Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents

Russia’s meteorological service has confirmed “extremely high” concentrations of the radioactive isotope ruthenium-106 were found in several parts of the country in late September, confirming European reports about the contamination this month.

The Fukushima nuclear power plant may have been leaking radioactive water since April, its owner has admitted.

HBO says production will begin next year on a miniseries about the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, according to TimesColonist.

The five-part series will star Jared Harris as a Soviet scientist tapped by the Kremlin to investigate the accident.

Japan's chief atomic energy regulator has acknowledged it was inappropriate to say it would be "much better" if North Korea dropped a missile on Tokyo rather than on a nuclear plant.

Shunichi Tanaka, head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), found himself in hot water on July 6 after he spoke to people living near a recently restarted reactor.

Three former executives at the operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant went on trial June 30, the only people ever to face a criminal court in connection with the 2011 meltdowns that left swathes of countryside uninhabitable.

Greece took part in the ConvEx-2d emergency response drill for a possible nuclear accident under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on October 5 and 6.

The Black Sea region has not been able to recover from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster trauma that occurred 30 years ago. I was visiting the Black Sea provinces of Trabzon and Rize on the 30th anniversary of the disaster last week.

Turkey has pitched in efforts with other 43 countries to clean up the remnants of the Chernobyl disaster, exactly 30 years after the world's worst nuclear accident killed thousands.

The Japanese prime minister in office when the Fukushima nuclear disaster took place in March 2011 has said he regrets recommending Japanese nuclear technology to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, citing the risks posed by earthquakes and terrorism.

Reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria are considered to be among the most dangerous in Europe, a report at German daily Der Tagesspiegel [DE] reads.

It also cites a number of safety concerns raised in 2013 by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global energy watchdog (even though some of the recommendations have been addressed since then).