Fukushima residents call for criminal charges against nuclear officials

ShareThis Fukushima residents call for criminal charges against nuclear officials 11 Jun 2012 The executives of the Japanese utility that owns the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and a number of the country’s government officials should go to jail, according to a complaint filed by more than 1,000 local residents on Monday. A total of [...]

Japan Nuclear Operator Conducts Check on Risky Unit

ShareThis Japan Nuclear Operator Conducts Check on Risky Unit 25 May 2012 The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant said it took extra steps this week to check the soundness of one of its riskiest reactor buildings, in response to growing public unease over the possibility of further accidents at the facility. The [...]

Fukushima Reactor 4 poses massive global risk

ShareThis Fukushima Reactor 4 poses massive global risk 19 May 2012 The troubled Reactor 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is at the centre of a potential catastrophe. Reactor 4 — and to a lesser extent Reactor 3 — still hold large quantities of cooling waters surrounding spent nuclear fuel, all bound by a [...]

TEPCO says it ‘no longer owns’ Fukushima fallout

ShareThis TEPCO says it ‘no longer owns’ Fukushima fallout 27 Dec 2011 In terms of sheer chutzpah, Tokyo Electric Power Co’s claim that it no longer owns the radioactive isotopes that spewed out of its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March takes some beating. In defending a lawsuit from a Fukushima Prefecture golf club, lawyers [...]