Sixteen months after the nuclear disaster in Japan, electricity generation from nuclear power worldwide has reached record levels, with a reactor construction boom likely to push those levels steadily ...

Japan wants to boost nuclear power generation to slash its reliance on imported fossil fuels. But the public is torn between energy needs and security risks.

Fifteen years ago, Fukushima, Japan, was home to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Today, some places in the region look just as they did in the immediate aftermath of that fateful Friday ...

Fourteen years after one of the most powerful earthquakes in history struck Japan, the aftermath is still visible in Fukushima. The earthquake triggered a towering tsunami that led to the Fukushima ...

TOKYO—Two Japanese power companies said Tuesday that they will scrap three older nuclear reactors, the first moves in Japan to permanently shut down reactors after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Idaho State University students presented their Emergency Management Case Studies Symposium Thursday night. As part of their research, they traveled to Japan to study the aftermath of the Fukushima ...

Daniel Hirsch, a UC Santa Cruz lecturer on nuclear policy, will give a free, public lecture Tuesday, April 19 on the aftermath of the current nuclear plant disaster in Japan. The talk “The Japanese ...