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The article focuses on the condemnation by the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency of drone strikes at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, emphasizing the significant risk of a major nuclear accident and the immediate need to cease such attacks.

The article discusses the role of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown in increasing U.S. power plants' preparation for accidents and natural disasters as of March 9, 2014. Topics addressed include increased amounts of emergency equipment such as trucks, generators, and hoses at power plants; scientists' concerns with nuclear power plants' vulnerabilities to disasters such as floods and earthquakes; and the design of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania.

This article discusses the efforts of residents of Fukushima, Japan, like Akinori Iwamura, to improve the area's image through sports. Topics covered include the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which caused meltdowns and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the damage to Fukushima name due to the disaster at the nuclear plant, and the baseball and softball games to be hosted by the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The article reports on the earthquake off the coast of Fukushima in Japan which caused a cooling system failure in a nuclear plant. Topics discussed include the disaster response of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), construction of sea walls at Fukushima plants following the 2011 nuclear disaster, and the plan of the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reopen plants that were closed in 2011.

The article reports on the shutdown of nuclear power plant in Grafenrheinfeld, Germany in June 2015 following the order of Chancellor Angela Merkel in relation to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan. The move also reflects Germany's push to establish a nuclear-free energy system by 2022 and to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. It notes that the plant has already been replaced alternative energy sources like solar and wind power.

The article discusses Japanese judge Hideaki Higuchi's issue of an injunction forbidding the restarting of two nuclear reactors at the Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama nuclear power plant, which is located in Fukui Prefecture. Topics addressed include the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdowns on the nuclear power industry in Japan, as well as Higuchi's challenge of safety standards at the power plant.

The article reports on the plan of the government of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to restart the idled Ikata Nuclear Power Station since the Fukushima accident in 2011. It states that the town of Ikata has suffered loss from plant-related tax revenue and jobs as the plant is one of the main drivers of the town's economy. It mentions that Ikata Mayor Kazuhiko Yamashita would accept the plant's resuming operations if government regulators proclaimed it safe.

The article reports on the gubernatorial election in Tokyo, Japan on February 8, 2014 which viewed to provide answers on the country's pursuit of nuclear power after Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. It notes the plan of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to release a realistic and balanced energy strategy that would restart some idled nuclear power plants. Analysts say that majority of Japanese are undecided to turn the plants back for nuclear-free future.

The article reports that Japan moves its greenhouse gas emissions target, stating that it was affected by the shutdown of its nuclear power plants in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. Environment minister Nobuteru Ishihara says that the new target do not consider the potential impact of nuclear power plants. It mentions that the country is the fifth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide worldwide in 2011.

The article reports that the government of Japan has approved the operation of nuclear plants in the country, a step that will rekindle the idled nuclear industry following the devastation of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Confronting Putin's Russia" by Michael A. McFaul in the March 24, 2014 issue, "The Plot to Cut Food Stamps, Foiled" in the March 21, 2014 issue and "Fukushima Cleaned Up by Poor and Unskilled" in the March 17, 2014 issue.

The article reports on the draft Basic Energy Plan pushed by the Japanese government on February 25, 2014 aimed to revive the country's dormant nuclear plants after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 through designating atomic power as an important long-term electricity source.

Corrections to articles in previous issues are presented including the conflict between Islamic militants and Russian security forces at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, doubt of Japan for nuclear power after the Fukushima meltdown in 2011 and the campaign of Jewish dating site JDate.

