National Aug 26, 2013
More Fukushima evacuees to sue Tepco, government
More people forced to flee by the meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant are preparing to Tokyo Electric and its manager — the government — their lawyers say.
Editorial Aug 24, 2013
Strong oversight of Tepco needed
The discovery that about 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from a tank at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant reminds us how far the nuclear crisis is from ending.
National Aug 7, 2013
Tepco needs public cash to dig deep wall
The public must fund Tepco's effort to freeze the soil around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 reactors to prevent more groundwater from becoming radioactive, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says.
Japan-related Jul 26, 2013
Time to take over Daiichi?
by Christopher Hobson
Rather than rely on Tepco and a bare bones staff of regulators, it's time that the Japanese government consider taking control of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
National Jul 7, 2013
Tritium soaring in water at No. 1 plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday that 600,000 becquerels per liter of tritium has been detected in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. It’s the first time such a high level of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen, has been measured in ...
National Jul 1, 2013
Cement truck skips decon for trip to Naraha
An excessively radioactive cement truck on Saturday ignored a decontamination order at the Fukushima No. 1 plant and drove to the town of Naraha, the company said. The driver neglected the decontamination order and left the premises at around 1:25 p.m. despite knowing its ...
National Jun 18, 2013
NRA denies 3/11 quake damaged condenser pipes at Fukushima No. 1
The Nuclear Regulation Authority denied Monday that the Great East Japan Earthquake damaged piping related to critical cooling equipment in the building housing reactor 1 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant before the tsunami hit. The NRA made the assertion after inspecting the ...
Editorial May 13, 2013
Renewable energy policy
The nuclear power plant problems at Fukushima remind us that one potentially positive effect of the Tohoku disaster was a rethink of Japan's energy policy.
National Apr 10, 2013
Stop using reservoirs at Fukushima: Motegi
Tepco must stop using sunken reservoirs to store radioactive water accumulating at the Fukushima No. 1 plant once it has enough storage tanks, the industry minister warns.
National Apr 9, 2013
Fukushima springs new cistern leak
Tepco halts the transfer of radioactive seawater from one leaking sunken reservoir to another at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex after a new cistern leak is found.