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  • Alone in the Zone

    Today marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Japan and caused one of the most serious nuclear disasters in world history. The surrounding towns were evacuated in a rush, leaving empty homes and uncared-for animals. In the small...

  • Radioactive Man

    Today marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Japan and caused one of the most serious nuclear disasters in world history. The surrounding towns were evacuated in a rush, leaving empty homes and uncared-for animals. In the small...

  • Inside the Abandoned Radioactive Towns of Japan

    Photographer Toshiya Watanabe's family lived in Namie, a town in the fallout zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant meltdown, which is now abandoned two years later. Toshiya has gone back to document the changes, or lack thereof, that he sees in his...

  • As Cleanup Efforts Grind On, Giant New Earthquake Looms at Fukushima

    The massive rumbling energy released in an earthquake is from built-up stress within the Earth's crust. Aftershocks aside, one might expect that such a release would let grinding tectonic plates chill out for awhile. Unfortunately, at the Fukushima...

  • U.S. Nuclear Reactors Are Past Their Expiration Date

    The Associated Press just published the results of a year-long investigation into the dealings between the nuclear power industry and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The results are, well, pretty damning. h5. "From the report":http://www...