Fukushima

Blair thinktank criticises ‘unfounded’ nuclear fears after Chornobyl

Tony Blair Institute says global carbon emissions would be 6% lower if not for ‘inaccurate narrative’ over 1986 disaster

Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

02, Dec, 2024 @5:00 AM

Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site

Plant’s owners hope analysis of tiny sample will help to establish how to safely decommission facility

Kevin Rawlinson and agency

02, Nov, 2024 @3:23 PM

The Last of the Sea Women review – female Korean divers as picturesque eco-feminist tradition

Sue Kim’s film about South Korea’s underwater fishers has everything from nuclear pollution to sexism to cover, but sticks to bland reportage

Peter Bradshaw

09, Oct, 2024 @6:00 AM

Fusion power might be 30 years away but we will reap its benefits well before

Discoveries made in pursuit of nuclear fusion have potentially huge practical applications in everything from curing cancer to superior batteries for EVs

Stuart Clark

11, Aug, 2024 @5:00 AM

China drastically cuts seafood imports from Japan in wake of Fukushima water release

Imports fell by 67% in August from the same month a year earlier, to about ¥3bn ($20.2m)

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

25, Sep, 2023 @5:46 AM

State-backed disinformation fuelling anger in China over Fukushima water

Reports of abusive behaviour towards Japanese citizens in China in response to wastewater release at nuclear site

Helen Davidson in Taipei

04, Sep, 2023 @11:23 AM

Businesses in Japan receive abusive calls from China after Fukushima water release

Companies across Japan reported so many calls from Chinese speakers that they had difficulty operating

Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

28, Aug, 2023 @6:55 AM

Fukushima: China accused of hypocrisy over its own release of wastewater from nuclear plants

Plant in China releases water with higher amounts of tritium, scientist says, calling into question seafood ban imposed on Japan

Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent and Justin McCurry in Tokyo

25, Aug, 2023 @8:21 AM

‘They won’t buy it’: fish traders anxious after Fukushima wastewater release

The release of water from the Japanese nuclear plant has already caused the price of produce from surrounding coastal areas to drop

Justin McCurry in Fukushima

24, Aug, 2023 @1:52 PM

China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release

Water containing radioactive tritium being pumped into Pacific via tunnel from Tepco plant, amid protests from China, South Korea and fishing communities

Justin McCurry in Fukushima and Helen Davidson in Taipei

24, Aug, 2023 @7:57 AM

Wednesday briefing: Fukushima nuclear plant is set to flush tonnes of water into the sea – but is it safe?

In today’s newsletter: Japan’s decision to release radioactive water from the tsunami-hit power plant has divided groups – is it entirely safe or staggeringly stupid?

Helen Pidd

23, Aug, 2023 @5:45 AM

Fukushima: wastewater from ruined nuclear plant to be released from Thursday, Japan says

Release plans approved by UN nuclear authority have caused outcry in China and concern for the reputation of Japan’s seafood