Int’l Nuclear Disaster Level May Increase For Fukushima

Regulators have acknowledged that the crisis is worsening amid a constant flow of bad news at the crippled nuclear plant.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

In the most serious action since the nuclear plant was first damaged in 2011, Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority is on the verge of raising the international alarm — and the official threat level — over the spiraling crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. By elevating the severity status from level 1 to level 3 on the eight-level International

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Experts: Japan’s Fukushima Risks An Even Worse Nuclear Catastrophe

A risky plan to remove fuel rods from a damaged reactor building could unleash an “unprecedented” level of radiation if things go wrong.

Jacob Chamberlain
By Jacob Chamberlain

Threatening to trigger a new — and possibly more devastating — nuclear disaster than the original or ongoing one at the Fukishima plant in Japan, a risky plan to remove fuel rods from a damaged reactor building could unleash an "unprecedented" level of radiation, according to experts, if things go wrong. According to reporting by Reuters, the

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Radioactive Leaks Into Ocean At Fukushima Deemed An ‘Emergency’

Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority is urging the Fukushima nuclear plant to acknowledge and halt radioactive water leaks into the ocean.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

As Japan commemorates the 68th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing through peaceful demonstrations in favor of nuclear weapon elimination, the country’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority is urging the Fukushima nuclear plant to acknowledge and halt radioactive water leaks into the ocean, now citing the scenario as an “emergency.” “We’re

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Radioactive Water Leaking From Fukushima Into Pacific Ocean, TEPCO Says

The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant has admitted for the first time that radioactive groundwater has leaked out into the Pacific Ocean.

Freya Petersen
By Freya Petersen

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), on Monday admitted that radioactive groundwater had leaked out to Pacific Ocean, fueling fears of contamination. Earlier this month TEPCO said groundwater samples taken at the Fukushima showed levels of possibly cancer-causing caesium-134

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Russia’s Floating Nuclear Plant Proposal Raises Safety Concerns

Considering the tsunami-spawned Fukushima disaster, the idea of a floating nuclear plant doesn’t sit well with everyone.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

By 2016, Russian waters will welcome a new type of watercraft, one that will serve not as a transportation vessel but as a nuclear power plant, representing a new danger in an era of nuclear malfunctions. The floating nuclear facility has been in the works for quite some time. After a delay in operation from 2012 to 2016, United Industrial

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