Russia wants more information from Japan, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday, including an assessment of environmental risks in the Pacific.
Japan announced the decision on Tuesday. Experts say the plan is safe, but China has called the decision unilateral and "extremely irresponsible."
The Kaze no Denwa (or "phone of the wind") is, for some, the last connection they have to loved ones who died in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is considered the second-worst nuclear accident in history. According to a new study, animal populations are thriving in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone, which was abandoned after the accident. The animals are multiplying in the absence of humans, despite the lingering presence of radiation. Visit Businessinsider.com […]
Eight years after the nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima power plant, the facility contains more than 1 million tons of contaminated water. Japan’s environment minister recently said the “the only option” is to dump that water into the Pacific Ocean. But that could hurt the area’s local fishing economy and […]
Japan is considering a proposal to dump contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean because it is running out of storage space at the facility. Japan’s environment minister Yoshiaki Harada said Tuesday the plan is the “only option” for Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, […]
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 transformed the Ukrainian city of Pripyat into a ghost town. Other towns have also been abandoned after nuclear disasters, and each is a skeleton of its former self, strewn with deserted cars and dilapidated buildings. Photos reveal what these places look like years after […]
Chernobyl was one of the worst nuclear disasters the world has ever seen, resulting in widespread contamination throughout Europe. Today, the site is still being cleaned up, but experts say that certain areas are safe to visit. A recent study found evidence that Chernobyl is now less radioactive than the […]
HBO’s “Chernobyl” series has reignited comparisons between the Soviet power-plant accident and other nuclear accidents worldwide. Chernobyl is widely acknowledged to be the worst nuclear accident in history, but a few scientists have argued that the accident at Fukushima was even more destructive. Both events were far worse than the […]
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