nuclear disaster

1.3 Million Tons of Nuclear Wastewater Being Dumped Into Ocean | Facts Matter

Unbeknownst to most people, Japan is currently in the process of releasing about a million tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. For the past 12 years, Japan has ...

August 15, 2023BY Roman Balmakov
5 Japanese Residents Speak of ‘Recovery of People’s Hearts’ 10 Years After Quake

Ten years after Japan's earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, the lives of many who survived are still on ...

March 18, 2021BY The Associated Press
‘At-Risk’ Nuclear Power Plants on Path of Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Florence

Two at-risk nuclear power plants located directly in Hurricane Florence’s path of destruction are among the sixteen plants ...

September 13, 2018BY Tom Ozimek
Spent Nuclear Fuel Fire on US Soil Could Be Worse Than Fukushima

An accidental fire from spend fuel at a U.S. nuclear power plant could dwarf the Fukushima disaster, according ...

May 25, 2016BY Jonathan Zhou
28 Signs the West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From Fukushima

The map above comes from the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center. It shows that radiation levels at radiation monitoring ...

May 18, 2016BY Michael T. Synder
Photos: 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

The worst nuclear catastrophe the world has ever seen marks its 30th anniversary this year. On April 26, 1986, ...

April 26, 2016BY Giuliana Manca
3 Ex-TEPCO Execs to Face Criminal Charges in Nuclear Crisis

A Japanese judicial committee has decided that three former utility executives should face criminal charges and stand trial ...

July 31, 2015BY The Associated Press
The Fourth Winter of Fukushima

"No, nothing. I have nothing planned for New Year's. Nothing at all. No one is coming." A shy, ...

January 5, 2015BY Alexis Dudden