Visions of Chernobyl 25 Years Later
Highlights of anniversary coverage of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
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Two recent disasters — the tsunami at Fukushima and Hurricane Sandy — show that shoreline infrastructure can easily result in extensive ocean pollution. With sea levels rising rapidly, this problem could quickly become significantly greater.
Highlights of anniversary coverage of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Japanese regulators want to know who bought a 10% stake in the Fukushima operator
The devices are made by the U.S. company that produced the Roomba
Secretary of State Clinton also pledges U.S. support
They describe the area around the plant as a "post-apocalyptic landscape"
TEPCO will compensate each household, but leaves out small businesses in this package
How scientists classify nuclear disasters and whether Japan's is getting worse
Disaster may be raised to the highest rating of the International Nuclear Event Scale
Mourners rattled, Fukushima power flickers
Thursday night's 7.1 quake didn't worsen conditions at the crippled Fukushima plant
Details are sketchy but it appears the the leak at Fukushima has been plugged
A brief refresher course on what not to eat
Radiation millions times the legal limit has been found in seawater near Fukushima
Fukushima officials want to release 11,500 tons of radioactive water into the ocean
Radiation found in seawater 25 miles away from plant
The workers, it turns out, aren't talking because they've been asked not to
TEPCO's own engineer found 10 percent chance of tsunami disaster in 2007 paper
Even company officials are apparently "vague" about whether they've seen their CEO
Putting the Fukushima leak in perspective
A French fashion magazine promotes an "artistic video symbolizing nuclear panic"
The Wall Street Journal publishes a revealing exchange between colleagues
Water at Fukushima is 100,000 times more radioactive than normal
The two workers were burned by highly radioactive water
How will Fukushima workers fare? Hard to tell, based on past examples
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released the first photos of workers inside the plant
Today's notable news updates about the Japanese earthquake aftermath
It's an alternative to potassium iodide pills that have already sold out
A new Pew Research survey finds public opinion turning, but only slightly
Meanwhile, plumes of black smoke were seen rising from Japan's crippled nuclear plant
Workers face major obstacles to containing the radiation
She writes, "We carried on ... with the realisation that this could be certain death"
Military trucks and helicopters are dousing the plant with water to cool exposed fuel rods
The latest reports from the Fukushima plant indicate that the situation is worsening
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