Japan’s Fukushima Plant to Build Undersea Tunnel to Release Nuclear Water Into Ocean August 27, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that...
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...
10 Years After Disaster, Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator Continues Cleanup March 2, 2021 By Aaron Sheldrick Tepco, the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima atomic plant, said it had successfully removed spent uranium fuel from a damaged...
Scientists Identify Nuclear Plants Facing Highest Risks From Earthquakes October 26, 2020 By Timothy Gardner The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but...
Trump Regulatory Rollback Targets Safety Rules Prompted by Industrial Disasters November 25, 2019 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer...
Nuclear Power Industry Pushes for Fewer Inspections March 18, 2019 By Ellen Knickmeyer The nuclear power industry is pushing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cut back on inspections at nuclear power plants and...
Tepco & Japan Government Held Liable Over Fukushima Nuclear Disaster March 17, 2017 A court in Japan on Friday ruled that Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) and the government are liable for negligence in...
6 Years After Fukushima Disaster, Robots Continue Search for Radioactive Fuel February 24, 2017 By Emi Urabe and Stephen Stapczynski The latest robot seeking to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel and debris that melted down six years ago...
Heavy Rains Cause Floods in Japan; Thousands Evacuated; Fukushima Leak September 10, 2015 By Shoko Oda A city near Tokyo declared a state of emergency and ordered thousands of residents to evacuate after torrential rain caused...
Japan Earmarks Additional $30B for Fukushima Clean-Up, Compensation November 12, 2013 By Yoshifumi Takemoto Japan’s government is finalising plans to borrow an additional 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) to pay for compensating Fukushima evacuees...