Fukushima

Remote-controlled underwater cameras have located parts of a 35-ton fuel transfer apparatus that fell into reactor 3’s spent fuel pool in March 2011 in the … Cameras spot reactor 3 pool debris; fuel intactRead more

Highly radioactive water gushed from a decontamination pipe at the No. 3 reactor before workers noticed and turned it off, while newly released images of … Further leak at FukushimaRead more

Tokyo Electric Power Co. continued to dole out large sums to rural villages hosting nuclear power facilities even after the company was supposedly strapped for … Donations to villages after Fukushima nuclear accidentRead more

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Oct. 2 continued to transfer spent nuclear fuel from the core of the No. 4 reactor to a storage pool … TEPCO moves spent nuclear fuel to storage pool at Fukushima No. 2 plantRead more

The government has said that the plant’s three badly damaged reactors have been in a relatively stable state, called a cold shutdown, for months, and … Plant might not be as stable as the authorites had hopedRead more

In the darkest moments of last year’s nuclear accident, Japanese leaders did not know the actual extent of damage at the plant and secretly considered … Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear CrisisRead more

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan acknowledged on Saturday that the government shared the blame for the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, … Government Shares Blame for Nuclear DisasterRead more