Because of the lead times involved, nuclear cannot offer an instant solution to today’s challenges. Within a decade, however, nuclear, alongside wind and solar, could undermine the global gas market
Some argue that nuclear power will get us to our clean energy goals faster, but other experts say it is unsafe, unaffordable and unnecessary
The tone of scientific reports on the climate crisis is religious yet the cause is a capitalist view of natural resources
Fukushima’s operator on Tuesday started freezing the last section of a $320 million ice wall designed to combat widespread water contamination.
A severe nuclear accident can happen anywhere, and its impact extends over great distances. The socioeconomic consequences are significant.
Readers speak out on nuclear safety, transformation and a visit to Parliament.
In its latest attempt to contain contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Japanese government is building an underground ice wall.
Local fisheries unions have agreed to allow the Fukushima plant to release uncontaminated groundwater from around the nuclear facility into the sea.
Ruling party official says it is inevitable that some people will never be allowed back into areas near the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Tokue Hosokawa, a breeder in Fukushima prefecture has braved the high radiation levels to care for his animals.
Workers at the front of Japan’s clean-up effort battle contamination, stress and alcohol abuse.
Thirty months on from the Fukushima disaster, Japan is struggling to come up with a long-term energy policy.
Tokyo has won the right to organise the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza despite concerns over the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant.
The government will spend billions of yen in an attempt to contain and treat contaminated water.
Japan’s Shinzo Abe says his government will play a greater role in stopping leaks of radioactive water as a result of the Fukushima disaster.
An estimated 300 tonnes of radioactive water is believed to have leaked from a tank at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, says the operator.
Japan’s prime minister has spoken out about the need for action to deal with the build up of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Radioactive water has apparently leaked from another underground storage tank at the crippled Fukishima Daiichi power plant.
The 160 000 people who lived within 20km of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan are still in a state of limbo.
People in the area worst affected by the Fukushima Daiichi accident have a higher risk of developing cancer, says the World Health Organisation.
Nuclear power has potentially dangerous consequences whereas solar power can solve the power crisis quicker and safer.
Japan has marked one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power.
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/ 31 January 2012
The UN’s nuclear watchdog gave its seal of approval to Japan’s reactor safety checks, but said utilities should beef up plans for managing disasters.
The symbolic Doomsday Clock is creeping closer to the apocalypse as scientists maintaining the device moved it one minute closer to the zero hour.
Japan’s response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including erroneous assumptions.
An Associated Press poll shows the killing of Osama bin Laden was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan’s earthquake/tsunami disaster.
Large quantities of radioactive water from Fukushima might have found its way into the Pacific Ocean and experts believe it could contain strontium.
The drama in 2011 seemed to unfold on an almost daily basis, with scandals, disasters and political unrest rolling in one after the other.
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/ 15 November 2011
Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists say, following the Fukushima disaster.
A Japanese MP has been bullied into drinking water collected from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to back up claims of decontamination progress.
Government and the unions are being lobbied by an industry increasingly desperate to sell reactors, says <b>Rianne Teule</b>.
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/ 13 October 2011
A radiation hotspot has been detected in Tokyo, after researchers carry out stringent tests to map how far contamination has spread from Fukushima.