Twenty-four of the country’s 60 reactors are designated for decommissioning, mostly because of the high cost needed to meet safety standards set up in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.

The government has earmarked 10 billion yen ($680 million) to support Fukushima fisheries. The contents of the three reactors is still largely a mystery. Little is known, for instance ...

Taisei, which built the structure around Japan's newest reactor at Tomari ... style tanks in place at Fukushima, and another 710 welded tanks, a more expensive design that takes longer to assemble.

The deposits were found underneath the core inside the primary containment vessel of Fukushima's unit 3 reactor. (C) British Broadcasting Corporation How Japan managed to get Fukushima's reactors ...

The water from the deadly tsunami easily overcame coastal defences for Fukushima and flooded the reactor, causing it to melt ...

This year marks Chernobyl’s 25th anniversary and how ironic it is that the world has a new nuclear emergency on its hands: Japan’s Fukushima power plant, operated by TEPCO. This year marks ...

it also hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, triggering the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Parts of the damaged reactors are still highly contaminated with radiation and robotics ...

A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive ...

is the first reactor to be rejected under safety standards adopted in 2013 based on lessons from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdown disaster following a massive earthquake and tsunami.

TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

is the first reactor to be rejected under safety standards adopted in 2013 based on lessons from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdown disaster following a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Fukushima Daiichi lost its key cooling systems during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, causing meltdowns in its three reactors. An estimated 880 tons of fatally radioactive molten fuel remains in ...