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Japanese Taxpayers Are Picking Up the $100B Tab for the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Five years ago today a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan unleashed a powerful tsunami, triggering one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.
This Former Nuclear Industry Executive Claims the Fukushima Cleanup Plan Is Infeasible
We talked to nuclear industry engineer Arnie Gunderson about the ongoing aftermath of the infamous 2011 nuclear disaster.
Scientists Are Using Cosmic Radiation To Peer Inside Fukushima’s Mangled Reactor
Not even our best imaging tools can penetrate the plant's radiation shielding. Thanks, space!
No One Wants You to Know How Bad Fukushima Might Still Be
The Tokyo Electric Power Company plan to build an ice wall around the Fukushima plant feels like a step backwards.
No One Wants You to Know How Bad Fukushima Might Still Be
The main point of criticism about Japan's largest utility company is rooted in one that countless others have voiced since the beginning: a suspicious disregard for keeping the public informed.
Join the Fukushima Radiation Watch
If you want to get in on the fear mongering, help dispel some misconceptions, or just want to wade into the water, here’s your chance, citizen scientist.
Alone in the Zone
Today marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Japan and caused one of the most serious nuclear disasters in world history. The surrounding towns were evacuated in a rush, leaving empty homes and uncared-for animals. In the small...
Radioactive Man
Today marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Japan and caused one of the most serious nuclear disasters in world history. The surrounding towns were evacuated in a rush, leaving empty homes and uncared-for animals. In the small...
Inside the Abandoned Radioactive Towns of Japan
Photographer Toshiya Watanabe's family lived in Namie, a town in the fallout zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant meltdown, which is now abandoned two years later. Toshiya has gone back to document the changes, or lack thereof, that he sees in his...
As Cleanup Efforts Grind On, Giant New Earthquake Looms at Fukushima
The massive rumbling energy released in an earthquake is from built-up stress within the Earth's crust. Aftershocks aside, one might expect that such a release would let grinding tectonic plates chill out for awhile. Unfortunately, at the Fukushima...
U.S. Nuclear Reactors Are Past Their Expiration Date
The Associated Press just published the results of a year-long investigation into the dealings between the nuclear power industry and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The results are, well, pretty damning. h5. "From the report":http://www...