A Bet on Japan

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 21, 2011 If ever there was a comeback-kid sort of country, this is surely it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Radioactive Iodine Taints Japan’s Tap Water

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2011 Adding to safety fears for those in Japan, the government there has reportedly found trace amounts of radioactive iodine in the tap water of six areas, including Tokyo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Japan Raises Alert Level at N-Plant

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2011 The continuing crisis at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has led Japan to raise the alert level there to five on a seven-point scale of atomic hazard severity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spent Fuel’s Toxic Legacy

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 18, 2011 The most urgent focus of Japan's worsening nuclear crisis is the threat from radioactive fuel that has already been used in the Fukushima Daiichi reactors and awaits disposal. In the United States, the nuclear industry has amassed about 70,000 tons of such potentially deadly waste material -- and we have nowhere to put it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Latest From Fukushima

Derek Lazzaro / Truthdig Mar 18, 2011 Here are the latest headlines from Japan's struggle to prevent nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant as of early Friday morning (Japan time). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdig Radio: Osama bin Laden and Nuclear Meltdown

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2011 In this premiere episode of our weekly radio show, former bin Laden hunter Michael Scheuer tells us why we're losing, renowned physicist Frank N von Hippel tells us to fear the bomb and Juan Cole says Arab protesters are looking for a New Deal Update: Full transcriptFormer bin Laden hunter Michael Scheuer tells us why we're losing, renowned physicist Frank N. Dig deeper ( 36 Min. Read )

Foreign Governments Evacuating Citizens From Tokyo

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2011 With U.S. nuclear and energy officials offering dire assessments of Japan's nuclear disaster, the State Department expanded the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi plant to 50 miles, four times that ordered by the Japanese government. France, Britain, Australia and Turkey have all ordered evacuations of Tokyo or warned against travel to the region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Europe Hits the Panic Button Over Nuclear Power

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2011 The EU's energy commissioner declared that all of Europe's 143 nuclear reactors would be reviewed for safety and said of the Japanese crisis, "There is talk of an apocalypse and I think the word is particularly well chosen." (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Warning to the World

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 16, 2011 A reporter, describing the devastation of one city in Japan, wrote: "It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence I write these facts as a warning to the world" The reporter was Wilfred Burchett, writing from Hiroshima, Japan, on Sept 5, 1945. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chernobyl Expert Says Greed May Lead to Big Trouble in Japan

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2011 Corporate interests might have played a big part in the design and maintenance of Japan's nuclear complex at Fukushima, according to Russian nuclear accident expert Iouli Andreev, who knows a thing or two from Chernobyl's example . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Such Thing as Risk-Free Nuclear Power

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 Nuclear power was beginning to look like a panacea -- a way to lessen our dependence on oil, make our energy supply more self-sufficient and significantly mitigate global warming, all at the same time. Now it looks more like a bargain with the devil. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Japan on the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 On Monday, Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was in critical condition after two explosions and system failures that added a whole new level to the country's crisis in the wake of Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )