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- 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
- Japanese authorities decry ongoing robot failures at Fukushima Sun, 26 Mar 17, 4:46amSix years ago, a massive earthquake, consequent tsunami and nuclear crisis struck Japan. International organizations rushed to help the country’s devastated residents, and to figure out how to clean up Fukushima...
- Hundreds of radioactive wild boars run amok in Fukushima, Japan Sun, 19 Mar 17, 3:09amPacks of radioactive wild boars are running loose in northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011 forced entire towns and villages to abandon ship...
- Japanese government held liable for first time for negligence in Fukushima Fri, 17 Mar 17, 9:25pmCourt rules government should have used regulatory powers to force nuclear plant’s operator to take preventive measures
- Japanese government liable for negligence in Fukushima disaster Fri, 17 Mar 17, 9:25pmCourt rules government should have used regulatory powers to force nuclear plant’s operator to take preventive measures
- Fukushima evacuees face 'forced' return as subsidies withdrawn Fri, 10 Mar 17, 6:52pmThousands who fled 2011 disaster must choose between financial hardship or return to homes they believe are unsafe
- Fukushima disaster evacuees told to return to abandoned homes Fri, 10 Mar 17, 6:52pmPeople who fled after March 2011 nuclear meltdown face losing housing subsidies if they do not go back, despite radiation fears
- Dying robots and failing hope: Fukushima clean-up falters six years after tsunami Thu, 9 Mar 17, 12:23pmExploration work inside the nuclear plant’s failed reactors has barely begun, with the scale of the task described as ‘almost beyond comprehension’
- Westerners lack education on nuclear disaster risks, expert warns Wed, 8 Jun 16, 5:10amChristopher Abbott says orderly evacuation seen during Japan’s Fukushima incident would not work as well in western societies
- Japan's coal-fired plants 'to cause thousands of early deaths' Tue, 17 May 16, 6:32pmGreenpeace slams ‘insane’ plan for dozens of power plants, with huge implications for air quality and climate change
- Has the Chernobyl disaster affected the number of nuclear plants built? Sat, 30 Apr 16, 6:00pmThirty years on from one of the worst radiation leaks in history, several countries have moved to phase out nuclear energy production altogether, and experts say another accident would kill the industry
- Is it safe to dump Fukushima waste into the sea? | Karl Mathiesen Wed, 13 Apr 16, 11:43pmJapan has called for hundreds of thousands tonnes of irradiated water from the nuclear plant to be released into the Pacific Ocean. Karl Mathiesen looks at the potential impacts
- Why it's time to dispel the myths about nuclear power Tue, 12 Apr 16, 3:24amThirty years has passed since events in Chernobyl, while Japan marks the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. We need more than ever to have a reasoned discussion on the issues
- Ex-Japan PM: nuclear power remains unsafe and too costly Sat, 12 Mar 16, 3:25amNaoto Kan, who presided over country during Fukushima disaster in 2011, cautions over plans to build new UK plants
- Fukushima five years on, and the lessons we failed to learn | Dave Sweeney Fri, 11 Mar 16, 10:34amAfter directly fuelling the disaster at Fukushima, Australia should have taken steps to review and reconsider its role in the global nuclear trade