Fukushima nuclear crisis
March 27, 2013
Editor's note: This is the 11th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to the ...
March 26, 2013
Tokyo Electric Power Co. concluded March 25 that a charred rat found electrocuted beneath a temporary switchboard was behind a recent extended blackout at the utility's...
March 25, 2013
NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Visiting the prefecture that hosts the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on March 24 reiterated that...
March 25, 2013
Editor's note: This is the 10th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to the ...
March 23, 2013
Contractors were tipped off about “surprise” inspections of decontamination work around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, giving them time to order workers to lie about ...
March 22, 2013
Editor's note: This is the ninth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to...
March 21, 2013
A dead rat was found lying near equipment that likely short-circuited this week and plunged critical cooling systems at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into crisis again.
March 20, 2013
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is facing sharp criticism both for its delay in resolving the loss of cooling functions at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and for the lax...
March 20, 2013
Japan's nuclear authority said March 19 it will not order two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to be shut for screening when new safety standards, yet ...
March 20, 2013
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said March 19 it has uncovered a second instance of fuel rods coming into contact with each other at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in...
March 20, 2013
Editor's note: This is the eighth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to...
March 20, 2013
Cooling systems were restored for four fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, more than a day after a power outage halted the supply of fresh cooling...
March 19, 2013
The cooling systems restarted for spent fuel pools in the No. 1 and No. 4 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on March 19, although operations for other...
March 19, 2013
A power failure at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant on March 18 night has left three fuel storage pools without fresh cooling water for hours, the plant's operator said.
March 18, 2013
Editor's note: This is the seventh part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to...
March 16, 2013
Anti-nuclear demonstrations that have been a fixture in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Friday nights for nearly a year are still drawing sizable crowds, but...
March 16, 2013
The government began work March 15 to overhaul Japan's energy policy. A panel discussed the value of alternative power sources but pointedly ignored a pledge by the previous...
March 16, 2013
A new all-time high radiation level has been detected in a fish near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
March 15, 2013
Editor's note: This is the sixth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to...
March 15, 2013
SHIRAKAWA, Fukushima Prefecture--A nonprofit organization is building a museum about Japan’s worst nuclear accident at a site located around 80 kilometers from the crippled...