Massive Fukushima Plant Cleanup Involves High Radiation and Stress March 13, 2025 By Mari Yamaguchi The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown in Japan 14 years ago....
Tepco Removes Nuclear Fuel Debris From Fukushima Disaster Site December 9, 2024 By Shoko Oda Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it removed nuclear fuel debris left inside a reactor in a demonstration at...
Robot to Remove Melted Nuclear Fuel From Japan’s Damaged Fukushima Reactor May 30, 2024 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits...
Japan Earthquake Casts Cloud Over Push to Restart Nuclear Plants January 5, 2024 The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has underscored the country’s exposure to natural disasters,...
Tokyo Court Rules Only Fukushima Operator Must Pay Compensation, Cuts Damages December 28, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages...
Removing Fukushima’s Melted Nuclear Fuel Will Be Harder Than Wastewater Release August 29, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the treated water transfer switch is on....
TEPCO Says Seawater Radioactivity Below Detectable Limits After Fukushima Release August 28, 2023 By Sakura Murakami and Kantaro Komiya Initial tests showed seawater radioactivity to be below detectable levels after the release of treated radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima...
Why Is Japan Releasing Treated Radioactive Water and Is it Safe? August 25, 2023 Japan began pumping more than a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
Japan Begins Releasing Nuclear Wastewater in Process That Could Last 30 Years August 24, 2023 By Shoko Oda Japan started the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean in a process that...
Japan to Release Water Into Sea From Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant on Aug. 24 August 22, 2023 By Sakura Murakami and Tom Bateman Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing into the sea more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive...