Besides these reactors being very old and therefore far less safe than when originally built, the legacy technology itself is even more dated and dangerous. Japan ...

TASS/. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the operator of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of a radioactive water leak, the agency ...

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd., the operator of the facility ... followed by a string of problems. A water leak was reported at a storage pool for spent nuclear fuel in 2001. Rainwater was found leaking ...

DUBAI--Japan joined a U.S.-led declaration to triple the world’s nuclear energy capacity by 2050 from 2020 levels to realize net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Twenty-two countries, including ...

For Japan, that creates a conundrum. It has to balance peace ... with protection. A working model of a nuclear shelter has been built in the city of Tsukuba, two hours' drive from Tokyo.

TOKYO - A Japanese utility has started dismantling an old nuclear reactor with an eye towards building a new one, a spokesman said on March 18, as the country drives for more clean energy.

After the 2011 meltdown at Tokyo Electric Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Japanese government established exports of nuclear power technology as one of the key pillars of its ...

Its launch on Thursday also meets Japan's maritime defence needs with its ability to conduct stealth operations in tight ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed the ... This could transform the management of nuclear waste and address the growing need for efficient energy storage capabilities.

The country's case is even more poignant, as it held the third-largest nuclear arsenal when the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union broke up. Newly independent, Ukraine joined the Treaty on the ...

The debate had also followed the devastating nuclear leak in Fukushima following a tsunami off Japan’s coast. Also read: Government plans to amend nuclear liability law in spotlight “The ...