This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.

To combat climate change, a lot of countries are spending billions on new and different kinds of nuclear reactors.

Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, ...

But it was restarted in July 2023 after being shut down for 12 and a half years, following the Nuclear Regulation Authority ...

The No. 1 reactor of the facility in Fukui Prefecture is the oldest operational nuclear power reactor in the country. It began commercial operation in November 1974 as the eighth commercial reactor in ...

The restart of the boiling water reactor will be the second of such units since reactors of the same type were crippled in ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has determined that the No. 2 reactor of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture does not meet its safety standards. The decision will block efforts ...

The Nuclear Regulation Authority said it confirmed its decision made in August not to approve the safety of the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga plant, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co., due to the ...

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has granted an operating licence for an off-site interim dry storage facility for used ...

Japan’s first interim facility to temporarily store used nuclear fuel has began official operations in Mutsu, Aomori ...

Japan's nuclear regulator has officially granted permission for the country's first interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel to start operating.

Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday gave the green light for operations to begin at an interim storage facility for spent ...