Rappler's latest stories on nuclear disaster
Japan's new environment minister wants to scrap nuclear power
The comments from Shinjiro Koizumi, a rising political star and son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, are his first on the controversial issue since he was named in a cabinet reshuffle
Going home to Chernobyl ghost town 32 years on
All the inhabitants of Pripyat, a town of nearly 50,000 built just two kilometers from the plant to house its employees, were evacuated the day after the world's worst nuclear disaster
Japan government not responsible for Fukushima – court
A district court in Chiba says the government 'was able to foresee' but 'may not have been able to avoid the accident' caused by the tsunami that smashed into the Fukushima Daiichi power plant
Pacific Ocean radiation back near normal after Fukushima – study
Radiation levels in the Pacific were rapidly returning to normal after being tens of millions of times higher than usual following the disaster
30 years on, Ukraine remembers Chernobyl catastrophe
There was crying and screaming says a resident as she recalls the day the world s worst nuclear accident occurred
Defying radiation, elderly residents cling on in Chernobyl
158 people still live in the exclusion zone in Chernobyl Ukraine – site of the world s worst nuclear accident
Japan's only working nuclear reactors can stay online
A court rules that the No 1 and No 2 reactors at the Sendai power plant should be allowed to stay online
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Former TEPCO bosses indicted over Fukushima disaster
If convicted they face up to 5 years in prison or a penalty of up to one million yen 8 850
Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster
Ukrainians marks 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster laying wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed
3 things you can do on Earth Day and beyond
If people nature and the economy can all coexist harmoniously towards sustainable development then humanity will have a chance to survive on Earth
Japan marks 4th anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster
UPDATED The 2011 Tohoku disaster swept away thousands of people and sparked a nuclear crisis a tragedy that has left visible scars on the landscape and continues to wreak misery for many
4 years on, Japan's tsunami victims frozen in their tragedy
Four years after the tsunami thousands of people are unable to turn the page on the horror For them grief is frozen in time because they cannot find the bodies they need to mourn
Deserted Fukushima town to remove pro-nuclear signs
Deserted Futaba town which plays host to the crippled Fukushima Dai ichi nuclear power plant is set to earmark cash to remove huge signboards erected in 1988 and 1991
N. Korea warns of nuclear disaster, threatens US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the Korean peninsula would be engulfed by massive nuclear disaster if war breaks out there again warning the US it will not be safe in the event of a conflict
Fukushima plant readies for dangerous fuel rod removal
Experts say the operation is a tricky but essential step in the decades long decommissioning process after the worst atomic accident in a generation
Groundwater radiation spikes at crippled Fukushima
TEPCO said water samples contained 400 000 becquerels per liter of beta ray emitting substances the highest since March 2011
6 Fukushima workers doused with radioactive water
The fluid splashed onto the men when they accidentaly removed a pipe connected to the system
Fukushima 'unprecedented challenge': new Japan PM
The massive work toward decommissioning is an unprecedented challenge in human history the newly elected Shinzo Abe said Success in the decommissioning will lead to the reconstruction of Fukushima and Japan
Fukushima kids fatter as radiation fears cut exercise
Children in Fukushima are getting fatter as outdoor activities have been cut in the area due to radiation fears after last year s nuclear disaster
