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

May 22, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Japan’s government weighs dumping radioactive Fukushima water into the Pacific

As the cleanup of a triple meltdown following an earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant drags into its seventh year, […]

March 12, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Seven years after meltdown, Fukushima’s recovery still decades away

Seven years ago, on the afternoon of March 11, 2011, one of the biggest earthquakes ever measured sent a wall of water rolling toward […]

May 5, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan, Nuclear Russia

Wildfires near Fukushima reignite Chernobyl-like fears of contamination

Wildfires that broke out in a mountain forest near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant last weekend are causing worries that […]

March 9, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Six years on, Fukushima rests its hopes on fearless robots

As the struggle continues to bring the six-year-old triple nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi under control, robots are providing a […]

Prayer markers on a beach in Fukushima Prefecture commemorating the dead. (Photo: Nils Bøhmer/Bellona)

March 10, 2016 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Five years after Fukushima, unlearned lessons spell ongoing catastrophes

On the morning of March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake in the Pacific sent a massive wall of water rolling towards Japan’s Northeast […]

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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