The fuel is being removed from a cooling pool at one of three reactors that melted down in the 2011 disaster, a milestone in the decades-long process to decommission the plant. Continue reading
Environmentalist David Suzuki once raised significant alarm about the risk to B.C.’s coast from Fukushima. A new study shows no significant effects were found in samples of soil and Pacific salmon. Continue reading
A handful of Ontario university students are touring parts of Japan to better understand the devastating effects of the country’s 2011 nuclear disaster and the problems that persist. Continue reading
Environmental groups say Ontario’s proposed new plan for dealing with nuclear emergencies is inadequate. Continue reading
Robots are going to take key roles in dismantling Fukushima’s damaged nuclear reactors crippled by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck Thursday morning off the shore of southern Fukushima prefecture. Continue reading
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 7.3 has struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture in Japan. A tsunami warning for waves of up to three meters has been issued. Continue reading
Five years after a tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, wild boars are wreaking havoc in nearby towns. Continue reading
Japanese gathered in Tokyo and along the country’s ravaged northeast coast to observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. Friday, exactly five years after a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck offshore, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people and sent reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant into meltdown. Continue reading
Japan’s Olympics minister says he hopes Fukushima prefecture can host preliminary rounds of baseball and softball at the 2020 Games. Continue reading