Japan has turned to nuclear power more than a decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Japan is ditching plans to lessen its reliance on nuclear power as it struggles to ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country's north-central region from restarting, the first rejection under safety standards that were ...

The industry ministry plans to allow utilities to build new nuclear reactors on condition ... While ministry officials said the total number of reactors in Japan would not increase, the new ...

Eleven years on, the nation is still reeling from the catastrophic damage to Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant caused by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan ...

A second explosion has hit a Japanese nuclear plant that was damaged in Friday's earthquake, but officials said the reactor core was still intact. A huge column of smoke billowed from Fukushima ...

One critical aspect is the effect on Japan's nuclear industry ... is the exclusion zone around the reactor. The incident is being described as a hydrogen explosion. The official line is that ...

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company [Tepco] has shut down its last operating nuclear reactor. On Sunday, Tepco said it shut down the number six reactor at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant ...

Japan's Diet enacted a bill on Wednesday that allows nuclear reactors to remain in operation beyond the current 60-year limit. The country's push to ramp up nuclear power to achieve a carbon ...

all 33 workable reactors in Japan must be back online, with only 14 back in service after the Fukushima disaster. Given the current pace of safety checks by the nuclear regulation authority ...

Global interest in fast reactors has been growing since their inception in 1960 because they can provide efficient, safe and sustainable energy. Their closed fuel cycle can support long-term nuclear ...