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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, following a devastating earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 which claimed nearly 19,000 lives. It is the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986 and only the second disaster to measure Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
- Pontiff said to be planning trips to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, targets of devastating US nuclear attacks in the second world war that killed hundred of thousands
The decision by the government and the tsunami-devastated plant’s operator to release contaminated water into the Pacific was ‘driven by short-term cost-cutting’, a new study has found
The decision by the government and the tsunami-devastated plant’s operator to release contaminated water into the Pacific was ‘driven by short-term cost-cutting’, a new study has found
The pacts pertain to customs clearances, patent exchanges, business partnerships, trade in medical equipment and joint research
The pacts pertain to customs clearances, patent exchanges, business partnerships, trade in medical equipment and joint research
Japan Atomic Power Co.’s Tokai No. 2 plant has been stood idle since a magnitude 9.0 quake and subsequent tsunami wreaked havoc along the country’s east coast in March 2011.
Japan Atomic Power Co.’s Tokai No. 2 plant has been stood idle since a magnitude 9.0 quake and subsequent tsunami wreaked havoc along the country’s east coast in March 2011.
Fukushima residents balk at the suggestion that they are victims – a label that ignores the pockets of economic activity sprouting up in communities where radiation levels have been brought down to government-set targets.
Fukushima residents balk at the suggestion that they are victims – a label that ignores the pockets of economic activity sprouting up in communities where radiation levels have been brought down to government-set targets.
Government unhappy after Dark Tourist programme hints food in region is still contaminated with radiation and host enters clearly marked no-go zone.
Government unhappy after Dark Tourist programme hints food in region is still contaminated with radiation and host enters clearly marked no-go zone.
Mayor confirms statue will be taken down after criticism that it misleads public into thinking protective gear is necessary in the area.
Mayor confirms statue will be taken down after criticism that it misleads public into thinking protective gear is necessary in the area.
Government wants to dump the contaminated water into the sea, but locals and fishermen oppose the idea.
Government wants to dump the contaminated water into the sea, but locals and fishermen oppose the idea.
Vietnamese in Japan for professional training were among those picking up soil as part of decontamination work at the crippled nuclear power plant.
Vietnamese in Japan for professional training were among those picking up soil as part of decontamination work at the crippled nuclear power plant.