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Fukushima

Twelve years after a major nuclear accident, Japan says it's safe to release water from the Fukushima-Daiichi power facility into the ocean. China and South Korea, who import Japanese food, are against the move.

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Tihange nuclear power plant, Belgium

NRW prepares for nuclear accident with iodine pills

Anti-nuclear activists insist that the best solution to the danger is to close down the nuclear power plants.
May 24, 2016

DW Business - Europe & Asia (05/24/2016)

Greece's Financial Future
BusinessMay 24, 201611:14 min
Anti-Atomkraft

Japanese swap energy suppliers

Normal Japanese are starting to choose new energy providers, who sell renewable energies.
BusinessMay 24, 201602:32 min

DW Business - Europe (05/24/2016)

Five Years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster
BusinessMay 24, 201600:00 min
Bernd Riegert

Waste of energy

Bernd Riegert
A European Commission plan for nuclear energy appears to be nothing more than hot air, says DW's Bernd Riegert.
May 18, 2016
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EU still sees nuclear energy in its future

The EU Commission intends to strengthen its technological dominance in the nuclear sector.
May 17, 201601:39 min
Nuclear power plant in Germany

EU to publish report on nuclear energy

The EU's plans for the future of nuclear power in Europe run contrary to German policy.
May 17, 2016
Belgien Atomkraftwerk Tihange

Belgium to widely distribute iodine pills

Belgium's Health Ministry says Belgians will receive iodine pills in case of a leak at one of its atomic plants.
April 29, 2016
Nuclear plant Isar in Germany (Picture: picture alliance/chromorange/T. Marx)

Atomic uncertainty

Few new nuclear power plants were built in Europe after Chernobyl. Despite large capacity, aging plants are risky.
April 26, 2016
Dismantling of Niederaichbach nuclear reactor core

Closing nuclear reactors

Germany is set to shut down the last of its nuclear reactors by 2022. What's the post-shutdown plan?
April 26, 2016
Ukraine Region Tschernobyl Schild

Living in the dead zone

Life in Chernobyl's exclusion zone
ScienceApril 25, 201606:37 min
Gerd Ludwig, Fotojournalist und Fotograf

Remembering Chernobyl

Photographer Gerd Ludwig documented the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
April 25, 2016
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A new hull for Chernobyl

A huge steel construction is supposed to seal in radiation for the next 100 years.
April 22, 201600:36 min

Inside Europe: Tourists flock to Chernobyl, 30 years on

A catastrophic disaster unfolded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine on April 25, 1986. Around 115,000 locals were hastily evacuated from the area, never to return to their homes. What remains today is a vast expanse of contaminated land. But despite the possible risk, the area is proving popular with tourists.
April 21, 201605:47 min
Japan Erdbeben Rettungshelfer

Scramble to find survivors after Japan quake

As landslides threaten to bury what survived the powerful twin tremors, 30,000 rescue workers are on the job in Kyushu.
April 18, 2016
Ecuador Erdbeben - Schäden in Manta

Death toll rises after Ecuador quake

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Ecuador, 170 kilometers (105 miles) from the capital Quito.
April 17, 2016
Rescue workers saving an eight-month-old baby from a collapsed building in the town of Mashiki (Photo: Reuters)

'Race against time' in Japan to find survivors

Japanese rescuers have dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings and mud to reach dozens believed to be trapped.
April 16, 2016
Japan Erdbeben

Second strong earthquake strikes Japan

A second, more powerful earthquake has rocked Japan less than a day after Thursday's deadly tremor.
April 16, 2016
Kernkraftwerk Philippsburg

Faked nuclear safety checks in Germany

Two German state environment ministries have admitted that workers faked safety readings at two nuclear power stations.
April 15, 2016
Map depicting the epicenter of an earthquake which struck Kyushu, Japan on 14.04.16

Buildings collapse as earthquake jolts Japan

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Japan, with reports that several buildings had collapsed, injuring some.
April 14, 2016
Living Planet Die Antarktis, der Tourismus und der Umweltschutz

Treading new paths

Take a walk with Living Planet along the Fukushima hiking trail, jump on board a ship touring the Antarctic, and find out how safe the plan of a cruise ship sailing through the once inaccessible Arctic Northwest Passage is.
April 5, 201629:57 min
Penguins in the ice

Living Planet

Join Living Planet as it treads largely unexplored ground across the world.
April 4, 2016
Mount Fuji

Hiking the Fukushima trail

In Japan, tourism was hit by the catastrophic tsunami and resulting nuclear meltdown at Fukushima in 2011. Now the region is trying to attract visitors again, with a new hiking path along the disaster-stricken coast. Living Planet takes a walk along the hiking path to Fukishima.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 31, 201607:10 min
England Atomkraftwerk Hinkley Point

Decisions, decisions

Should an indebted French utility company invest in the construction of the world's priciest nuclear reactors in the UK?
March 23, 2016
Fukushima Zerstörung Frau mit Blumen

Living Planet

What does the Fukushima region look like five years on? Listen to DW's Living Planet to find out.
March 17, 2016
Deutschland Atomkraftwerk Gundremmingen

Nuclear phaseout unlawful?

