Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant experienced a triple meltdown resulting from a tsunami, constituting the worst nuclear power plant disaster since Chernobyl. Efforts to bring the catastrophe under control are ongoing and piecemeal. This section explores advances and pitfalls as Japanese authorities attempt to deal with this ongoing crisis.

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Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

March 13, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Fukushima cleanup struggle focuses on what to do with contaminated water

Nine years after the Fukushima disaster shook the world, one of the biggest impediments to cleaning up the site in Northeastern Japan is […]

November 19, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind

Fukushima joins Chernobyl in renewable revival

Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, devastated during the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster, is looking to […]

September 11, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Japan may have to dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the sea

Japan’s environmental minister has said the country may have to dump more than a million tons of radioactively contaminated water from the […]

April 29, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Fukushima cleanup hits a milestone as worker remove nuclear fuel rods

Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, owner of Japan’s ruined Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, began removing radioactive fuel rods earlier […]

March 12, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Eight years after Fukushima, Japan struggles to trust nuclear power

Eight years after an earthquake at sea sent a towering wall of water hurtling toward Japan’s Fukushima prefecture and the six reactors of […]

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Nils Bøhmer has been managing director of the Bellona Foundation since 2006, after he worked 13 years at Bellona’s Russian department. Previously he worked at the NRPA. Bøhmer is Bellona’s expert on radioactive waste, nuclear accidents and nuclear power. He holds a M.Sc. from the University of Oslo and a Master’s degree in nuclear physics