Earthquake
Viewpoint: Japan plant - who is in charge?
April 05, 2011As Japan works to recover from its greatest natural disaster in modern times, attention remains focused on the evolving situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Despite efforts by Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco) engineers...
Tepco shares plunge to record low on radiation crisis
April 05, 2011Shares in Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) have plunged to a record low as investors worry that the company will have to pay out billions of dollars in compensation. Tepco shares fell 18% on Tuesday to close at 362 yen. Asia's biggest power company...
Japan earthquake: Radiation tests in Fukushima schools
April 05, 2011Officials in the Fukushima region of Japan have started an emergency programme to measure radiation levels in school playgrounds. More than 1,400 schools and nurseries will be tested over two days amid anxiety among parents over leaks at the Fukushima...
Race at Japan plant to identify path of radiation leak
April 04, 2011Workers at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant are using dye to try to trace the route of highly radioactive water flowing from a reactor into the sea. The source of the leak was identified at the weekend as a 20cm (8in) crack in a concrete pit at reactor...
Japan nuclear crisis: Pressure to widen evacuation zone
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March 31, 2011UN nuclear monitors have advised Japan to consider expanding the evacuation zone around the stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. An exclusion zone with a radius of 20km (12 miles) is currently in place but the UN says safe radiation limits...
Japan to scrap stricken nuclear reactors
March 30, 2011Japan is to decommission four stricken reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator says. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) made the announcement three weeks after failing to bring reactors 1 - 4 under control. Locals would be consulted...
Radiation leak found outside Japan nuclear reactor
March 29, 2011Highly radioactive water has been found for the first time outside one of the reactor buildings at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, officials say. The leak in a tunnel linked to the No 2 reactor has raised fears of radioactive liquid seeping...
Japan nuclear: PM Naoto Kan signals 'maximum alert'
March 29, 2011Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said his government is in a state of maximum alert over the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Plutonium has been detected in soil at the facility and highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor building. ...
Japan investigation into nuclear plant radiation leak
March 25, 2011The Japanese government says an investigation is under way to establish the source of the radiation leak at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, which left two workers in hospital. The plant's operator says dangerously high radiation levels recorded...
Northern Japan: Resilient despite disaster
March 22, 2011I grew up in northern Japan, and in the 15 years I lived there, earthquakes were a part of everyday life. We had earthquake drills all the time; and we also had the real thing, regular tremors of varying strength and impact. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake...