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Despite opposition, Japan will start releasing radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean this week.
Science & Energy

Japan Dumping Radioactive Water From Fukushima Into Ocean This Week

By Victor Tangermann

The UN has given Japan the green light to dump into the Pacific Ocean its treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Science & Energy

UN Approves Japan’s Plan to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Noor Al-Sibai

To prevent power outages this winter, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked that as many as nine of the country's nuclear reactors be brought online.
Nuclear Fusion

Japan May Need Nine Nuclear Reactors Turned On to Get Through Winter

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Regulators just gave the Fukushima nuclear plant the green light to release over a million liters of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific ocean.
Science & Energy

Japan Approves Play to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

A robot travelled to the most-damaged Fukushima reactor and photographed mounds of melted fuel that sank following the tsunami that destroyed the facility.
Environment

Photos From Deep Inside Fukushima Reactor Show Horrid Mounds of Radioactive Sludge

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Professors studied fir trees growing near Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster site. The trees' whorls show growth patterns affected by radiation.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Disaster in Japan Did Something Strange to Trees

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Snakes equipped with GPS trackers and dosimeters are monitoring radioactivity levels near the Fukushima nuclear disaster site.
Energy

Scientists Monitoring Radioactive Snakes Near Fukushima Meltdown Site

By Dan Robitzski

In order to keep Fukushima's radioactive water from impacting the fishing industry, the nuclear power plant's operators plan to dig an undersea tunnel.
Energy

Japan Is Digging an Undersea Tunnel To Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water

By Dan Robitzski

The evacuated area around post-meltdown Fukushima in Japan is being overrun by "relatively" radioactive boar-pig hybrids.
Science & Energy

Fukushima Now Home to Radioactive Boar-Pig Hybrids

By Victor Tangermann

The United States announced that it supports Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
Science & Energy

Dumping Radioactive Water Into Sea Won’t Solve Japan’s Issues

By Tony Ho Tran

The United States announced that it supports Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
Environment

United States Supports Plan to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

After Japan announced it's going ahead with the plan to dump Fukushima's contaminated water into the ocean, a Chinese official issued a personal challenge.
Environment

Japanese Prime Minister Challenged to Drink Radioactive Water Before Dumping It Into the Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese officials say it's time to decide what to do about the Fukushima power plant's radioactive water. That likely means dumping it in the ocean.
Energy

Japan Says Sorry, But It Has to Dump This Radioactive Water Into the Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

Citizens were outraged after the mayor of the Japanese town Suttsu volunteered to be considered as a nucelar waste storage site.
Nuclear Fusion

Japanese Mayor’s House Firebombed to Protest Nuclear Power

By Dan Robitzski

Another earthquake hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Saturday, further complicating the effort to manage and decommission it.
Energy

Another Earthquake Nails the Crumbling Fukushima Power Plant

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese officials granted final approval to bring one of the nuclear reactors damaged by a 2011 tsunami and earthquake back online.
Nuclear Fusion

Japan Is Bringing One of Its Tsunami-Damaged Nuclear Reactors Back Online

By Dan Robitzski