Radioactive leaks top priority at Fukushima: nuclear watchdog

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 00:04

Contaminated water remains the greatest challenge at Japan`s Fukushima nuclear plant after the 2011 meltdown, the worst atomic disaster in a generation, the UN`s nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday.

Japan Mayor offers Fukushima kids home in his town

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 15:02

A generation ago, Dr. Akira Sugenoya performed lifesaving cancer surgery on more than 100 children after the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe. Today, as mayor of a central Japanese city, he`s trying to avoid a repeat of his own history.

Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 14:42

The utility, Tokyo Electric Power Co, also known as Tepco, has been battling to contain radioactive water at the nuclear complex.

Fukushima radiation levels soar to record high in aftermath of Typhoon Wipha

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 15:40

Japan`s Tokyo Electric Power Co. has detected the highest level of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances yet at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in the aftermath of Typhoon Wipha.

New leak detected at Fukushima N-plant

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 20:02

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said Thursday that it had found another leak at the site and that levels of radioactivity near a ditch had spiked.

Japan typhoon toll reaches 17; no new disaster at Fukushima

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 08:39

In a major relief to the Japanese authorities, a typhoon caused no new disaster as it brushed by the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power station.

Typhoon threatens Japan; precautions at Fukushima nuclear plant

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 13:39

A once-in-a-decade typhoon threatened Japan on Tuesday, disrupting travel and shipping and forcing precautions to be taken at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Japan, IAEA to monitor radioactivity off Fukushima

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 20:19

The head of the UN nuclear agency urged Japan on Thursday to work harder to address international concerns about leaks of contaminated water at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and said his agency will jointly monitor radiation levels in the nearby ocean.

Fukushima leak contaminates six people with radioactive water

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 20:01

Six workers were drenched in a leak at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Wednesday after a pipe was leaked by mistake.

No sperm impact for bulls from Fukushima radiation: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 15:13

The testes and sperm count of bulls abandoned in the evacuation zone around the battered Fukushima nuclear plant were not affected by chronic exposure to radiation, a Japanese academic study has found.

Japan nuclear regulator berates Fukushima operator

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 16:26

Japan`s atomic watchdog summoned the boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday for a public dressing-down over sloppy standards at the crippled nuclear plant, as yet another problem with contaminated water emerged.

UN atomic agency to visit Fukushima

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 14:32

The UN atomic agency said on Friday it is sending a team from October 14-21 to review Japan`s progress cleaning up areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.