The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.
Tag: Nuclear Energy
The Iran Nuclear Talks, Explained
Talks in Vienna to try to bring both the United States and Iran back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal were never going to be easy. They might have just gotten even harder.
Fukushima Photos: 10 Years Later
Ten years after a devastating earthquake and tsunami led to a nuclear meltdown in northern Japan, residents are readjusting to places that feel familiar and hostile at once.
10 Years After Fukushima Disaster, This Nurse May Be the Region’s Best Hope
Many of Rina Tsugawa’s peers have left for jobs in cities, an outflow common to rural Japan but accelerated by the tsunami and nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima. Ms. Tsugawa has different plans.
Iran Curbs Nuclear Inspectors, but Appears to Leave Space for a Deal
The new limits appeared to be lighter than the country had threatened, giving Western nations three months to see if they can revive the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Japan Earthquake: No Deaths Reported, Prime Minister Says
The epicenter of the quake was off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, the site of a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that killed thousands and caused meltdowns at a nuclear plant.
Nikolai Antoshkin, Who Helped Halt Chernobyl Disaster, Dies at 78
He survived radiation as commander of the operation that extinguished the Chernobyl nuclear plant fire. He died of the coronavirus.
Iran Satellite Images Show Construction at Natanz Nuclear Site
In July, an explosion rocked a key Iranian nuclear facility. Iran called it sabotage and vowed to rebuild a destroyed building underground. Iran is now turning that promise into a reality, new satellite images show.
Japanese Government Is Ordered to Pay Damages Over Fukushima Disaster
The Sendai High Court said the state and the plant’s operator must pay $9.5 million to survivors of the 2011 nuclear accident. They have until mid-October to appeal to the country’s Supreme Court.
U.A.E. Becomes First Arab Nation to Open a Nuclear Power Plant
The launch is raising concerns about the growing number of nuclear programs in the volatile Middle East.