To reduce radiation across Japan's northern Fukushima region after the 2011 nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a layer of contaminated soil from swathes of land.

There are three parties when it comes to global warming. First, the hard right, which says it isn’t happening, and even if it ...

Japan said it plans to use some of the slightly radioactive soil removed from across Fukushima and stored near the wrecked ...

RADIOACTIVE soil from Fukushima will be used outside Japan’s government buildings in a bid to persuade the country that the ...

When we think of extreme radiation, Chernobyl often comes to mind as the ultimate example of nuclear disaster. But what if similar radiation levels exist elsewhere in the world, right now? In this ...

Amid rising global conflicts and concerns about nuclear weapons, some of the world's most radioactive locations pose severe health risks due to human actions like nuclear tests, power generation, and ...

After the accident, nuclear power as a proportion of Japan ... Government officials have attributed higher levels of thyroid cancer in Fukushima to over-diagnosis after widespread testing.

Some in the Legislature and the energy industry have recommended nuclear power ... eventually contained the disaster, allowing plant staff to return and stabilize the Fukushima reactors days ...

Up until 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ... increased cancer risks for individuals exposed to radiation, particularly infants. However, comparisons of pre and post-disaster fish radioactivity ...

The disaster occurred after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a 10-metre high tsunami that crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ... at greater risk of cancer and thyroid disorders.

More information: Takashi Kusumi et al, Attitudes toward possible food radiation contamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a nine-year, ten-wave panel survey, Journal of Risk ...

The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown that occurred in 2011 is a prominent example of such a disaster in recent memory. Even a decade after the incident, concerns remain about the ...