Japan local authorities approves restart of world's biggest nuclear plantJapanese local authorities approved Friday the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant, a key step in the process to get it back onlin...
21 Nov, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuated after Russia's massive earthquake; Shinkansen bullet train lines not affected by tsunami warningFollowing a powerful earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi plant as a precaution, halting ope...
30 Jul, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
Slightly radioactive Fukushima soil used at Japanese prime minister's office to prove safetyDecontaminated soil from Fukushima was delivered to the Japanese Prime Minister's office in Tokyo for reuse, aiming to demonstrate its safe...
19 Jul, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
A robot has begun a 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plantAn extendable robot has started a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from one of the damaged reactors at F...
10 Sep, 2024, 03.25 PM IST
Fukushima: Why is Japan releasing water and is it safe?Japan has begun the process of pumping over a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power pla...
24 Aug, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan, tsunami alert issuedThe region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago that also caused nuclear plant melt...
17 Mar, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Powerful quake off north Japan kills four, more than 90 injuredThe Japan Meteorological Agency early Thursday lifted its low-risk advisory for a tsunami along the coasts of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectu...
17 Mar, 2022, 01.19 PM IST
Thirty one countries including India produce nuclear power, France tops at 73%A comparison with previous years shows that there is a significant decline in the share of nuclear power in Japan and Germany.
13 Apr, 2015, 11.52 AM IST
- No re-look in nuclear policy post Fukushima disaster last year: India
India is not re-looking into the policy related to nuclear power after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan in March last year
09 Aug, 2012, 06.30 PM IST
- Fukushima probe highlights laxness by regulator
Report says nuclear regulator provided little assistance to TEPCO staff struggling to gain control over melting reactors.
27 Dec, 2011, 04.58 AM IST
- Government to tighten laws for nuclear plant operations
Govt is set to tighten laws and regulations related to nuclear power plants, obliging operators of existing reactors to comply with the lat...
19 Dec, 2011, 02.26 PM IST
- India, China to see growth in nuke energy sector: IAEA
IAEA feels that the "continuous and significant growth" in the global atomic sector would largely be driven by countries like India and Chi...
20 Sep, 2011, 04.23 PM IST
- NSRC proposes 'back-up' measures to enhance nuclear safety
The NSRC has proposed setting up an emergency facility at each of the nuclear reactor sites as one of the measures.
04 Sep, 2011, 09.19 PM IST
- Fukushima N-plant hit by giant waves as high as 48 feet
A wall of water that slammed into Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the massive tsunami on March 11 was as high as 48 feet higher th...
10 Apr, 2011, 12.44 PM IST
- Japan hit by 7.1 aftershock; no nuclear damage seen
A magnitude-7.1 aftershock, one of the strongest since the devastating earthquake of March 11, struck Japan on Thursday.
08 Apr, 2011, 02.21 AM IST
- US asks its citizens to defer any travel to Japan
"The State Department strongly urges US citizens to defer travel to Japan at this time and those in Japan should consider departing," State...
19 Mar, 2011, 11.04 AM IST
- 180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies
Operators have been dumping seawater into units 1 and 3 in a last-ditch measure to cool the reactors.
14 Mar, 2011, 07.27 AM IST