Nuclear energy, long stigmatized in Japan following the accident that took place on March 11, 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi ...

Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.

From the “Blue Deck” built on higher land within the confines of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the reactor buildings where a calamitous accident occurred are visible 80 to 100 meters away.

Nuclear power generates strong public anxiety, largely shaped by memories of Chernobyl in 1986 and the Fukushima disaster in ...

Fifteen years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the catastrophe’s lasting scars continue to shape Japan’s debate over nuclear energy, as the government cautiously moves to restart reactors amid ...

Nuclear accidents have become opportunities to strengthen and improve nuclear safety – while conveniently forgetting the lasting harm done to the victims.

Japan's nuclear officials have shared lessons learned from the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at a meeting in the United States. This comes as President Donald Trump's ...

After Fukushima, Japan shut down its nuclear reactors. Now, the country is returning to nuclear energy, seen as a reliable ...

The federal regulatory agency tasked with keeping America’s nuclear power plants safe and running smoothly is set to make huge cuts to the amount of time its staffers spend on safety and emergency ...

On November 24, the Niigata Prefecture approved the partial restart of the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant—the world’s largest, with a 7,965-megawatt-electric capacity—the first time ...