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- Is Fukushima doomed to become a dumping ground for toxic waste? Sat, 17 Mar 18, 12:12amDespite promises of revitalisation from Japan’s government, seven years on from the nuclear disaster the area is still desolate
- Town where nobody's home: Fukushima communities struggling to survive Fri, 9 Mar 18, 2:36pmSeven years after the nuclear disaster, 50,000 people have yet to return to their homes, but the dream of going back endures
- Short-term thinking of UK nuclear policy | Letters Thu, 4 Jan 18, 5:05amSue Roaf writes that evacuation plans for Hinkley Point would have to involve at least a million people; while Diarmuid Foley says that, in the modern world, the route to weapons-grade material is not taken through the civilian...
- Japan mulls pouring 1 million metric tons of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean Tue, 28 Nov 17, 2:33amFukushima cleanup continues over six years after the 2011 disaster - and the country hasn't yet decided what to do with one million metric tons of radioactive water currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...
- Japan mulls pouring 1M metric tons of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean Tue, 28 Nov 17, 2:33amFukushima cleanup continues over six years after the 2011 disaster - and the country hasn't yet decided what to do with one million metric tons of radioactive water currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...
- Fukushima residents win 500m yen payout over nuclear disaster Tue, 10 Oct 17, 9:14pmCourt rules that Japanese government could have done more to prevent meltdown at plant caused by tsunami
- Fukushima operator can restart nuclear reactors at world's biggest plant Wed, 4 Oct 17, 8:23pmTepco, still struggling to decommission Fukushima Daiichi, gets initial approval to start two reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
- Dozens of Japanese cities and towns quietly go off-grid Tue, 19 Sep 17, 10:54pmDozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a more local, resilient model of generating and storing energy where it is used. After significant damage caused...
- Fukushima is surrendering to nature six years after nuclear meltdown Fri, 11 Aug 17, 1:52amNature has come for Fukushima. Six years after a nuclear meltdown resulted in a mass exodus of neighboring residents, the Fukushima prefecture is slowly being engulfed by a sea of green. Access to the Fukushima Exclusion...
- Fukushima robot finds lava-like deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel Mon, 24 Jul 17, 11:35pmSix years after the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns, there's still a lot of cleanup to be done. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) deployed an underwater robot to assess damage inside the Unit 3 reactor in Japan last week,...
- Robot shows suspected melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima reactor – video Sun, 23 Jul 17, 8:16pmAn underwater robot has captured images of what is believed to be suspected debris of melted nuclear fuel inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan...
- Fukushima: robot images show massive deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel Sun, 23 Jul 17, 11:02amRobot spots suspected debris of melted fuel for first time since 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant
- Fukushima nuclear disaster: former Tepco executives go on trial Fri, 30 Jun 17, 8:35pmThree men plead not guilty to professional negligence in the only criminal action targeting officials since the triple meltdown
- Climate change is an energy problem, so let's talk honestly about nuclear Thu, 29 Jun 17, 1:02amFear of nuclear energy runs deep but it may be the most efficient and clean energy source we have, albeit with complications
- Victory for Japanese nuclear industry as high court quashes injunction Wed, 29 Mar 17, 4:20amTakahama reactors to restart within a month despite Greenpeace saying they have serious unresolved safety issues