The International Atomic Energy Agency’s final report declared the treated water from the destroyed nuclear plant had met its safety standards. Critics continue to demand more transparency.
Tag: Radiation
$59 Million, Gone: How Bikini Atoll Leaders Blew Through U.S. Trust Fund
The Trump administration lifted spending limits on the fund, which aids descendants of people forced to leave the coral reef because of U.S. nuclear testing.
Ghosts Past and Present Cross Paths as War Comes to Nuclear Wasteland
Not everyone evacuated when the Chernobyl nuclear plant melted down in 1986. The few who stayed lived through another calamity when Russian troops marched in.
Search Intensifies for Radioactive Canister Missing for Weeks in Thailand
It’s not clear exactly when the 55-pound cylinder containing cesium-137 vanished from the power plant where it was in use.
Are North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Tests as Safe as the Country Claims?
The country has conducted six underground nuclear tests, and a seventh may be on the way. Rights groups fear their environmental and health consequences.
Radioactive Capsule Is Found in Australia After 6-Day Search
The authorities had feared it would take weeks to scour hundreds of miles of an Australian desert for the pea-sized device.
Tiny Radioactive Capsule Missing in Australia
The device, part of a sensor used in mining, is believed to have fallen off the back of a truck while in transit.
How a Nuclear Dump in Taiwan Created a Generation of Activists
For members of a Taiwanese tribe, a waste site on their island serves as a painful reminder of the government’s broken promises, and a symbol of their long struggle for greater autonomy.
In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater
The proposal has angered many of Japan’s neighbors, particularly those with the most direct experience of unexpected exposure to dangerous levels of radiation.
What Are ‘Dirty Bombs’ and Why Is Russia Talking About Them?
The idea of radiological dispersal devices is not new, and Russia’s claim that Ukraine would build and use one has been met with scorn from the West.