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Debris extraction work restarts at Fukushima plant

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima. The plant's operator restarted on Sept. 10, 2024, work to retrieve a small amount of melted fuel from one of its stricken reactors after its first attempt was suspended in August due to setup complications.

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Debris extraction work restarts at Fukushima plant

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima. The plant's operator restarted on Sept. 10, 2024, work to retrieve a small amount of melted fuel from one of its stricken reactors after its first attempt was suspended in August due to setup complications.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. From bottom right to top left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Seen in front are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials. In the background are the buildings housing (from L) the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. At top right are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. At bottom left are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, after the NRA approved the final version of its screening report on the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant under new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. With the approval, the two reactors in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, moved closer to becoming the first in the country to be restarted.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK, moves closer to resumption

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority hold a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014 to discuss the safety of the No. 1 and 2 reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. The five-member panel approved the final version of its screening report on the reactors under the new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in March 2014 shows two reactors at the Sendai power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The plant, operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. obtained a safety clearance from regulators on Sept. 10, 2014, becoming the first to meet new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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TEPCO restructuring plan

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Kawabata, head of the decision-making board of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013, after a meeting with the president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. TEPCO is having difficulty sticking to its 10-year restructuring plan due to a delay in restarting its idled nuclear reactors, Kawabata said.

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Only 1 out of 54 nuclear reactors left operating

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken 0:10 a.m. on March 26, 2012, shows the central control room for the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, shortly after the reactor's operation was suspended. TEPCO suspended operation of its last running nuclear reactor for a routine checkup, leaving only one of 54 commercial reactors in Japan still in service.

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Fukushima Gov. Sato

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato speaks during a press conference in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2011. Sato said the Fukushima prefectural government will seek the decommissioning of all 10 nuclear reactors in the prefecture in its reconstruction plan to be compiled by the year-end.

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Fukushima assembly calls for decommissioning local reactors

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly adopts on Oct. 20, 2011, a petition calling for decommissioning all 10 reactors at the prefecture's two nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at one of them following the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the Genkai nuclear power plant and houses and paddy fields around the facility in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2011. The operator Kyushu Electric Power Co. has been rocked by a scandal in which the utility tried to make locals look supportive of restarting its nuclear reactors through phony e-mail messages during a ministry-sponsored event broadcast live on cable TV and via the Internet.

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DPJ's Hosono, NRC's Jaczko meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gregory Jaczko (L), chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, talk about cooperation regarding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the NRC in a suburb of Washington on June 10, 2011. Jaczko briefed Hosono on the NRC's ongoing review of U.S. nuclear plants, while Hosono explained the Japanese government's efforts to deal with the challenges posed by the Fukushima reactors as well as the government's report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the joint statement.

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Hamaoka plant shutdown

NAGOYA, Japan - A display (top) in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya shows the output has become zero at the No. 4 reactor of the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, after 10 a.m. on May 13, 2011. The utility began shutting down the No. 4 reactor that day, complying with a request by the central government to suspend all the reactors at the plant.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter at a height of some 1,500 meters and distance of more than 30 kilometers shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture at 9:10 a.m. on March 29, 2011. From right are the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 reactors. Efforts are under way to bring the crippled plant under control following the March 11 quake and disaster.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter at a height of some 1,500 meters and distance of more than 30 kilometers shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture at 9:10 a.m. on March 29, 2011. From right are the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 reactors. Efforts are under way to bring the crippled plant under control following the March 11 quake and disaster.

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Nuclear plant after Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - This photo shows the Hamaoka nuclear plant of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, after a strong earthquake that hit the prefecture south of Tokyo and its vicinity Aug. 11. The No. 4 and No. 5 reactors operating in the plant on the Pacific at the time of the jolt were automatically suspended. This photo was taken at 10:40 a.m. Aug. 11.

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Fukushima pref. panel OKs raise in nuclear fuel tax

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly's committee on general affairs approves a proposal to raise the local tax on nuclear fuel July 4, paving the way for increasing the tax rate to 13.5% from the current 7%. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) opposes the tax hike as it is the sole payer of the local tax. TEPCO runs 10 nuclear reactors at its two power plants in the prefecture.

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Nuclear reactor in Shimane prefecture passes safety screening: it sits in Japan’s sole nuclear plant in a prefectural capital

The Nuclear Regulation Authority held a regular meeting on Sept. 15 and decided to certify that safety measures taken at the No. 2 unit of Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in the Shimane prefectural capital of Matsue meet Japan’s new regulatory standards, formally granting safety approval for a restart to the reactor. It is the 17th reactor in a total of 10 nuclear plants across the country cleared by the NRA. The No. 2 unit is a boiling water reactor, the same type as those installed at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It is the fifth boiling water reactor among such reactors at four nuclear plants that have passed the NRA’s safety screenings. The Shimane nuclear plant is the only one located in a Japanese prefectural capital, raising concern about the evacuation of residents in case of an accident. ==Date: Sept. 11, 2021, Place: Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, JAPAN

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Advocate of halting atomic reactors wins Kagoshima governor race

Satoshi Mitazono, a former TV Asahi Corp. commentator, speaks to supporters in the city of Kagoshima after winning the Kagoshima gubernatorial election on July 10, 2016. The 58-year-old Mitazono, who has pledged to halt nuclear reactors operating in the prefecture, beat incumbent Yuichiro Ito, who agreed to the restart of a nuclear plant in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama nuclear reactor shut down following court order

