The UN nuclear watchdog chief will visit storage facilities for vast quantities of soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima ...

The UN nuclear watchdog chief visited Japan's stricken Fukushima plant on Wednesday, the day after Tokyo approved an energy ...

as the country prepares to restart its nuclear power plants closed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. As well as visiting nuclear and remediation facilities, Rafael Mariano Grossi also met ...

The suspension of Japan's nuclear fleet after the Fukushima accident significantly increased dependence on natural gas, oil, and coal imports to make up for lost domestic nuclear generation.

Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 still threatens the small village of Tsushima.Credit... Supported by By Martin Fackler Photographs and Video by Noriko Hayashi Reporting from ...

Rafael Grossi to assess contaminated soil removed after 2011 nuclear disaster as Japan grapples with disposal plan ...

will visit Fukushima this week to inspect vast storage sites holding soil contaminated by the 2011 nuclear disaster. The Japanese government is yet to finalise a disposal plan for the 13 million ...

The UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Japan ... facilities for vast quantities of soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. It is the fifth official visit to the country by Rafael ...

is monitoring Japan's efforts to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi plant after a 2011 earthquake-triggered tsunami killed 18,000 people and set off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

It comes as the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster from 14 years ago continues to hang over the country, conjuring painful memories. In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake near Japan's north-east ...