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In Home of World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant, a Vote May Shape Japan’s Atomic Future

Kantaro Komiya and Yoshifumi Takemoto 27/05/2022

A vote in Niigata will be closely watched as...

TEPCO employees are seen next to the part of an underground ice wall unit at tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture

Explained: What Is the ‘Wall of Ice’ at Fukushima’s Crippled Nuclear Plant?

Elaine Lies and Ju-min Park 25/01/2022

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant recently...

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture

Japan Says to Release Contaminated Fukushima Water Into Sea

Yuka Obayashi and Aaron Sheldrick 13/04/2021

The decision comes about three months ahead of the...

A worker talks on the phone near No. 3 reactor building at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture

Ten Years After Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Meltdown, Cause for Worry Persists

Ken Buesseler 13/03/2021

The cleanup of the past decade at the Japanese...

IAEA experts, charged with reviewing Japan’s plans for the Fukushima nuclear facility, leave Unit 4 in 2013. IAEA/Flickr, CC BY 4.0

Seven Years Since the Fukushima Disaster, Is It Case Closed?

Franck Guarnieri, Mines ParisTech 28/03/2018

Calling Fukushima a “made in Japan” disaster focuses attention...

Bags of trash collected from Fukushima prefecture, Japan, in 2013. Credit: vannispen/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Opponents of India-Japan Nuclear Agreement Ask Modi to Visit Fukushima First

Jyotsna Singh 13/11/2016

"The Indian government stands on the wrong side of...