nuclear meltdown

Animals Thrive in Areas Evacuated by Humans After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

“Our results represent the first evidence that numerous species of wildlife are now abundant throughout the Fukushima Evacuation Zone.”

Radiation-Resistant Mutants at Chernobyl Pave the Way for Life on Mars

Radiotrophic beer is involved.

Japan wants to move everyone back to Fukushima in the spring

Alone in the Zone

Four years since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant went into full meltdown and the resulting 12-mile evacuation zone was enforced, one farmer still remains—braving high levels of radiation and loneliness to tend to abandoned animals.

Japan Had an Army of Robots, but Not One Could Help Fix Fukushima

Japan has baseball-playing bots, mechwarriors, and a quarter million industrial robots. But it didn't have anything that could help with a nuclear meltdown.