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Operators have pumped water to cool the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) since the ...
Japan’s government announced Tuesday it would start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years. It’s a move that’s ...
Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the cleanup of the worst ...
Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. Scientists say Japan's plan is safe.
UPDATED An investigation is underway into why a storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi site overflowed, leading to a spill of partially treated radioactive water. Clean-up of this water, which does not ...
As Tokyo Electric Power Co. moves closer to discharging tons of stored water from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, local opposition has intensified and cries of betrayal are being heard.
China has lifted its nearly two-year ban on seafood imports from Japan, a significant development following the discharge of ...
Welded tanks in the Fukushima Daiichi Tank Area, pictured in November 2018 (Image: Tepco) The flange tanks were constructed rapidly after the accident of March 2011 and held contaminated water for ...
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant suffered a devastating meltdown back in 2011, and while news about the disaster has died down significantly since then, the … ...
This video explains the background of the Fukushima disaster, the buildup of contaminated water stored onsite, and the government’s decision to release treated water to alleviate storage issues.
"Piping water into the sea is an outrage," said Haruo Ono, who has been fishing the ocean off the coast of Fukushima all his life. "The sea is not a garbage dump," he said.