Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, ...

This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.

Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was destroyed, creating deep fears of radiation that linger today. As the nation observes the ...

A robot tasked with navigating the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has successfully retrieved a small sample of melted nuclear fuel, marking a crucial step in Japan's journey ...

This was in response to Tokyo’s decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tokyo plans to release 1.32 million metric tonnes of ...

SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Many rare and threatened species are thriving in swamps and rice paddies in coastal areas of Fukushima Prefecture, raising hopes in the agricultural industry for an end ...

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 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A device to remove debris from a reactor at the damaged Fukushima Nuclear power plant demonstrates to pinch ...

The Pacific Ocean looks over the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it ...

No new date for a restart was given. The reactor is one of three at the Onagawa plant, which is 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Fukushima Daiichi plant where three reactors melted following ...