[pagebreak] In December, reports continued to emerge, painting a picture of a disaster far worse than inspectors first thought: The meltdown may have come within a foot or two of a steel barrier ...

IWAKI, Japan (AP) -- Cooling systems failed at another nuclear reactor on Japan's devastated coast Sunday, hours after an explosion at a nearby unit made leaking radiation, or even outright meltdown, ...

An independent parliamentary committee issued a report on Thursday on last year’s crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, concluding that the disaster was “man-made” and the result of ...

Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back ...

In December 1952, Canada became the site of the world’s first nuclear reactor meltdown at the Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario. A series of mechanical failures and operator mistakes caused the NRX ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan on June 17, 2025. - The Asahi ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...