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: Radiation
A ‘Game Changer’ for Patients With Esophageal Cancer
A drug that unleashes the immune system offers a rare glimmer of hope for those with a cancer that resists most treatments.
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.
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.
Chernobyl Wildfires Reignite, Stirring Up Radiation
Wildfires are common in the so-called Zone of Alienation around the abandoned Chernobyl plant. A larger-than-typical fire is stirring up radiation, though levels remain normal in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
Japan Wants to Dump Nuclear Plant’s Tainted Water. Fishermen Fear the Worst.
The water from the Fukushima disaster is more radioactive than the authorities have previously publicized, raising doubts about government assurances that it will be made safe.
Russia Stops U.S. Diplomats en Route to a Nuclear Accident Site
The diplomats were intending to travel to a remote town in the Russian Arctic, where a mysterious nuclear accident killed seven people in August, releasing radiation.
Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Rona, Pioneering Scientist Amid Dangers of War
Rona moved from lab to lab — and country to country — and in the process made important findings about the behavior of atoms and radioactivity.
Russia Identifies 4 Radioactive Isotopes From Nuclear Accident
The Russian authorities identified four isotopes released in a nuclear accident; outside experts say the fallout probably comprised a more complicated mix.