TOKYO -- A two-month shutdown of Japan's nuclear power plants ended on Sunday when officials at a western plant reactivated a reactor for the first time since the disaster last year in Fukushima. The restarting of reactor No. 3 at the Ohi nuclear plant was ordered two weeks ago by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in a decision that has spurred growing public protests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TOKYO -- Shouting antinuclear slogans and beating drums, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the Japanese prime minister's residence on Friday in the largest display yet of public anger at the government's decision to restart a nuclear power plant. The crowd, including women with small children and men in suits coming from work, chanted ''No more Fukushimas!'' as it filled the broad boulevards near the residence and the national Parliament building, which were cordoned off by the police. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TOKYO -- Japan moved closer to restarting the first of the nation's idled nuclear plants as the prime minister signaled that he might order a start-up as early as next week and as a new round of scrambling to persuade local leaders to drop their opposition appeared to be working. A decision to allow the plant to begin operating would end a standoff of months between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who has worried that the lack of nuclear power would create a further drag on the economy, and local leaders made skittish by last year's nuclear disaster. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Japan is opening part of the evacuation zone around its leaking nuclear power plant for the first time since last year's disasters, easing restrictions to allow up to 16,000 evacuees to return home briefly if they wear protective gear. The 12-mile perimeter around the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains largely intact, but the government said Friday that it would reclassify the least contaminated areas into three categories based on their radiation levels. Two towns will reopen starting Sunday and a third in mid-April. But most residents are waiting until the area is further decontaminated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TOKYO -- The damage to one of three stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could be worse than previously thought, a recent internal investigation has shown, raising new concerns over the plant's stability and complicating the post-disaster cleanup. The government has said that the plant's three badly damaged reactors have been in a relatively stable state, called a cold shutdown, for months, and officials say that continues. But new tests suggest that the plant -- which was ravaged last March when a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the area -- might not be as stable as the government or the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, had hoped. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

10 P.M. (13) NUCLEAR AFTERSHOCKS In the 10 months since an earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in Japan (above, a woman who lived near the plant being checked for radiation), that country has closed all but a handful of its 54 reactors. Germany has decided to phase out its 17 nuclear power plants by 2022. Should the United States follow suit? In this ''Frontline'' episode, Miles O'Brien examines the future of nuclear energy around the world and asks whether any of the 104 reactors in the United States could suffer a Fukushima-type accident. He also investigates a controversial decision facing nuclear regulators: whether to relicense the nearly 40-year-old Indian Point plant, 38 miles north of Manhattan. Critics, like Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, insist that the risks are too great. But proponents, including former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York, argue that the plant should remain open because it provides about a quarter of New York City and Westchester County's power while producing few greenhouse gas emissions. 2 P.M. (HBO) TEMPLE GRANDIN (2010) Claire Danes earned an Emmy for her role as Ms. Grandin, the autistic animal behaviorist who helps design slaughterhouses. The director, Mick Jackson, who also won an Emmy, used snapshot images that track Ms. Grandin's self-perceptions from her condition's early diagnosis through her turbulent school years and the unwavering support of her mother (Julia Ormond), aunt (Catherine O'Hara) and science teacher (David Strathairn). ''Hers is a tale that could be easily played up for drama, intrigue and weepy reconciliations, but this narrative is loyal to Ms. Grandin's credo: emotions are secondary to tangible results,'' Alessandra Stanley wrote in The New York Times. ''And the result is a movie that is funny, instructive and also intangibly charming.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BIBLIS, Germany -- Not since the grim period after World War II has Germany had significant blackouts, but it is now bracing for that possibility after shutting down half its nuclear reactors practically overnight. Nuclear plants have long generated nearly a quarter of Germany's electricity. But after the tsunami and earthquake that sent radiation spewing from Fukushima, half a world away, the government disconnected the 8 oldest of Germany's 17 reactors -- including the two in this drab factory town -- within days. Three months later, with a new plan to power the country without nuclear energy and a growing reliance on renewable energy, Parliament voted to close them permanently. There are plans to retire the remaining nine reactors by 2022. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

France's main electricity company announced on Wednesday that it had delayed for another two years the completion of a third-generation nuclear power plant in Flamanville, in northern France, citing structural problems, construction accidents and new tests for safety after the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. The European pressurized reactor, already delayed, is now expected to be finished in 2016, and the cost for the project is expected to rise to six billion euros. ''This delay is linked to both structural and economic reasons,'' the company, EDF, said in a statement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MINAMISOMA, Japan -- Even after explosions rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Kuniaki Sato, who raises cattle here about 20 miles from the crippled complex, said he had received no clear warning from the government about the possible dangers of radiation to his herd. So six weeks after the accident, on April 23, he shipped 12 of his prized cattle from his farm to market. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Japan's nuclear safety officials reprimanded the operator of the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Friday and demanded an investigation into how two workers were exposed to more than twice the government limit of radiation. The operator, Tepco, was ordered to submit a report within a week giving the cause and prevention measures. The two men, one in his 30s and the other in his 40s, were confirmed last week as having exceeded the limit and were removed from working at the plant. A third man, a senior control room operator in his 50s, is being tested further after early findings showed high radiation exposure. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]