This was in response to Tokyo’s decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tokyo plans to release 1.32 million metric tonnes of ...

Exceedingly high radiation levels found inside crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were labeled by nuclear regulators as an “extremely serious” challenge to the ...

An interim disposal area for soil contaminated by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (seen at rear) is seen in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, in this March 3, 2024, file photo. (Mainichi ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it has developed a more accurate method to estimate radiation exposure doses among people who spend time around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

It's been eight years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Operations to remove radioactive material were mostly completed back in 2018. But a new problem has emerged: how to dispose of ...

At an elementary school in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, children’s bags and notebooks still lie scattered where they were left after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...

The accident that took place at Fukushima Daiichi has fundamentally changed the nuclear power sector and its approach to safety. Experiences and lessons learned from the accident, as well as ...

Following the 2011 accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the IAEA and the Fukushima Prefecture agreed to cooperate on radiation monitoring and remediation. The Practical ...

When Japan announced its plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the backlash was swift and fierce – especially in South Korea. But behind the anger lay a shadowy culprit ...