Nuclear Waste
The Week in Detail: Cluster bombs, Whakaari, and Fukushima waste
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Japan's govt could delay release of radioactive water into the Pacific
Japan is potentially revising the timing of a planned release of treated but still radioactive wastewater into the sea to "around spring or summer".
As Japan builds nuclear dumping facilities, Pacific groups say 'stop'
Pacific civil society groups are calling on Japan to halt its plans to dump radioactive nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Audio
Forum wants assurances on Japan's nuclear waste dump plans
The Pacific Islands Forum is demanding Japan share pivotal information about the waste water it wants to dump from the Fukushima power site.
Nuclear waste dump in Marshall Islands deemed safe by US govt
A concrete dome full of nuclear waste in the North Pacific has been deemed safe by the US government. Audio
Chch company to help tackle nuclear waste problem
A New Zealand company is helping in a world-first project to attempt permanent storage of nuclear waste.
Cave-in at nuclear waste site in Washington state
Staff at the Hanford nuclear waste site, 300 kilometres south east of Seattle, have been ordered to "take cover" after a portion of a tunnel contaminated with radioactive materials appeared to… Audio
Outrage over Australian nuclear waste dump
The Australian government is facing brewing community discontent after revealing a shortlist of sites for a proposed permanent nuclear waste dump - the country's first.