In March 2011, a massive earthquake struck off the nortreastern coast of Japan, producing an immensely destructive tsunami and damaging the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, causing a partial meltdown and a dangerous radiation leak. Since then, the country has made huge strides in rebuilding and recovering from a tragedy that claimed over 15,000 lives, but repairing the nuclear plant has proven to be far more difficult and costly than anyone would have hoped. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the company in charge of the plant, has taken most of the blame for the delays.
Cosmic radiation will finally get us inside the Fukushima reactors
A technique called muon tomography will allow cleanup crews to examine the reactor cores from a safe distance
Another Fukushima mishap leaks highly radioactive water into Pacific
TEPCO comes under fire from Japanese authorities after second breach in less than two months
