An estimated 5.5 tons of radioactive water leaked from a building at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, but the operator ... 22 billion becquerels of gamma-emitting radioactive substances.

Fukushima robot begins second attempt to retrieve melted nuclear fuel - Engineers hope closer access to core will provide ...

A remote-controlled robot has embarked on its second mission to retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from inside a ...

nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, following a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, which claimed ...

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that tritium concentration in the 12th batch of diluted treated water, ...

As the most heavily damaged unit at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, engineers are interested to learn the details of the fuel and debris that has fallen to the bottom of the vessel so that the clean ...

The IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety, endorsed by IAEA Member States in September 2011, defined a programme of work to strengthen the global nuclear safety framework in response to the March 2011 ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), along with experts from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Switzerland, collected samples today of ALPS ...

Tourists – mainly from China – are flocking to Futaba, the town which is home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, undeterred by lingering radiation threats from the 2011 ...

This classroom at Futaba Minami Elementary School has been untouched since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Yoshino Takamitsu is on the town’s education board and is in ...

$161 billion) when taking into account compensation for fishery operators due to the release of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, among other expenses. The cap on borrowing ...