As Fukushima memories fade, Japan embraces a nuclear-powered future

By Mariko Katsumura, John Geddie, Katya Golubkova and Nobuhiro Kubo IWAKI, Japan, March 9 (Reuters) - Takuma Hashimoto was three years old when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, ...

Japan should use nuclear plants to offset Iran crisis, opposition party head says

By Kantaro Komiya and Katya Golubkova TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Japan should operate all of its available nuclear power plants to offset the impact of the Iran war on electricity bills, Yuichiro ...
Agencia EFE

Fukushima disaster still shadows Japan’s nuclear revival 15 years later

Fifteen years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the catastrophe’s lasting scars continue to shape Japan’s debate over nuclear energy, as the government cautiously moves to restart reactors amid ...
National Herald

Japan slowly returns to nuclear power 15 years after Fukushima disaster

Fifteen years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster shook public confidence in atomic energy, Japan is gradually shifting back toward nuclear power, driven by energy security concerns, rising ...
The Economist

Welcome to Kashiwazaki, home to the world’s largest nuclear plant

Kashiwazaki, a Japanese city hosting the world's largest nuclear-power plant, grapples with economic dependence on atomic ...
The Japan Times

Japan's nuclear comeback slow, steady and seen as necessary

Fifteen years after the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant forced Japan to rethink its energy policy, the ...
The Economist

Fifteen years after Fukushima, Japan faces an energy dilemma

For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...
Mother Jones

Fukushima at 15: The Fallout Continues

Okuma is the closest town to the three nuclear reactors that melted down at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on March 11, 2011. On that day, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami destroyed the ...
Yahoo

Whistle Blown on Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Safety After Falsified Report

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority conducted an internal investigation of Chubu Electric Power Company’s nuclear ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Nuclear power’s role in Japan is fading. The myths of reactor safety and energy needs can’t change that reality

On November 24, the Niigata Prefecture approved the partial restart of the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant—the world’s largest, with a 7,965-megawatt-electric capacity—the first time ...
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World’s most complex nuclear clean-up operation plans first large-scale fuel sample

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has launched a new cleanup operation at the ...

Japan eyes distant island for nuclear waste dump

Nuclear power is on the rise around the world, but with it comes an extremely pressing question: where will all of the radioactive waste be stored? For Japan, one answer may lie in literally the most ...