World & Nation
Japan says treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant will be released into the ocean as early as Thursday.
Aug. 22, 2023
The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant is releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean, prompting China to ban seafood from Japan.
Aug. 24, 2023
South Korean lawmakers criticized the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog head for its OK of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the nuclear power plant.
July 9, 2023
California
The Central California plant has become a main focus of the ongoing debate over California’s energy future.
Aug. 26, 2024
Fukushima was hoping the Olympics would make people forget the 2011 nuclear disaster. But the best surfers in the world will not be riding the waves along the region’s coast.
June 24, 2021
Climate & Environment
The plant supplies 6% of California’s power, yet critics charge the facility is too expensive and too dangerous to continue operating.
Aug. 27, 2024
The family behind Koda Farms, the creator of beloved rice strains such as Kokuho Rose and Sho-Chiku-Bai, will end rice production after nearly 100 years.
Aug. 23, 2024
Fishermen and neighbors oppose Japan’s plan to start releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean in two years.
April 13, 2021
The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant began removing fuel Monday from a cooling pool at one of three reactors that melted down in the 2011 disaster, a milestone in what will be a decades-long process to decommission the facility.
April 15, 2019
Thousands in northern Japan are ordered to evacuate because of risks of flooding and mudslides from Typhoon Ampil approaching in the Pacific Ocean.
Aug. 16, 2024