Asia
HIGASHIDORI, Japan—A gubernatorial candidate promoting more nuclear reactors beat a rival who wanted to freeze them in a quake-hit northern prefecture Sunday, as Japan's troubled nuclear-energy industry faced its first major ballot-box test since the Fukushima Daiichi accident.
Asia
Pro-Nuclear Candidate Wins Japan Poll
HIGASHIDORI, Japan—A gubernatorial candidate promoting more nuclear reactors beat a rival who wanted to freeze them in a quake-hit northern prefecture Sunday, as Japan's troubled nuclear-energy industry faced its first major ballot-box test since the Fukushima Daiichi accident.
Pools of Danger
WASHINGTON, DC – The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis in Japan has underscored the dangers of storing highly radioactive spent fuel in pools of water that are susceptible to breaches from natural disasters and hydrogen explosions from accidents. The crisis should serve as a wake-up call for governments and industry to take action to reduce the risks of spent-fuel storage.
