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...
Japan’s Tepco to Propose Decommissioning 5 Nuclear Reactors: Media August 23, 2019 Tokyo Electric Power will submit to a municipal official on Monday a plan regarding the decommissioning of five reactors at...
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...
Tepco Rebuilding Plan Approved January 15, 2014 By Masumi Suga and Jacob Adelman Tokyo Electric Power Co. won the support of the government and banks for a plan to rebuild its business, the...
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...
Tepco Will Not Pursue Compensation from GE, Other Suppliers Over Nuclear Disaster June 28, 2013 By Jacob Adelman and Yuji Okada Tokyo Electric Power Co. shareholders rejected a proposal to look into pursuing claims for compensation against companies that supplied parts...
Japan Nuclear Plant Planned Review of Tsunami Risk- But Too Late February 16, 2012 By Yuri Kageyama Four days before a tsunami devastated a Japanese nuclear plant, its operator promised a fuller assessment of the risk of...
Japan Governor Wants Nuclear Safety Pledge in Writing February 2, 2012 By Risa Maeda Japanese governor Tokihiro Nakamura believes nuclear power is vital for the resource-poor land, but even he says the central government...
Japan Committee Clears Nuclear Compensation Bill July 26, 2011 A lower house committee of Japan’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to help Tokyo Electric Power pay billions of...