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2025	Windscale fire Release of video game 'Atomfall', set in an alternate history 1960s where the Windscale fire created a radioactive quarantine zone in the Lake District.
May 2025	Nuclear transmutation The ALICE experiment team at the Large Hadron Collider announced the production of nearly 270 billion gold-203 nuclei from lead-208 nuclei collision-induced photon exchanges over three experiment runs in the late 2010s.
2024	Goiânia accident The Hong Kong disaster thriller film 'Cesium Fallout' was partially inspired by the Goiânia radioactive accident.
March 2024	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Fourth round of water discharge completed, with no abnormal tritium levels detected in nearby waters.
March 2024	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant The discharge of treated radioactive water was temporarily suspended following a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in the Fukushima coastal region. No abnormalities were detected with the wastewater treatment during this interruption.
February 2024	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant A leak was detected by a contractor at the power plant, with 5.5 tonnes of potentially radioactive water escaping due to 10 out of 16 valves being left open, seeping into the surrounding soil within the plant compound.
2023	Santa Susana Field Laboratory The RAC study report was published, concluding that air measurement data and soil sampling showed no evidence of SSFL impact in offsite soils from the Woolsey Fire.
2023	Santa Susana Field Laboratory Plaintiffs petitioned the California Supreme Court to review the case, which was subsequently denied.
2023	Nuclear power in Japan Nuclear power generated 5.55% of Japan's electricity, a significant reduction from the pre-Fukushima level of up to 30%.
2023	Fukushima nuclear accident A docudrama series called 'The Days' was released, depicting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident over a period of 7 days, based in part on Masao Yoshida's testimony from The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Report.
2023	Fukushima nuclear accident A dose-response relationship study was published, suggesting potential underreporting of thyroid cancer incidence due to societal and political pressures.
October 2023	Santa Susana Field Laboratory The current National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was issued, regulating surface water discharge limits for radionuclides and chemicals.
August 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Fisheries minister Tetsuro Nomura called the treated radioactive water 'contaminated', but later apologized and retracted the statement after receiving instruction from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
August 25 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant TEPCO reported that tritium levels in seawater around Fukushima remained below the detection limit of 10 Bq/L. The Japanese Fishery Agency confirmed no detectable amounts of tritium in fish caught 4 km from the discharge pipe.
August 24 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Japan began discharging treated waste water into the Pacific Ocean, which triggered protests in the region and prompted China to expand its ban on aquatic imports from Japan.
August 24 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Protests against the water discharge erupt in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, with approximately 50,000 people gathering in Seoul and some attempting to storm the Japanese embassy.
August 23 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka expresses support for the IAEA report, stating the plan meets international safety standards.
August 22 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Japan announced plans to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean within 48 hours, despite regional opposition. The water was treated using the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) to remove radiation, with tritium remaining as the primary radioactive element.
July 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant IAEA releases a conclusion that Japan's discharge plan is in accordance with international safety standards, but does not fully endorse the decision.
June 2023	Santa Susana Field Laboratory DTSC issued the Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Santa Susana Field Laboratory after considering community input, reaffirming support for the 2010 Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) requirements for cleanup of radionuclides and chemicals to background levels.
June 2023	Santa Susana Field Laboratory DTSC released a revised version of the draft PEIR with unspecified deletions and additions, the purpose of which was not immediately clear.
June 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant South Korean shoppers rush to buy salt and other items before the expected water discharge, with the government banning seafood from near Fukushima.
May 2023	Santa Susana Field Laboratory The California Appeals Court reaffirmed the lower Court's decision, denying the plaintiffs' petition regarding the demolition of buildings.
May 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant An interlaboratory comparison was conducted with 3 IAEA laboratories and 4 national laboratories to verify TEPCO's testing of ALPS-treated water.
May 2023	Nuclear power in Japan A law was enacted to officially omit shutdown periods from the 60-year reactor operation limit, subject to the economy minister's approval.
April 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Japan's NRA announced a Comprehensive Radiation Monitoring Plan to continually monitor radionuclide concentrations across Japan.
April 2023	Fukushima nuclear accident Fishers and activists protested in front of the Japanese embassy in the Philippines against the planned release of 1.3 million tons of treated water into the Pacific Ocean.
February 2023	Nuclear power in Japan Asahi Shimbun survey showed 51% of participants in Japan now favor restarting nuclear plant operations, with 42% opposed.
February 2023	Nuclear power in Japan Japanese cabinet approved a policy to extend nuclear reactor use and construct new reactors.
February 22 2023	Y-12 National Security Complex A fire occurred in the uranium processing area of Building 9212 at the Y-12 National Security Complex at 9 a.m. The fire was contained on the same day by the National Nuclear Security Administration.
January 2023	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant U.S. National Association of Marine Laboratories opposes the discharge plan, citing lack of adequate scientific data supporting safety claims.
2022	Nuclear power in Japan Japanese Prime Minister announced plans to restart nine nuclear units by winter and seven more by summer 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2022	Nuclear transmutation CERN's ISOLDE team reported producing 18 gold nuclei from proton bombardment of a uranium target.
2022	Nuclear power in Japan Japan's Prime Minister announced plans to restart nine nuclear power units by winter 2022.
2022	Nuclear power in Japan During the global energy crisis, Japan's prime minister announced consideration of building safer next-generation nuclear reactors and restarting idle existing plants.
2022	Nuclear explosion The National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieved a historic energy gain greater than one, producing 3.15 MJ, equivalent to the chemical explosion of 752 grams of TNT, which raised concerns about pure fusion weapons development.
December 2022	Nuclear power in Japan Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority approved a draft rule allowing nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years by excluding inspection downtimes.
September 6 2022	Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi addressed the UN Security Council, calling for a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and stating that all seven nuclear safety pillars had been compromised.
August 2022	Santa Susana Field Laboratory Boeing and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) detailing future storm water management requirements after the completion of SSFL soil remediation.
August 2022	Fukushima nuclear accident Japan began discharging treated waste water into the Pacific Ocean, sparking international protests and China's retaliatory ban on Japanese seafood imports.
July 2022	Fukushima nuclear accident Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority approved discharging treated water into the sea.
July 13 2022	Fukushima nuclear accident Four former TEPCO executives were ordered to pay $95 billion in damages to the operator of the power plant in a civil case brought by TEPCO shareholders.
June 17 2022	Fukushima nuclear accident Supreme Court acquitted the government of any wrongdoing regarding potential compensation to over 3,700 people affected by the accident.
May 2022	Santa Susana Field Laboratory DTSC and Boeing signed a Settlement Agreement committing Boeing to cleanup chemicals to a residential risk-based garden standard and cleanup radionuclides to background levels in Area I, III, and the southern buffer zone. The agreement was criticized by community groups and local governments for being conducted secretly without public input.
March 2022	Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents Battle of Enerhodar caused damage to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and a fire at its training complex as Russian forces took control, raising significant nuclear contamination concerns.
March 2022	Fukushima nuclear accident Japan's Supreme Court upheld an order for TEPCO to pay damages of $12 million to about 3,700 people whose lives were harmed by the accident, covering three class-action lawsuits.
February 2022	Chernobyl disaster Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupted tourism, with the Chernobyl exclusion zone closed to all visitors due to active fighting.
February 2022	Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant An IAEA task force released their first report after being dispatched to Japan in 2021, verifying TEPCO's water management processes.
February 2022	Fukushima nuclear accident Japan suspended the sale of black rockfish from Fukushima after discovering one fish from Soma had 180 times more radioactive Cesium-137 than legally permitted, with 44 other fish showing similar high radiation levels.
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