Energy
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Fukushima review – a devastating account of disaster and denial in 2011 nuclear catastrophe
A tense return to the disaster foregrounds the heroism of the ‘Fukushima 50’ while raising questions about cor…
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Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push
Thinktank analysis suggests Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in Australia and hinder move to cle…
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The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on…
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15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant
A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, resi…
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‘People are wrestling with the burden’: Japan pivots to focus on nuclear power ‘maximisation’ alongside renewables
Post-Fukushima nuclear closures of dozens of reactors forced the country to rely heavily on imported fossil fu…
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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis t…
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Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site
Plant’s owners hope analysis of tiny sample will help to establish how to safely decommission facilityA piece …
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As the Coalition goes nuclear, Labor is free to ensure fossil fuels are burned with abandon and little scrutiny | Greg Jericho
How can Australia get to net zero by 2050 while approving projects that will run for decades beyond that date?…
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World’s biggest economies pumping billions into fossil fuels in poor nations
G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study fin…
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Will hydrogen overtake batteries in the race for zero-emission cars?
In part six of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we weigh up what will be the power of the futureDo …
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World’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor launched in Japan
Joint project with EU involves more than 500 scientists and engineers and more than 70 companiesThe world’s bi…
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More support for hydrogen needed to stop Australia lagging on clean energy, Japanese expert warns
Tatsuya Terazawa says Albanese government must also consider carbon capture and storage and small modular nucl…
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State-backed disinformation fuelling anger in China over Fukushima water
Reports of abusive behaviour towards Japanese citizens in China in response to wastewater release at nuclear s…
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Fukushima: China accused of hypocrisy over its own release of wastewater from nuclear plants
Plant in China releases water with higher amounts of tritium, scientist says, calling into question seafood ba…
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South Koreans confront IAEA chief over Fukushima water release
Rafael Grossi met with protests in Seoul during visit to try to calm fears over radioactive water dischargePro…
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Australia resists Japan’s lobbying for NT gas export project to be given special treatment
Australian government stands by safeguard mechanism’s design and indicates it will not change in response to l…
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Fukushima plan to release water into ocean approved by UN watchdog
IAEA report says discharge would have ‘negligible radiological impact on people and the environment’The UN’s n…
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Japanese-funded $500m project to extract hydrogen from Victorian coal is at risk, sources say
Exclusive: funding requests, uncertain responsibilities and a failure to secure long-term contracts has critic…
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Japan to spend $2.35bn on turning Victorian Latrobe valley coal into ‘clean hydrogen’
Japan Suiso energy boss says hydrogen project incorporating carbon capture and storage ‘truly a watershed mome…
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The world in 2023: what our writers say you should watch out for
From Ukraine developments and China’s Covid surge to renewable energy and hope for the AmazonA near-inevitable…