nuclear accident
March 03, 2013
FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture--In the shadow of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, about 40 people clad in protective gear attended a ceremony on March 2 marking...
February 03, 2013
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine--Tours to the site of a nuclear disaster might not be on everyone’s list of must-places to visit.
December 14, 2012
In Japan's first national election since the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, almost all parties are espousing the abolition of nuclear energy—in pledges...
October 02, 2012
Only one in 10 evacuees from certain towns close to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has returned home, a year after officials declared it was safe to do so.
September 18, 2012
German musicians, including members of one of the world's leading orchestras, are raising funds for a youth orchestra in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, where children continue to...
September 13, 2012
As the government seeks to move away from nuclear energy, wind power in Japan has seen a surge in popularity, with a growing number of power utilities and heavy industrial...
September 12, 2012
Previously unseen photos show tsunami swamping reactor buildings and wrecking equipment at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, images which help explain the circumstances in...
September 07, 2012
The central government is drastically overhauling preparations for nuclear accidents, mandating sweeping new measures including requiring power plants to have more...
August 15, 2012
Japan is to help Vietnam set up a compensation plan for nuclear accidents, despite criticism that its own system fails to meet victims’ needs.
August 02, 2012
After ignoring criminal complaints related to the Fukushima disaster for months, prosecutors finally moved on Aug. 1 toward considering criminal charges against senior...
July 31, 2012
SEOUL--A nuclear reactor in South Korea's southwestern Jeollanam-do province automatically shut down July 30, but officials said there was no possibility of radiation leaks.
June 19, 2012
The devastation from last year’s natural disasters and the failure to prevent the Fukushima nuclear accident have led to a huge loss of trust in scientists, a science...
June 12, 2012
A Diet panel looking into last year’s nuclear disaster has summoned and questioned most of the key people as unsworn witnesses. The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent...
June 08, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--When Hajime Hiruta saw families filling up homes in a hamlet of this city, he felt he had finally saved the community from extinction. He expected...
May 21, 2012
KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--A private group’s “tribunal” found the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. guilty of professional negligence resulting in death in...
May 17, 2012
Lingering fears about radiation fallout have all but killed off the tourism industry in northeastern Japan.
March 23, 2012
SEOUL--The city assembly of Busan unanimously adopted a recommendation on March 22 calling for the "immediate closure" of the No. 1 reactor at the Kori nuclear power plant...
March 17, 2012
The Osaka prefectural government disclosed simulation results March 16 on how its region would be affected by a nuclear disaster at one of four power plants in nearby Fukui...
March 17, 2012
Former inhabitants of “no-return zones” around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant should be paid lump sums of 6 million yen ($72,000) each, the government’s panel ...
March 17, 2012
When the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2005 proposed defining a zone where food intake regulations were to be enacted in the event of a nuclear emergency, Tokyo...