Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster news and analysis from The Nation

March 9, 2018

7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court

Special investigation: US military personnel are sick and dying, and want the nuclear plant’s designers and owners to take responsibility.

Gregg Levine
March 31, 2016

A High-Pressure Pipeline Next to a Nuclear Power Plant… What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The construction of a gas pipeline within 1500 feet of Indian Point’s nuclear reactors could spell disaster for New York.

Alison Rose Levy and Ellen Cantarow
March 14, 2014

Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific

Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased US troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.

Annie Isabel Fukushima , Ayano Ginoza , Michiko Hase , Gwyn Kirk , Deborah Lee , Taeva Shefler and Foreign Policy In Focus
November 18, 2013

Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution?

Take a look and you will see that the assorted environmental protests that have long bedeviled politicians are gaining in strength and support.

Michael T. Klare
August 19, 2013

Fukushima’s Invisible Crisis

Don’t expect coverage of Japan's nuclear power disaster on the evening news: unlike other environmental catastrophes, Fukushima’s ongoing crisis offers little to film.

Eric Ozawa
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March 7, 2012

Lessons From Fukushima, One Year Later

No matter how appalling the catastrophe, the nuclear industry will insist on the safety of nuclear power.

Alexander Cockburn
March 17, 2011

From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take?

There are no effective “safeguards” against nuclear disasters, and Japan’s crisis is only the latest display of the overwhelming risks involved in splitting atoms for energy.

Alexander Cockburn

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

March 9, 2018

Special investigation: US military personnel are sick and dying, and want the nuclear plant’s designers and owners to take responsibility.

March 31, 2016

The construction of a gas pipeline within 1500 feet of Indian Point’s nuclear reactors could spell disaster for New York.

March 14, 2014

Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased US troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.

November 18, 2013

Take a look and you will see that the assorted environmental protests that have long bedeviled politicians are gaining in strength and support.

August 19, 2013

Don’t expect coverage of Japan's nuclear power disaster on the evening news: unlike other environmental catastrophes, Fukushima’s ongoing crisis offers little to film.

Subscribe Today and Save $129!

March 7, 2012

No matter how appalling the catastrophe, the nuclear industry will insist on the safety of nuclear power.

March 17, 2011

There are no effective “safeguards” against nuclear disasters, and Japan’s crisis is only the latest display of the overwhelming risks involved in splitting atoms for energy.