nuclear accidents and safety

Swedes were once vehemently opposed to nuclear power, but the tide has changed, as is evident in public disinterest concerning Sweden’s nuclear waste disposal problems.

TEPCO, the Japanese utility in charge of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant that melted down last year, admitted on Friday that the disaster could have been averted. So why did it fail to act accordingly? Fear.

A review of nuclear power plants across Europe by the European Commission recommended improving safety features on nearly 145 reactors.

Netizens report that guards are restricting access to the disaster area because of the presence of an underground nuclear research facility.

Japan has a ways to go to prevent another perfect storm like the one that lead to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011.

The disaster that has befallen Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was man-made, with both the plant’s operator and the government at fault, a new parliamentary report has said.

The U.N.’s health agency released a report stating increased radiation levels caused by the compromised Fukushima Daiichi power plant are not as harmful as previously thought.

What catastrophic disaster in the Soviet Union occurred April 26, 1986?

A year after the catastrophic meltdown of the Fukishima nuclear reactors in Japan, the U.S. Senate is questioning the level of safety in the nuclear industry in the United States, raising concerns that recommendations made to the nation’s nuclear industry post-Fukishima are not happening fast enough.

Sunday marks one year since disaster struck in Japan—the mega earthquake and giant tsunami that crippled the still-ailing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.