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Explosion outside of the Kabul airport

Top of The World

Top of The World: The Pentagon has confirmed an explosion outside of Kabul airport, with an unclear number of casualties. And, operators of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant are planning to build an undersea tunnel to release treated radioactive water into the ocean. Also, a new study suggests that the threat of death and illness from malaria in children could be reduced by 70%.

A protester is shown wearing a white radiation protection suit and holding a sign with cuts of fish and the radioactive symbol.

Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years

Environment
Nuclear reactors of No. 5, center left, and 6 look over tanks storing water that was treated but still radioactive, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Plan to dump Fukushima’s radioactive water into ocean causes outcry

Energy
Former NHK anchor Jun Hori speaks at a TEDx event in Kyoto, Japan, about opening Japanese journalism to non-traditional sources.

Japan’s timid coverage of Fukushima led this news anchor to revolt — and he’s not alone

Media
A Tokyo Electric Power Corp (TEPCO) official and journalists wearing protective equipment stand near storage tanks for radioactive water at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in November, 2013. A team of Japanese scientists say

Algae to the rescue at Fukushima? Scientists say it could help

Environment
A pro-European integration protester sits in a burnt police bus after a rally near government administration buildings in Kiev January 20, 2014. With tension still high, about 1,000 protesters confronted police on Monday near Kiev's main government headqu

New clashes in Kiev, reviewing the guest list for Syria’s peace talks, and Russian fears of ‘black widows’

Global Scan

The situation in Kiev remains volatile, with protesters in favor of closer ties with the European Union burning buses and hurling projectiles at police. And planned Syria peace talks in Geneva this week were nearly derailed by a UN invitation to include Iran. And Russia is looking for four women it is worried may be planning suicide attacks at the Sochi Olympics. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.

As Japan struggles to contain Fukushima, U.S. facilities face tighter restrictions

Environment

The Japanese government is freezing the ground around the Fukushima nuclear plant, hoping to staunch the flow of radioactive ground water. Meanwhile, in the United States, regulators are tightening up restrictions on U.S. plants, especially those built like Fukushima.

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

Environment

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 Nuclear Plant Crisis Worsens

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has once declared a radiological event at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This is the first time that the nation has declared an event of this scale since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan and brought destruction to the plant. On Wednesday, the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy […]

Radioactive Water from Fukushima in the Pacific

It’s been more than two years since the Fukushima power plants in Japan had a meltdown following flooding from a tsunami. Officials still don’t know how to contain the site fully, and recently reported that radioactive water is likely seeping into the Pacific Ocean.