Fukushima starts testing infants
A hospital in Fukushima Prefecture has started measuring the internal exposure to radiation of babies and infants using ...
read moreContamination spikes in underground water
Tokyo Electric Power Company has once again reported a spike in radiation levels in samples of groundwater near the plan...
read moreIAEA praises decommisioning progress
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Japan’s efforts to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are on t...
read moreFukushima Update #12 “Safety Measures at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa”
This edition begins with an update on the transfer of fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool of reactor 4 at Fukushima...
read moreSafety measures at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
Our feature this week focuses on Tokyo Electric Power Company’s plan to restart two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa n...
read moreEvacuated schools opened to parents
Six schools in evacuated areas near Fukushima Daiichi have been opened to parents for the first time since March 2011.
read moreEffort to relaunch rice farming
Rice cultivated in formerly evacuated areas around Fukushima is being tested for radiation. The project aims to reopen s...
read moreSpent fuel transfer begins
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have completed the first transfer of spent fuel assemblies from the pool ...
read moreFukushima Update #11
This week we start with news on TEPCO’s decision to decommission two reactors which were not damaged by the nuclear acci...
read moreChallenges of nuclear fuel removal
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have begun extracting fuel rods from one of the facility’s spent fuel poo...
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