TOKYO—The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began its third release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea Thursday after Japanese officials said the two earlier releases ended smoothly. The plant operator discharged 7,800 tons of treated water in each of the first two batches and plans to release the same amount in […]
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded that Japan’s plans to release radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean are consistent with international safety standards. In a report published on July 4 (pdf), the IAEA, a United Nations body, said that the findings followed a comprehensive assessment and safety review of […]
Australian authorities have found and secured a radioactive capsule missing in the outback of Western Australia (WA) after a frantic one-week hunt. The capsule, which is filled with Caesium-147 which emits radiation equal to 10 X-rays per hour, was located two meters off the Great Northern Highway near Newman on Wednesday morning local time. “I do want […]
Japan and China are accusing each other of using the Pacific Ocean as a sewer. This comes in light of Japan’s recent decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea. But an official document shows China may actually have released more radioactive water than Japan.
Florida Gov. declared a state of emergency and officials evacuated residents near a phosphate processing plant as officials warned that a pond filled with toxic wastewater could collapse
Two at-risk nuclear power plants located directly in Hurricane Florence’s path of destruction are among the sixteen plants in Virginia and the Carolinas that are bracing for impact. “The time to prepare is almost over,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told a morning news conference on Sept. 12. “Disaster is at the doorstep and it’s coming […]
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP)—A hole that was discovered this week on top of a nuclear waste storage tunnel has been plugged with dirt, ending an emergency situation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said Thursday. The hole was discovered Tuesday at the former nuclear weapons production complex, prompting the evacuation of […]
A tunnel storing radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state collapsed on May 9 but no one was endangered. Workers were ordered to immediately seek shelter as a safety precaution, but no radiation was released and no one was injured. “Our fundamental concern is employee safety,” said Hanford Emergency Center spokesman Destry […]
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP)—The collapse of an underground tunnel containing radioactive waste that forced workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to shelter in place is the latest incident to raise safety concerns at the sprawling site that made plutonium for nuclear bombs for decades after World War II. Officials detected no release of radiation Tuesday and […]
Towns set to reopen six years after the Fukushima nuclear crisis hire hunters to kill wild boars seen roaming vacant neighborhoods, having moved in after residents fled. The ongoing scourge of Japan’s Fukushima meltdown—radiation—is now roaming the disaster-hit area on four legs. Hundreds of radioactive wild boars moved into towns deserted after the nuclear crisis. […]
