Fukushima Update #33 Looking Inside the Reactors
The decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi poses an unprecedented challenge for engineers. They cannot approach the damage...
read moreFukushima Update #32 “Echoes Of The Tragedy: Children”
This report examines the rise of child obesity in Fukushima prefecture and its links to the nuclear accident through the...
read moreFukushima Update #31 “Viable Nuclear Energy Alternatives?”
The Japanese government passed a new energy policy that keeps nuclear energy as a main source. It also supports the deve...
read moreFukushima Update #30“Riding out the storm”
This edition takes us to the coast of Fukushima, to see how the local fishing industry is coping three years after the n...
read moreFukushima Update #29“Preparing for the worst”
Local authorities across Japan are racing to prepare for possible emergencies before the government authorizes the resta...
read moreFukushima Update #28 “Land of no Tomorrow”
The Japanese government is pushing forward with a plan to a build a massive storage facility for radioactive waste in Fu...
read moreFukushima Update #27 “Evacuation preparedness under the spotlight”
Authorities are moving closer to approving the restart of a nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. This week's special fea...
read moreFukushima Update #26Ongoing struggle at Fukushima
Three years after the nuclear disaster, contaminated water poses a continuing problem for TEPCO as they try to move forw...
read moreFukushima Update #25 Inside the control room
Three years ago, engineers at Fukushima Daiichi faced extremely difficult conditions as they tried to prevent a series o...
read moreFukushima Update #24 “Ruling party split over energy policy”
Despite the Japanese government’s openly pro-nuclear stance, a group of lawmakers within the Liberal Democratic Party wa...
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