Fukushima Update #07
Our special report focuses on the challenge posed by heavy rainfall at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. For months, engi...
read moreIAEA reports on decontamination
A team of radiation experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has submitted a report on decontamination effort...
read moreSpent fuel to be removed next month
Tokyo Electric Power Company is preparing to take an important step in the decommissioning of the crippled reactors at F...
read moreNRA suspends checks at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
Nuclear regulators have announced they are suspending the safety assessment for Tokyo Electric Power Company’s largest n...
read moreFukushima Update #06
An exercise simulating a severe accident at a nuclear plant in southwestern Japan yields clues about the importance of e...
read moreIAEA observes decontamination sites
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency is in Fukushima to observe efforts to lower radiation leve...
read moreFormer prime minister favors exiting nuclear power
A former Japanese prime minister has come out strongly in favor of phasing out nuclear power. Junichiro Koizumi belongs ...
read moreRecord radiation inside Fukushima Daiichi well
Record levels of radiation have been detected inside an observation well at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
read moreFukushima Update #05
Over the past month, the number of incidents attributed to carelessness and simple mistakes at Fukushima Daiichi has rea...
read moreTest harvest for rice in contaminated area
Farmers in one of Fukushima’s contaminated areas are one step closer to resuming their normal lives. They’ve started har...
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