Fukushima site becoming even less stable as crumbling buildings sink into ground around nuclear reactors
In March 2011, a tsunami struck the coast of Japan that destroyed three nuclear reactors and severely damaged a fourth nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi site. The radioactive waste from the plant has been bleeding into the neighboring forests and Pacific Ocean for over four years. TEPCO, the company that oversees the plant, has Read More
Protests break out in Japan as government restarts aging nuclear reactors while Fukushima continues to ravage environment
Protesters gathered outside the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant as Kyushu Electric Power Co. activated the No. 1 reactor on August 11. This was the first reactor to be restarted under new regulations since a tsunami laid waste to three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site in 2011.(1) The Japanese government claimed that the reactor Read More