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In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan.

Author Yoichi Funabashi on Fukushima crisis 10 years later: Nuclear energy was and still is 'unforgiving'

Yoichi Funabashi, one of Japan’s most imminent journalists and author of a new book titled "Meltdown: Inside the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis," told The World that there was a lack of emergency training for that critical scenario faced on March 11, 2011. 

Author Yoichi Funabashi on Fukushima crisis 10 years later: Nuclear energy was and still is 'unforgiving'
Catholic priests lead a protest march at an anti-nuclear demonstration outside of Seoul in April 2017.

South Korean Catholics take the lead in protesting against nuclear power

South Korean Catholics take the lead in protesting against nuclear power
worker at the Fukushima plant

Climate change is fueling a second chance for nuclear power

Climate change is fueling a second chance for nuclear power
Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power station at Nogent-Sur-Seine, France. The nuclear industry, and some of the world's top climate scientists, are arguing at the Paris climate talks that nuclear energy must

What's the bigger risk: Using nuclear energy or turning away from it?

What's the bigger risk: Using nuclear energy or turning away from it?
Caroline Kennedy visits offshore wind turbine

Japan has just built the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine

Japan has just built the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine
President Barack Obama and Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, are seen in this combination photo as they attend the opening ceremony of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 24, 2014.

Relations with Russia chill, and nuclear security cooperation gets put on ice

The US and Russia have cooperated for two decades to secure Russia's nuclear stockpile, a program that was a rare bright spot in the relationship between the two powers. But while the dangers haven't decreased, Russia may be ready to end American aid because of the situation in Ukraine.

Relations with Russia chill, and nuclear security cooperation gets put on ice
PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment

Three years after the tsunami-induced meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, PBS NewsHour correspondent Miles O'Brien talks about the continuing contamination crisis, and the accident that caused him to lose his arm.

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment
The World

The Art of Negotiating a Nuclear Program

How does one go about negotiating a complex and difficult topic such as the Iranian nuclear program? Anchor Marco Werman speaks with William Ury, co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project and co-author of "Getting to Yes."

The Art of Negotiating a Nuclear Program
An aerial view of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, taken August 31, 2013. Japan pledged nearly $500 million to contain leaks and decontaminate radioactive water fro

Fukushima Leaks Up the Ante for Japanese Government

Host Marco Werman speaks with Jeff Kingston of Temple University Japan about the status of the cleanup, what's at stake for the government, and the government's delicate relationship with TEPCO, the company that owns the plant.

Fukushima Leaks Up the Ante for Japanese Government

The Race to Secure Kazakhstan's 'Plutonium Mountain'

A remarkable 17-year effort by US; Russian scientists to secure an abandoned nuclear testing facility in Kazakhstan was finally completed last fall. Host Marco Werman speaks about the largely secret operation with journalist Eben Harrell.

The Race to Secure Kazakhstan's 'Plutonium Mountain'

Radioactive Water Flowing to Sea is New Fukushima 'Emergency'

Japan's nuclear regulatory agency has declared an emergency over radioactive water flowing into the ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the government has stepped in for the first time to take a direct role in fixing the problem.

Radioactive Water Flowing to Sea is New Fukushima 'Emergency'

In Japan, Banking on Compassion and Clean Energy

Japanese banker Tsuyoshi Yoshiwara hardly fits today's caricature of a greedy, soulless banker. Instead, he campaigns against nuclear power, pays himself a modest salary and says compassion should be his company's key virtue.

In Japan, Banking on Compassion and Clean Energy

What's in North Korea's Military Arsenal?

As the warlike rhetoric continues from North Korea, we look at what capabilities Pyongyang actually possesses. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with former US negotiator, Joel Wit.

What's in North Korea's Military Arsenal?
Two experimental "wind lenses" rise over a park in Fukuoka, Japan.

Post-Fukushima, An Energy Tug-of-War in Japan

Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, renewable energy is surging in Japan. But economic pressures are also helping revive support for nuclear power, leading to an internal tug-of-war over Japan's energy future.

Post-Fukushima, An Energy Tug-of-War in Japan

In Stressful Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan Now Dealing With 'Atomic Divorce'

Two years after the Fukushima tsunami and nuclear disaster, life is still far from normal for survivors. Anxiety over radiation and discrimination is now causing mental health problems and a slew of social problems from divorce to suicide.

In Stressful Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan Now Dealing With 'Atomic Divorce'