It’s getting hotter — and more expensive to stay cool — in the island nation. Will it become the first in Southeast Asia to ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

Much has certainly been said about the Fukushima nuclear meltdown that occurred nearly 12 years ago, triggered by the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan. Today, the exclusion zone set up ...

Researchers collected soil and ash after the 2020 wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Chemical tests suggested that the fires made it easier for contaminants to wash into nearby rivers.

If you’re curious as to how and why cows, nuclear reactors, tricycles, peperami, and old people doing yoga all fit into one ...

These include two accidents classified as ‘major’, Chernobyl and Fukushima, and eight others classified ... domestic stock and marine life; exclusion zones around the nuclear power plant that could be ...

As of the end of December, about 14 million cubic meters of such soil had been transported to an interim storage facility.

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Wednesday it will start dismantling treated water tanks next week to clear space needed to store nuclear fuel debris to be extracted from ...

ODAKA, Japan >> Every year when winter finally loosens its grip on northern Japan, Tomoko Kobayashi begins what has become an annual rite for her and a small band of collaborators. They head out with ...

This was in response to Tokyo’s decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tokyo plans to release 1.32 million metric tonnes of ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Audio produced by ...