Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

What happened there was a catastrophic disaster that shook the nation of Japan to its core and contributed ... an island famous for America's testing of various nuclear weapons, including Castle ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally ... safety standards that were reinforced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The decision is a setback for Japan as it seeks to ...

The situation continues to evolve, and the full scope of the disaster will not be understood for a long time. One critical aspect is the effect on Japan's nuclear industry, which provides over 30% ...

In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, pitching a plan to a build a new nuclear plant in Japan remains an enormous challenge, raising the prospect the country will eventually be left ...

Japan has entered a new era of nuclear power generation, as the country's oldest reactor in operation surpassed 50 years of service on Nov. 14. Despite the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 ...

The incident at the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) site was the world's most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986. No-one died directly in the meltdown ... found in Japan over 70 ...

all 33 workable reactors in Japan must be back online, with only 14 back in service after the Fukushima disaster. Given the current pace of safety checks by the nuclear regulation authority ...

A federal judge on Friday dismissed without prejudice the latest class action filed by hundreds of U.S. sailors exposed to radiation in the Fukushima, Japan, nuclear disaster, finding a San Diego ...

With unprecedented access inside both Fukushima nuclear power plants, NOVA speaks with workers who were there during the harrowing days—a crisis that began as a natural a disaster but was made ...

After the 2011 meltdown at Tokyo Electric Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Japanese government established exports of nuclear power technology as one of the key pillars of its ...