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Security guards look at outbound vehicles moving toward them at a security checkpoint where part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in the background in Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Feb. 25, 2021. An official
Fukushima 10 Years Later
The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change complicates it.
Nuclear reactors of No. 5, center left, and 6 look over tanks storing water that was treated but still radioactive, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Energy
Plan to dump Fukushima’s radioactive water into ocean causes outcry
A mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb.
Nuclear
How the race for nuclear power began
Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants
Environment
Nuclear energy gets a ‘green’ boost in New Jersey
President Barack Obama and Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, are seen in this combination photo as they attend the opening ceremony of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 24, 2014.
Science
Relations with Russia chill, and nuclear security cooperation gets put on ice
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif both say a landmark nuclear deal might still be possible.
Global Politics
Talks failed to produce a deal on Iranian nukes, but negotiations will go on
Three MIle Island
Environment
A former EPA director is pushing for wider use of nuclear power in the US
Conflict & Justice
Regional Reactions to Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Environment
Obama’s climate plan targets coal, but it will face challenges
PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien
Environment
Science reporter Miles O’Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment
A sign reading "Nuclear Power - The Energy for a Better Future" hangs over a street in the town of Futaba, inside the 12-mile radius exclusion zone around Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in a 2012 photo.
Environment
One lesson of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown is that Japan’s culture needs to change
The government of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is proposing to restore nuclear power to a prominent position in the country's energy mix, nearly three years after a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Environment
In a post-Fukushima shift, Japan’s government charts a path back to a nuclear future
Pete Knutson and his son Dylan sell local Pacific salmon at outdoor markets around the Seattle area. The sign on their stall at a recent market in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood reads, “In response to multiple customer inquiries regarding the Fukushima i
Environment
Worried about radioactive ‘Fukushima’ fish in the US? Don’t be, scientists say
coal barge
Environment
Fukushima is casting a shadow on Japan and the Warsaw climate meeting
Environment
As Japan struggles to contain Fukushima, U.S. facilities face tighter restrictions
Environment
Fukushima’s continuing struggles raise questions about America’s nuclear waste storage
Environment
Radioactive Water Flowing to Sea is New Fukushima ‘Emergency’
Environment
Two years later, Fukushima still reeling from tsunami’s effects
Business, Economics and Jobs
In Japan, banker tries to cash in on compassion, clean energy
Global Politics
Obama still trying to get green team in place
Journalists allowed up-close look at efforts to dismantle Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
Environment
U.S. moving forward on construction of two new nuclear reactors
Environment
A Venus flytrap for nuclear waste
Environment
Germany to ditch nuclear power by 2022
Environment
Will Japan’s earthquake kill the nuclear industry?
Environment
Japan’s nuclear crisis: far from over
Arts, Culture & Media
In Japan, Banking on Compassion and Clean Energy
Two experimental "wind lenses" rise over a park in Fukuoka, Japan.
Environment
Post-Fukushima, An Energy Tug-of-War in Japan
The Women Who Built the Bomb
Conflict & Justice
French Sour on Nuclear Power
Environment
From Inside Fukushima Reactor, New Data Raises New Worries
Shinjuku district in Tokyo.
Global Politics
A Year After Fukushima, Clean Energy Still Just a Promise in Japan
Japan: A Future After The Tsunami
Development & Education
Japan Disaster: The Lasting Impact of March 11, 2011
Methane Hydrates: Fire and Ice
How Safe is Your Nuclear Power Plant?
Two New Nuclear Reactors Get Go-Ahead
The World’s Largest Environmental Cleanup has Problems
Frontline Doc Looks at Fukushima and Nuclear Energy
Environment
Japan Tries to Soothe Nuclear Worries
The Fukushima Exclusion Zone: Six Months Later
Global Politics
Iran Powers Up Bushehr Nuclear Plant
Germany’s Anti-Nuclear Shift
Nuclear Power Safety Assessment Raises Concerns
Environment
Contamination Risks Near Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Germany Says No to Nuclear Power
The News Behind the Non-Story of Fukushima’s Multiple Meltdowns
Japan Says No More Nukes
Development & Education
India rethinks reliance on nuclear energy
Environment
Fukushima likely not as bad as Chernobyl, but what does that mean?
Global Politics
Japan sends radioactive water to sea
Will We Ever Stop Using Unsafe Energy?
An End to Nuclear Power in Vermont?
Fighting Further Meltdowns
Pro Nuke or No Nuke? Washington Reacts
Environment
Japan’s battle to prevent a nuclear meltdown
Faceless 50: When Workers Face Extraordinary Responsibilities
Top of the Hour: The Dangers of Nuclear Power, Morning Headlines
Washington Responds to Japan’s Nuclear Disaster
Germany Sees Change of Nuclear Power Policy