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Fukushima Nuclear Crisis

IAEA: Japan Nuke Cleanup May Take More Than 40 Years

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 04.22.2013 | World

TOKYO — A U.N. nuclear watchdog team said Japan may need longer than the projected 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant a...

U.S. Scientists Look For Lessons From Fukushima Disaster

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 11.27.2012 | World

TOKYO -- A group of American scientists met in Tokyo on Tuesday to study last year's Fukushima nuclear accident in hopes of finding lessons to improve...

Harry Truman's Lies and Fukushima

Rahna Reiko Rizzuto | Posted 05.09.2012 | World
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto

No matter how many new reports there will be on this anniversary, the facts remain the same. Nuclear power is far dirtier and far deadlier than anything man has ever created.

'Devil's Chain Reaction'

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012 | World

By Shinichi Saoshiro FUKUSHIMA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister ordered workers to remain at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima ...

Containing Fukushima: Saving Japan From Itself (Part II)

K.T. Hiraoka | Posted 04.27.2012 | World
K.T. Hiraoka

What is most needed for Japan to get out of its current intellectual slump and to restore vitality are government and corporate sectors that espouse transparency and accountability consistently and over time.

Containing Fukushima: Saving Japan From Itself (Part I)

K.T. Hiraoka | Posted 04.26.2012 | World
K.T. Hiraoka

The disaster at Fukushima last year exposed how entrenched interests among key decision-makers have contaminated Japanese society, endangering the long-term prosperity of Japan.

Fukushima Residents Turn To Germany, Learn About Renewable Energy

AP | By MELISSA EDDY | Posted 11.30.2011 | Green

FELDHEIM, Germany -- A group of residents from the radiation-stricken area around Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors and a Tokyo actor are visiting ...

IAEA Endorses Post-Fukushima Nuke Safety Plan

AP | Posted 11.22.2011 | Green

VIENNA -- Members of the 151-nation International Atomic Energy Agency have endorsed a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan but the IAEA chief says it w...

U.N. Agency Lowers Projected Growth Of Nuke Power

AP | Posted 11.20.2011 | Green

VIENNA -- The U.N. nuclear agency says it now expects nuclear power to grow more slowly than before the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Hans Holger Rogne...

Japan's Trade Minister Leaves Over Nuclear Crisis Gaffe

AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 11.10.2011 | World

TOKYO -- Japan's new trade minister resigned Saturday over a remark seen as insensitive to nuclear evacuees, dealing a blow to a government that took ...

Naoto Kan Feared For Japan's Survival During Nuclear Crisis

AP | Posted 11.07.2011 | World

TOKYO -- Japan's former prime minister says he feared early in the March nuclear crisis that it might become many times worse than the Chernobyl disas...

U.N. Chief: Japan Nuclear Crisis 'Far From The End'

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2011 | World

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's chief nuclear inspector said on Saturday that Japan was "still far from the end of the accident" at its Fukushima n...