One of Japan’s most active volcanoes, Sakurajima, ended months of silence upon erupting last Friday evening, sending a steady stream of lava down its slope. The blast took place just 50 km from the Sendai nuclear station, which is home to the first reactors to be restarted since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Videos of the […]

The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster demonstrated that the risks attached to nuclear energy outweigh the benefits. Nevertheless, this hasn’t stopped the nuclear industry from prevailing. The U.S. Government is providing the Department of Energy $80 million to fund two advanced reactor programs, which they hope will spur new nuclear power technologies. The grant is split […]

Researchers discovered genetic mutations in three generations of butterflies near Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi site, less than a year after a tsunami destroyed the power plant. These mutations appeared to have spread rapidly through subsequent generations of butterflies. Since the study, little has been reported on how radiation spewing from the power plant has reshaped […]

A massive ongoing gas leak in southern California is being compared to the 2011 Fukushima disaster. A recently declassified US government report found that the Fukushima catastrophe was far worse than had been originally reported, prompting many to wonder how severe the California gas leak really is. Methane, a greenhouse gas 70 times stronger than […]

The U.S. Energy Department has stalled a construction project for a complex waste treatment plant at the radioactive, contaminated Hanford site in Washington state by 17 years. The nuclear bomb waste won’t be processed until 2039.(1) Hanford, Washington has long been recognized as the most contaminated nuclear waste site in the U.S. Approximately 60 percent […]

The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe demonstrated that the risks attached to nuclear power far outweigh the benefits. As a result, many Japanese citizens are now in favor of using alternative forms of energy. In an ironic twist of fate, the Japanese government has now decided to subsidize offshore wind power to aid the Fukushima recovery. The […]

Decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has been paved by more steps moving backwards than forwards. Now, it has been discovered that the total amount of groundwater tainted by radiation has increased, despite cleanup efforts. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the company in charge of the Fukushima power plant, had originally planned to reduce […]

Last December, scientists detected the highest levels of radiation from the Fukushima disaster taken to date, off the coast of California. Now, researchers have released the results of a new study on just how long it took those radioactive particles to plague American shores. According to the report of Canadian researchers in the Proceeding of the […]

The United States and allies will determine in weeks to come whether North Korea conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, as they claim. If true, it marks a milestone for the reclusive regime, and presents a major challenge to leaders worldwide about what to do about it. “They have pretty much surrounded North Korea” with […]

The Japanese Environment Ministry plans to unveil a proposal about how to dispose of radioactive designated waste at the Fukushima power plant, which was severely crippled by a tsunami in 2011. The government’s plan involves using the Fukushima Eco-tech Clean Center, a private disposal plant in the town of Tomioka, to bury a portion of […]