Germany's Constitutional Court is debating the legitimacy of the 2011 nuclear phaseout law. Firms demand compensation.
March 15, 2016

German town faces challenges after nuclear exit

As Germany turned its back on nuclear power five years ago everything changed for those who depended on the plants.
March 15, 201602:53 min
Film Grüsse aus Fukushima

Greetings from Fukushima

Marie from Germany is confronted with her past while helping victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
March 14, 2016

Greetings from Fukushima

Film director Doris Dörrie pays tribute to the victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
March 14, 2016

KINO - The Movie Magazine | 12.03.2016

KINO features the latest cinematic adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" and Oscar-winning film "Son of Saul".
March 14, 2016
Japan Fukushima Wohngebiet Sperrzone

Fukushima five years on

5 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the exclusion zone is to be made habitable again.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 12, 201612:07 min
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@dwnews - Social media users debate nuclear energy

March 11, 201602:05 min
Fukushima workers in protective clothing stand outside reactor 4 as they continue the radiation decontamination process (Photo: Getty Images/C. Furlong)

Fukushima: radioactivity under control?

Five years ago, one of the largest nuclear disasters began in Fukushima. How is it now and what has been learned?
March 11, 2016
Kernkraftwerke in Südkorea

Nuclear energy booming in Asia

Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Asian countries such as India and China have embraced nuclear power.
March 11, 2016
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German power utilities hit by transition to renewables

Germany's major power companies are struggling to make the shift from nuclear to other energy sources.
March 11, 201602:20 min
Japan Fukushima Tsunami Katastrophe Namie

Japan marks tsunami anniversary

Japan has observed the fifth anniversary of a deadly earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
March 11, 2016
Thurau Jens Kommentarbild App

'The Germans are crazy'

Jens Thurau
Five years after Fukushima, Germany is fast doing away with nuclear energy.
March 10, 2016
Tourismus in Japan nach Fukushima Kirschblütenfest

Tourism after Fukushima

The nuclear disaster of 2011 plunged Japan's tourism industry into crisis. That seems to be over now.
March 10, 2016
Scene from "Greetings from Fukushima" by Dorris Dörrie, Copyright: Majestic / Hanno Lentz

Cultural reflections on disaster after Fukushima

Five years after Fukushima, reverberations are still being felt in cinema, theater and literature.
March 10, 2016
(photo: picture-alliance/dpa/K.Kamoshida)

Living Planet: Fukushima - 5 years on

What does the Fukushima region look like five years on and where are we at with the push for renewable energy?
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 10, 201629:58 min
Japan PK Shinzo Abe Jahrestag Erdbeben Tsunami Fukushima

Shinzo Abe defends nuclear power

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan "cannot do without" nuclear power ahead of Fukushima diaster's fifth anniversary.
March 10, 2016
Filmmaker Doris Dörrie, Copyright: picture-alliance/Geisler-Fotopress

'Nothing has changed' in Fukushima: German filmmaker Dörrie

Doris Dörrie returned to Japan for her new film "Greetings from Fukushima," shooting near the nuclear reactor.
March 10, 2016
Yuzo Mihara looks at a neighbor's coffee shop invaded with vegetation in Namie, Fukushima (photo: picture-alliance/dpa/F. Robichon)

Visiting Fukushima

What does the tsunami-stricken region look like, five years on?
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 10, 201618:58 min
Wind turbines and sunset (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Where are we at with renewables?

Fukushima convinced the German government that nuclear power was not the way to go. So where are we now with renewables?
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 10, 201607:11 min
Wiederöffnungszeremonie Stadt "Naraha" in Japan

How radiation-hit Naraha is coping

Six months ago, Naraha became the first town in the Fukushima "exclusion zone" to allow people to return. DW examines.
March 9, 2016
Japan Atomkraftwerk Kansai Electric Power Co. No. 3

Otsu District Court orders nuclear reactors offline

Japan's Otsu District Court orders one nuclear reactor closed and a second to stay offline in blow to nuclear industry.
March 9, 2016
Fessenheim power plant

France to close Fessenheim power plant

French officials have announced plans to close Fessenheim power plant by the end of the year.
March 7, 2016
Hinkley Point nuclear power plant

EDF finance chief resigns over Hinkley Point

French energy giant EDF has confirmed the resignation of its finance chief, Thomas Piquemal.
March 7, 2016
(Photo: Picture alliance/ dpa)

Incidents and accidents in nuclear power plants

Incidents and accidents in civilian nuclear facilities are defined in eight levels - from harmless to catastrophic.
March 4, 2016
Frankreich Atomkraftwerk Fessenheim

Nuclear accident downplayed

An incident at the Fessenheim nuclear facility in France in 2014 was more serious than the public was led to believe.
March 4, 2016