Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Fukushima

Fukushima nuclear plant operator says equipment to release treated wastewater into sea is complete

Officials say all equipment needed for the release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has been completed and will be ready for an inspection by Japanese regulators this week

The Independent UK

From Ferguslie to Fukushima: Paisley man learns lessons of recovering community

Terry McTernan, who has long countered the “negative narrative” of Ferguslie Park, spent 13 days in Japan taking part in the Fukushima Ambassadors Programme.

Daily Record

Fukushima nuclear plant begins tests of wastewater release plan; fishing officials remain opposed

The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has begun tests of newly constructed facilities for discharging treated radioactive wastewater into sea, a plan strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Inside town abandoned after nuclear disaster filled with hundreds of vintage cars

Urban explorer Bob Thissen visited the Fukushima exclusion zone in Japan and discovered several abandoned vintage cars in pretty good condition, but made unusable due to the radiation levels in their metal

Daily Mirror

How many people died in the Fukushima nuclear disaster and Tohoku earthquake?

New Netflix series The Days chronicles the 2011 nuclear disaster

Manchester Evening News

Fact vs Fiction: Is The Days a true story?

Is The Days a true story? The Days showcases the events of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, but how much is true?

WhatToWatch

The Days review – this nuclear disaster drama is no Chernobyl

Netflix’s recreation of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is disappointingly insight free. It’s obsessed with facts to the point where it neglects both character and story

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

South Korea experts say more study needed on Japan's nuclear water plan

South Korean nuclear safety experts who visited Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Wednesday that detailed analysis was needed to verify Japan's plan to release tonnes of contaminated water from it into the sea.

Reuters

IAEA team in Japan for final review before planned discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water

An International Atomic Energy Agency team has arrived in Tokyo for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, a plan that has been strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries

The Independent UK

Japan needs to release 1 million tonnes of water from its stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean

Operators of the Fukushima nuclear power plant are set to release treated wastewater into the ocean. But already Japanese authorities are facing a barrage of criticism from fishermen.

ABC News

Japan nuclear watchdog ask Fukushima plant operator to assess risk from reactor damage

A nuclear watchdog has asked the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to assess potential risks from damage found in a key structure inside the worst-hit of the three melted reactors

The Independent UK

South Korea experts say Japan carefully answered questions on plan to release radioactive water

The head of a South Korean team of experts said Wednesday they saw all of the facilities they had requested to visit at Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and Japanese officials had carefully answered their questions about a contentious plan to release treated but still slightly radioactive water into the…

The Independent UK

South Korean experts visit Fukushima nuclear plant before treated water is released to sea

South Korean experts are looking at the facilities related to slightly radioactive wastewater at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant

The Independent UK

South Korea to send 21-member team to Japan to review discharge plans at Fukushima nuclear plant

South Korea will send a 21-member team of government experts to Japan next week to visit the Fukushima nuclear power plant where they will review contentious Japanese plans to release treated but slightly radioactive water into the sea

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

South Korean experts to visit Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan says

A team of around 30 South Korean experts will visit Japan during May 22-25 to inspect facilities related to water release from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Japan's foreign ministry said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Drink Fukushima water if it’s clean, South Korea tells Japanese officials

Millions of tonnes of treated radioactive water release will begin between spring and summer

The Independent UK

Dozens rally against Fukushima plant water release plan

Anti-nuclear activists are protesting to demand Japan scrap its plan to release treated but still radioactive water from a damaged power plant into the sea

The Independent UK

Japan, South Korea eye visit by team of experts as Fukushima nuclear plant prepares water release

Officials from Japan and South Korea are eyeing a potential visit by South Korean experts to the Fukushima nuclear plant before it begins the controversial release of treated but radioactive water to sea

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

The tiny town with hundreds of UFO sightings which has become the ‘home of aliens’

Japan has a little 'UFO village' in the Date District of Fukushima, a region which has risen from the ashes of a devastating tsunami and nuclear meltdown 12 years ago

Caixin Global

China to Pass U.S. as World’s Largest Nuclear Power Operator by 2030

With 10 project approvals last year and 24 units under construction, controversial clean energy source rebounds from a years-long post-Fukushima pause

Al Jazeera

Does India have enough insurance coverage for a nuclear disaster?

India has barely half the insurance amount required for current nuclear plants, and has many more plants in the works.

360info

Seven key questions about the Fukushima water release

Japan’s plan to release nuclear wastewater from its Fukushima reactor has sparked many questions.

360info

A nuclear-fuelled debate over Japan’s wastewater release

Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima reactor into the ocean has its supporters but is causing ripples in the Pacific.

360info

How Fukushima wastewater will disrupt seafood trade

Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean.

360info

A deep dive into the reality of radioactive water

Japan faced three options with disposing of radioactive wastewater. All were problematic.

1 … 7 8 9 10

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Atomic Energy Agency

the Pacific Islands Forum

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.