How Dangerous Is Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant After 10 Years of Cleanup? March 12, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi OKUMA, Japan – A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its...
Tsunami-Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Begins Fuel Removal in Melted Reactor April 18, 2019 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant began removing fuel Monday [April 15] from a cooling pool at one...
7.4 Earthquake off Coast of Fukushima Jolts Japan; Tsunami Alert Lifted November 22, 2016 By Yuka Obayashi and Elaine Lies A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a...
Powerful Typhoon Man-yi Downgraded after Lashing Japan September 18, 2013 By Mari Yamaguchi Crews were cleaning up wrecked houses and assessing damage Tuesday in the wake of a powerful typhoon that lashed Japan...
AIR’s Japan Quake/Tsunami Insured Loss Estimates: $15 Billion to $35 Billion March 14, 2011 Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s most recent statement, based on “currently available information, estimates that insured property losses from...