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Fukushima Daiichi

Fukushima wastewater issue will further divide a nation, split families, and cause ‘atomic divorce’

By Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Why Japan should stop its Fukushima nuclear wastewater ocean release

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Fukushima Sea Water Sampling-3. The damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as seen during a sea-water sampling boat journey, 7 November 2013. IAEA marine monitoring experts were sent to Japan to observe sea water sampling and data analysis. Photo accessed by Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Why Japan’s plan for Fukushima wastewater lacks public trust

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Alley of abandoned villages - 162 plaques with the names of permanently evacuated settlements during 1986-1991 after the Chernobyl accident. Credit: Margarita Kalinina-Pohl (2018).

It’s not radioactive Disneyland: Visit Chernobyl, but respect it.

By Margarita Kalinina-Pohl | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

abandoned radioactive hearse in village of Namie outside Fukushima

Remember Fukushima: The accident is not over

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy

abandoned house in Fukushima

Nuclear accidents will happen. What do we do about them?

By Malka Older | Nuclear Energy

IAEA Experts at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Credit: IAEA Imagebank via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fukushima 10 years later: It still could happen here

By Edwin Lyman | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

repurposed nuclear slogan outside Fukushima

Fukushima today: “I’m glad that I realized my mistake before I died.”

By Thomas A. Bass | Analysis, Personal Essay

Workers stacking bags of soil.

An update from Fukushima, and the challenges that remain there

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Fukushima accident town nearby

Nuclear safety vs security: Can the two cultures be harmonized?

By Igor Khripunov | Analysis

Fukushima Future Studies: five years later, what have we learned?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews, Nuclear Energy, Technology and Security

Deconstructing the zero-risk mindset: The lessons and future responsibilities for a post-Fukushima nuclear Japan

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Uncategorized