Why nuclear power is not a solution to our energy challenge The heating of Earth remains the most urgent symptom of humanity’s mismanagement of our technological civilization. Desperately seeking answers for a low carbon energy...

Huge delays and cost overruns totalling billions for nuclear reactors under construction in Finland and France are once again demonstrating that nuclear power is no match for renewables in the fight against climate change. Since...

The above aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE. It shows damaged Unit 3 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern...

Recently, we told you about a build up in pressure at reactor #3 that could result in the venting of radioactive air and steam into the atmosphere. According to reports from NISA, that release was not necessary and didn’t happen.

“Greenpeace applauds Prime Minister Kan’s ambitious proposal to scrap the construction of 14 new nuclear reactors,” said Junichi Sato, Greenpeace Japan Executive Director. “ This announcement could put Japan’s energy policy on a new...

Since the start of the Fukushima disaster I have been following the worrying developments from a safe distance in Amsterdam, but suddenly, I am on rocking ship getting closer to the disaster area every day. I joined the Rainbow...

Nuclear reactors are inherently dangerous and a bad idea. Running old nuclear reactors 20 years longer than they were intended is an even worse idea. But that's exactly what the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is determined to...

As part of the radiation team, we traveled from place to place - sampling soil and vegetables, taking radiation readings and speaking with people affected by the crisis in Japan. We heard many stories about the loss people are...

While recovery efforts continue one month after the earthquake in Japan, the government is investing much of its resources in the disaster unfolding at the Fukushima reactors.  After calls from Greenpeace to expand the evacuation zone,...