(ANSA) – BEIJING, AUGUST 24 – 11 years after the Fukushima crisis, Japan is evaluating the possibility of building new generation nuclear reactors, with the country struggling with the increase in imported energy costs due to the war in Ukraine. Premier Fumio Kishida, attending the Energy Transition Council, said the government will discuss reactivating more […]
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>>> ANSA / Kiev, the risk of a new Fukushima in Zaporizhzhia
(by Luca Mirone) (ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 10 – The Russian forces occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are preparing to connect it to Crimea, cutting the Ukrainian electricity grid. The alarm is raised by the national agency for atomic energy, Energoatom, which warns of a dangerous operation that risks causing a Fukushima effect. On […]
7.3 earthquake off the coast of Fukushima, tsunami warning
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 was recorded in the Tohoku region, north east of Japan, at 23:36 local time (15:36 in Italy). The quake had its epicenter in the sea off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 60 kilometers, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), which launched a tsunami […]
Fukushima: Aiea examines contaminated water release plan
The revision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) in Japan on the government’s plan to release the radioactive water, accumulated in the tanks following the Fukushima nuclear accident, into the ocean is underway. The group of 15 people arrived in Tokyo is made up of IAEA delegates and international experts, also from China and […]
A man can’t get there: the robot found molten nuclear fuel under Fukushima
A previous attempt to send a small robot with cameras into the reactor of the first power unit failed due to the high level of radiation inside. : Like after Chernobyl: plants in Japan have mutated and behave unusually But images taken this week by the ROV-A robot showcased broken structures, pipes and mounds of […]
Like after Chernobyl: plants in Japan have mutated and behave unusually
Plants in Fukushima grow abnormally due to radiation left over from the 2011 nuclear accident – very similar to Ukraine’s Chernobyl Pine trees in Japan went crazy with radiation / Photo: Wikipedia Scientists have described changes in the structure of plants and trees in areas close to where the partial meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear […]
Fukushima aftermath: the entire surface of the Pacific Ocean could become radioactive
The radioactive tritium that Japan dumps into the water will reach the shores of the United States in three years, and in another seven years it will spread to the entire ocean. The consequences of Fukushima may be the pollution of the entire Pacific Ocean / Фото: Getty Images Tritium, the main pollutant in radioactive […]