Fukushima Facility

• 

  Fukushima Nuclear Plant Worker Detects High Radiation Levels In Nasal Passage

  This serves as a reminder of the risks associated with the ongoing cleanup efforts at the facility, which was severely damaged in 2011.

• 

  6 Youth Sue Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant Over Thyroid Cancer Claims

  Six young people sued the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday over claims they developed thyroid cancer due to exposure to radiation after the facility's meltdown.

• 

  Japan Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Construction Of Nuclear Plant

  A court in northern Japan on Monday rejected a lawsuit to halt construction of a nuclear plant, said the company building the facility, Electric Power Development Co (J-Power).

• Japan Nuclear Plant Gets Safety Clearance, Shinzo Abe Hopes for Restarts

  A nuclear plant in southern Japan cleared an initial safety hurdle on Wednesday which could make it the first nuclear facility to restart under tough new safety regulations after the industry was idled by the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

• South Korea's Asiana Airlines to cancel Fukushima flights

  South Korea's second-largest carrier Asiana Airlines said Wednesday it was cancelling charter flights to Fukushima in Japan from October due to radiation fears from the crippled nuclear plant there.

• NDTV visits quake-hit American nuclear plant

  America has the world's largest number of operating nuclear reactors and they are some of the most guarded industrial facilities in USA. In a first of its kind access, NDTV was permitted to visit the twin reactors at North Anna, some 140 kilometres south of Washington, DC. This plant was hit by a massive earthquake six months after the Fukushima ac...

• More radioactive water leaks at Japanese plant

  At least 45 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from a purification facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, and some of it may have reached the Pacific Ocean, the plant's operator said Sunday.

• IAEA says Japan underestimated tsunami threat

  An International Atomic Energy Agency team says Japan's nuclear authorities underestimated the possibility of a massive tsunami hitting the Dai-ichi power plant but praised the overall response.The preliminary report submitted Wednesday said Japan's response was exemplary. However, it added that the tsunami hazard for several nuclear sites was unde...