TEHRAN, June 14 - The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago said for the first time publicly it might decommission another plant in Fukushima that narrowly escaped the crisis.
TEHRAN, March 19 - A court in northern Japan on Monday rejected a lawsuit to halt construction of a nuclear plant , said the company building the facility, Electric Power Development Co (J-Power).
TEHRAN, May 17, YJC - Dozens of Japanese citizens rallied in front of the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the country's southwestern Fukui Prefecture to protest against the restarting of the NPP's reactor, local media reported Wednesday.
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday it had shut down a key decontamination system used to clean radiation-tainted water, just hours after it came back online.
In response to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, 16 countries have taken steps to strengthen safety regulations pertaining to atomic power generation, according to a report released by the U.S. government Tuesday.
Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday, highlighting the continued threat to the area devastated by the 2011 quake-tsunami.