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- An 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...
- Robot 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
- 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- Fukushima evacuees face 'forced' return as subsidies withdrawn Fri, 10 Mar 17, 6:52pmThousands who fled 2011 disaster must choose between financial hardship or return to homes they believe are unsafe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’
- 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
- 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
- Japanese court orders closure of two nuclear reactors Wed, 9 Mar 16, 8:14pmOrder to close two reactors previously declared safe comes days before fifth anniversary of Fukishima atomic disaster
- Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, five years on – in pictures Tue, 8 Mar 16, 1:59amFriday 11 March 2016 marks the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,894 people in Japan. Christopher Furlong has photographed staff who are decommissioning the stricken plant
- Former Tepco bosses charged Fukushima meltdown Mon, 29 Feb 16, 6:52pmFirst criminal action to be taken after 2011 disaster, in which three nuclear reactors went into meltdown after earthquake