Hisashi Ouchi suffered a horrific 83-day death from radiation exposure after a criticality accident at a Japanese nuclear fuel plant.

Japan has committed to becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, but the legacy of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear catastrophe makes that goal harder to reach.

The map locates the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, and the nearby cities of Odaka, Tsushima, Nihonmatsu, and Iwaki.

The yawning gap between vision and policy reality jeopardizes Japan’s important energy security goals and efforts to decarbonize the energy supply.

As Japan approaches the 13th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, efforts to clean up the site are ongoing. The country aims to remove damaged fuel debris.

Efforts by Japanese nuclear fuel manufacturers to develop accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) materials are making progress, and their commercialization is currently expected between 2030 and 2035 after ...

Japan’s traditionally weak system for regulating nuclear safety, created by the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party and its allies, allowed what came to be known as the 3.11 disaster (after the ...

A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima ...

A HORRIFYING nuclear disaster left a man crying blood, suffering constant heart attacks and even made his skin melt away. Hisashi Ouchi, 35, was the most radioactive man in history after the Japane… ...

TOKYO >> Japan today marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with a minute of silence, as concerns grew ahead of the planned release of the treated ...

Although afterwards TEPCO was nationalized, and a new nuclear regulatory body established, this still left Japan with the daunting task of cleaning up the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Japan adopted a plan to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster.