This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.
The Onagawa plant was hit by a 13-meter (42-foot) tsunami triggered by the quake but was able to keep its crucial cooling ...
Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, ...
A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture northeastern Japan has resumed power generation for the first time since the Fukushima n ...
A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel, in what plant officials said was a step ...
Tohoku Electric Power on Wednesday restarted the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant ... since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami — after an issue was found ...
Japan has a lot of experience with the particular dangers of nuclear power plants. In 2011 a power plant in Fukushima melted down following an earthquake. During the recovery process, Japan passed ...
The issue arose when a device designed to improve the precision of neutron data readings stopped working partway through ...
The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant on Japan’s northern coast was put ... melted following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, releasing large amounts of ...
The No. 2 reactor building of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant is seen in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on July ... a massive earthquake and tsunami.
The decision is a setback for Japan as it seeks to accelerate reactor restarts to maximize nuclear power. The Nuclear ... following a massive earthquake and tsunami. “We reached our conclusion ...