Nuclear power, nuclear mishaps

Foreign Nationals Urged to Leave Tokyo

Foreign nationals have been urged by their respective governments to consider leaving Tokyo, as the French government warned that Japan was in danger of losing control of the situation at Fukushima

Fukushima nuclear plant evacuated after radiation spikes

Fresh fires broke out at the Fukushima plant on Wednesday as fears grow in Tokyo over the possible spread of nuclear contamination

Official: Japan’s nuclear situation nearing severity of Chernobyl

The explosion Tuesday at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has elevated the situation there to a “serious accident” on a level just below Chernobyl, a French nuclear official said

Chernobyl clean-up expert slams Japan, IAEA

A combination of greed and wilful ignorance could condemn Japan to a spreading nuclear disaster, says one of the scientists involved in the Chernobyl clean-up

Radiation fears after third Japan blast

Radiation ‘has been released into the atmosphere’ by a third explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant, forcing 180,000 flee

Japan crisis: third explosion raises spectre of nuclear nightmare

Another blast rocks the Fukushima nuclear installation making it the third in three days

Second Blast at Fukushima Plant

Japanese nuclear crisis escalates

In a sign of the growing concern about leaked radiation, the US navy on Monday began moving ships that were helping the Japanese relief effort away from the area

Second Explosion at Reactor as Technicians Try to Contain Damage

Second blast rocks Fukushima as people within a 20 kilometre radius of the reactor are evacuated

Workers scramble to cool reactors; official says 2nd blast possible

Workers were reported to be pumping seawater into the reactors in what one expert described as an “act of desperation” to cool them down

Video of blast at Fukushima nuke plant, radiation leak reported

Blast at nuclear plant puts Japan at risk

Growing concerns over Japan’s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant after explosions