failure to Probe Cause of Faulty Filters
TOKYO — Officials at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant have acknowledged they neglected to investigate the cause of faulty exhaust filters that are key to preventing radioactive pollution,...
View ArticleJapan’s Fukushima Farmers Fear Contaminated Water Release Will Hit Produce...
IWAKI, Japan – Farmers in Japan’s northeastern Fukushima fear the release of water from the crippled power plant there could revive concerns about contamination and again hit the price of their...
View ArticleOperator of Japan’s Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant Face Another Setback in...
The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has found that a coolant solution, used to create an ice wall halting the seepage of groundwater into reactor buildings, has leaked from...
View ArticleTeam of Nuclear Experts to Visit Wrecked Fukushima Plant to Check Water...
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review plans to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated...
View ArticleJapan’s Top Court Orders Damages of $12M for Fukushima Victims in Landmark...
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld an order for utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to pay damages of 1.4 billion yen ($12 million) to about 3,700 people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear...
View ArticleJapan Approves Plan to Release Wastewater From Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year, saying...
View ArticleJapan’s Government Not Liable for Damages From Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Court
Japan’s government is not liable for damages demanded by people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country’s top court said on Friday, the first such ruling in a series...
View ArticleWhat’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 wastewater into the sea. Japanese...
View ArticleNew 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 supporting structure and parts of its...
View ArticleJapan to Release Fukushima Water as Soon as August: Reports
The Japanese government is preparing to start releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site into the sea as early as late August, local newspapers including the Yomiuri Shimbun...
View ArticleJapan to Release Water Into Sea From Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant on Aug. 24
Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing into the sea more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, going ahead with a...
View ArticleJapan Begins Releasing Nuclear Wastewater in Process That Could Last 30 Years
Japan started the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean in a process that could last about 30 years, triggering an immediate retaliation by China to curb...
View ArticleWhy Is Japan Releasing Treated Radioactive Water and Is it Safe?
Japan began pumping more than a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Thursday, a process that will take decades to complete. The...
View ArticleTEPCO Says Seawater Radioactivity Below Detectable Limits After Fukushima...
Initial tests showed seawater radioactivity to be below detectable levels after the release of treated radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima plant, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO),...
View ArticleRemoving Fukushima’s Melted Nuclear Fuel Will Be Harder Than Wastewater Release
At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the treated water transfer switch is on. A graph on a computer monitor nearby shows a steady decrease of water levels...
View ArticleTokyo Court Rules Only Fukushima Operator Must Pay Compensation, Cuts Damages
A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees, relieving the government of responsibility. Plaintiffs...
View ArticleJapan Earthquake Casts Cloud Over Push to Restart Nuclear Plants
The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has underscored the country’s exposure to natural disasters, casting fresh doubt over a push to bring its nuclear capacity back...
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