A security guard stands in front of the shut down No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on the night of March 10, 2016. The Otsu District Court ordered the previous day that No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the plant cease operation as requested by local residents. The No. 4 unit was already offline. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama reactor to be shut down following court order

Kansai Electric Power Co. employees work in the central control room of the company's Takahama nuclear power plant to shut down the No. 3 reactor in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on March 10, 2016, a day after the Otsu District Court issued an injunction that the No. 3 and 4 reactors be halted as requested by local residents. The No. 4 unit is already offline. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama reactor to be shut down following court order

Kansai Electric Power Co. employees work in the central control room of the company's Takahama nuclear power plant to shut down the No. 3 reactor in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on March 10, 2016, a day after the Otsu District Court issued an injunction that the No. 3 and 4 reactors be halted as requested by local residents. The No. 4 unit is already offline. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima assembly calls for decommissioning local reactors

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly adopts on Oct. 20, 2011, a petition calling for decommissioning all 10 reactors at the prefecture's two nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at one of them following the March earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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10 sieverts per hour were detected at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - A worker measures radiation levels with a device attached to the end of a rod near a principal exhaust pipe between the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 1, 2011. Radiation doses as high as 10 sieverts per hour were detected. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the Genkai nuclear power plant and houses and paddy fields around the facility in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2011. The operator Kyushu Electric Power Co. has been rocked by a scandal in which the utility tried to make locals look supportive of restarting its nuclear reactors through phony e-mail messages during a ministry-sponsored event broadcast live on cable TV and via the Internet. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO halts water decontamination system

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows the place where chemicals were found to have leaked from a pipe that is part of a system to decontaminate water being used to cool reactors in the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on July 10, 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Co. halted the system after discovering the chemicals were leaking. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

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Rest area for workers at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - A worker wearing protective gear sits on a chair at a rest area on the first floor of the service building for the No. 5 and 6 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 19, 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled plant, released the photographs of rest areas at the plant on June 10, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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DPJ's Hosono, NRC's Jaczko meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gregory Jaczko (L), chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, talk about cooperation regarding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the NRC in a suburb of Washington on June 10, 2011. Jaczko briefed Hosono on the NRC's ongoing review of U.S. nuclear plants, while Hosono explained the Japanese government's efforts to deal with the challenges posed by the Fukushima reactors as well as the government's report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the joint statement. (Kyodo)

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Hamaoka plant shutdown

NAGOYA, Japan - A display (top) in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya shows the output has become zero at the No. 4 reactor of the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, after 10 a.m. on May 13, 2011. The utility began shutting down the No. 4 reactor that day, complying with a request by the central government to suspend all the reactors at the plant. (Kyodo)

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Unmanned helicopter to probe troubled nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an unmanned helicopter being utilized to collect information on the buildings at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's No. 1 to No. 4 reactors in Fukushima Prefecture on April 10, 2011. (Photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter at a height of some 1,500 meters and distance of more than 30 kilometers shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture at 9:10 a.m. on March 29, 2011. From right are the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 reactors. Efforts are under way to bring the crippled plant under control following the March 11 quake and disaster. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter at a height of some 1,500 meters and distance of more than 30 kilometers shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture at 9:10 a.m. on March 29, 2011. From right are the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 reactors. Efforts are under way to bring the crippled plant under control following the March 11 quake and disaster. (Kyodo)

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Only 1 out of 54 nuclear reactors left operating

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken 0:10 a.m. on March 26, 2012, shows the central control room for the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, shortly after the reactor's operation was suspended. TEPCO suspended operation of its last running nuclear reactor for a routine checkup, leaving only one of 54 commercial reactors in Japan still in service. (Kyodo)

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, after the NRA approved the final version of its screening report on the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant under new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. With the approval, the two reactors in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, moved closer to becoming the first in the country to be restarted. (Kyodo)

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK, moves closer to resumption

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority hold a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014 to discuss the safety of the No. 1 and 2 reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. The five-member panel approved the final version of its screening report on the reactors under the new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK, moves closer to resumption

TOKYO, Japan - People against the possible restart of operations of the No.1 and No. 2 nuclear reactors at the Sendai nuclear plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. rally in front of a building in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, while Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority meet there to discuss the safety of the reactors. The five-member panel approved the final version of its screening report on the reactors under the new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Gov. Sato

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato speaks during a press conference in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2011. Sato said the Fukushima prefectural government will seek the decommissioning of all 10 nuclear reactors in the prefecture in its reconstruction plan to be compiled by the year-end. (Kyodo)

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Gov't, TEPCO found liable for Fukushima nuclear disaster for 1st time

Photo taken March 10, 2017, shows the Nos. 1-4 reactor buildings (from front) of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The Maebashi District Court on March 17, 2017, ruled that negligence by the central government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in preparing anti-tsunami measures played a part in the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Three reactors at the plant melted down following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Three reactors at the plant melted down following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, where three reactors melted down following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, where three reactors melted down following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, where three reactors melted down following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima pref. panel OKs raise in nuclear fuel tax

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly's committee on general affairs approves a proposal to raise the local tax on nuclear fuel July 4, paving the way for increasing the tax rate to 13.5% from the current 7%. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) opposes the tax hike as it is the sole payer of the local tax. TEPCO runs 10 nuclear reactors at its two power plants in the prefecture.