Fukushima nuclear crisis
November 13, 2011
OKUMA, Japan -- Two reactor buildings once painted in a cheery sky blue loom over the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Their roofs are blasted away, their crumbled...
November 12, 2011
The science ministry released maps on Nov. 11 showing aerially measured accumulations of radioactive cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in 18 prefectures.
November 11, 2011
The hydrogen explosion that spewed radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant’s No. 4 reactor building on March 15 was likely caused by gas leaking...
November 10, 2011
To ensure transparency, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on Nov. 8 began releasing on its website exchanges with utility companies over assessments of how...
November 09, 2011
Supermarket chain Aeon Co. will expand its range of foodstuffs subject to radiation checks and yank any items with even trace levels.
November 09, 2011
Honda Motor Co. on Nov. 8 unveiled a new and improved model of its humanoid Asimo robot for the first time in four years, along with a robotic arm that can be used at nuclear...
November 08, 2011
SEOUL--Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon ordered radiation checks on all roads after radioactive cesium-137 was detected in several spots of the capital.
November 08, 2011
A powered exoskeleton to help workers carry heavy tungsten protective armor in battles against nuclear accidents like the Fukushima disaster was demonstrated on Nov. 7.
November 07, 2011
Six months after former Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked Chubu Electric Power Co. to shut down its Hamaoka nuclear power plant due to risks of a powerful quake and tsunami, the...
November 04, 2011
Nuclear experts largely agree with Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s assessment that a state of criticality was not reached at the No. 2 reactor of the crippled Fukushima No. 1...
November 04, 2011
In September 2006, Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the aging No. 3 reactor at its Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture and informed the town of plans to operate...
November 03, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 3 that naturally occurring "spontaneous nuclear fission"--not a state of criticality--created the xenon detected at the Fukushima No. 1...
November 02, 2011
Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) pumped water mixed with boric acid into the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant early on Nov. 2 after finding ...
November 02, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. injected boric acid into the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant early Nov. 2 because of possible nuclear fission inside the...
November 02, 2011
A Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan task force decided on Nov. 1 to extend the area around nuclear power plants subject to emergency planning for nuclear accidents to a...
November 02, 2011
Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Nov. 1 restarted the No. 4 reactor at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, the first resumption of reactor operations in Japan since...
November 01, 2011
High concentrations of radioactive tellurium and silver have been found in soil around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to the science ministry's...
November 01, 2011
Kyushu Electric Power Co. plans to soon restart the No. 4 reactor at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, despite rising anti-nuclear sentiment and lingering...
November 01, 2011
Ahead of hay fever season next spring, the Forestry Agency said Oct. 31 it will investigate the extent to which radioactive cesium is transferred from cedar leaves to pollen.
November 01, 2011
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine--Lyubov Oshurkevich felt the familiar pain when she watched news of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March and thought about the...