Fukushima

Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson on working in post-tsunami Japan where food is scarce but journalists are given rare access to worst-hit areas.

The nuclear crisis at Fukushima plant in Japan could lead to a long overdue re-think on nuclear power, experts tell Channel 4 News, as Germany moves to close all of its pre-1980 nuclear facilities.

Another explosion hits Fukushima nuclear plant, damaged in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. Many are frightened – but this is not another Chernobyl, as Science Correspondent Tom Clarke explains.

The Foreign Office confirms there are no reports of British deaths in Japan yet – but there are severe concerns for a number of citizens as Channel 4 News learns of lucky UK survivors.

A second blast has rocked the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, which was damaged in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. Follow all of Monday’s events here in a replay of our live blog.

Will Japan premier Naoto Kan’s handling of the tsunami disaster mark him out as a great leader – or could events of the last few days do for him what Hurricane Katrina did for George W Bush?

As rescue workers search the debris for survivors after Japan’s devastating tsunami, Ed Fraser looks back at the lessons learned from the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004.

How the story unfolded following the Japan earthquake and tsunami – events as they happened via the #c4news live blog.

There has been an explosion at one nuclear facility in Japan, and now there are fears over other reactors. But how serious is the situation? Channel 4 News speaks to a nuclear expert.

Japan’s Prime Minister says the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear incidents are “the biggest crisis for Japan since World War II.” Channel 4 News speaks to a woman who cannot reach her family.

Japanese authorities say that the Fukushima reactor is still safe and the radiation leak has been low – but the crisis is far from over as the exclusion zone widens around the nuclear plant.

In a nation synonymous with the apocalyptic scenes in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the radioactive crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant could become a defining moment for the nuclear industry.

We can plan to lessen the impact of events like the earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan, but their effect depends on a range of circumstances, explains seismologist Dr Wayne Richardson.

Not all earthquakes produce tsunamis. And the power of a seismic wave as it hits land depends on a whole range of factors. Channel 4 News looks at why tsunamis can be so devastating.