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 ...

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

Japan will reopen the world’s largest nuclear power plant nearly 15 years after the country shuttered its reactors following ...

Japan took a major step toward reviving its nuclear energy program on Monday, as the Niigata region approved the restart of ...

The operator of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has filed a request with Japan's nuclear authority ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has announced it will restart a reactor northwest of Tokyo on January 20, after ...

The word “nuclear” is most often associated with war, deterrence, and geopolitical confrontation. Yet history and expert ...

A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed ...

If all workers do in fact leave the plant, the nuclear fuel in all three reactors is likely to melt down, which would lead to wholesale releases of radioactive material — by far the largest accident ...

The restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa comes as Tokyo pushes to cut its reliance on imported fossil fuels amid an expected surge ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who took office two months ago, has backed nuclear restarts to strengthen energy security.