News

Japan's TEPCO posts $5.8 billion in Q1 loss on Fukushima plant decommissioning
Tokyo Electric Power Co on Thursday posted 857.7 billion yen ($5.75 billion) loss for the three months ended on June 30, ...
Tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant faces new delay in removing melted fuel debris
The Japanese operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the start of full-scale removal of ...
Mathrubhumi English2d
Japan on edge: Tsunami fears trigger Fukushima plant evacuation; 4,000 workers moved to higher ground
Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were evacuated Wednesday after a powerful 8.7-magnitude earthquake off ...
Wild bear encounters continue in Japan
An apparent bear attack has left a 73-year-old woman injured in the head and face in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
Japan court awards ex-mayor damages over Fukushima nuclear disaster
A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay around 100 million yen ($676,000) in ...
Slightly radioactive Fukushima soil being used at Japanese prime minister’s office to prove safety
Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima has been delivered to the Japanese prime minister’s office to be ...
Japan power firm plans to build first new nuclear reactor since Fukushima
Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in ...
Physics World1d
Global ocean simulations examine tritium release from Fukushima
Model reveals that tritium in treated water discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi reactor has negligible impact on tritium ...