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Czech environment minister cancels nuke waste repository site survey
Jan 06, 2013 (UPI)
Exploration of an area of the southeastern Czech Republic as a site for long-term radioactive waste storage has been canceled, the environment ministry says. Cz...
Most Japan cities hosting nuclear plants OK restart
Jan 06, 2013 (AFP)
The majority of Japanese towns and cities hosting nuclear plants said they would agree to the reactors being restarted if the government guaranteed the safety o...
Bulgaria PM lobbies for 'no' in nuclear referendum
Jan 06, 2013 (AFP)
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Sunday he would ask members and supporters of his right-wing GERB party to vote "no" in a January 27 referendum on b...
Experts okay restart of worrisome Belgian nuclear plants
Jan 05, 2013 (AFP)
Scientific experts have greenlighted the restart of two Belgian nuclear power plants despite signs of micro-cracks in reactor vessels, the daily Le Soir said Sa...
German minister says 'never again' to nuclear power
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said Friday his country would never again return to nuclear energy, hitting back at a top EU official who doubted Ber...
Turkey says will decide soon on nuclear plant contract
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey expects to pick this month the winner of a tender for the construction of a second nuclear power plant near the Black Sea city of Sinop, its energy minis...
New nuclear reactors for Japan?
Jan 02, 2013 (UPI)
Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated he would approve the construction of more nuclear reactors. That's an about-face from the previous administr...
Fireproofing inadequate at Japan nuclear reactors
Jan 01, 2013 (AFP)
Japanese regulators have found inadequate fireproofing at more than one fifth of the nuclear reactors that went offline after the 2011 Fukushima crisis, a major...
Japan PM Abe supports new nuclear reactors: reports
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's new prime minister Shinzo Abe has voiced his willingness to build new nuclear reactors, reports said Monday, despite widespread public opposition to ato...
S. Korea restarts troubled nuclear reactor
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea on Monday restarted one of three nuclear reactors shut down for safety reasons, easing fears of power shortages during the harsh winter. Half of the...
Active fault may close Japan nuclear plant
Dec 28, 2012 (UPI)
Japan's nuclear watchdog says it will recommend shutting down a power plant in Fukui Prefecture if a geologic fault under the facility proves to be active. The ...
Toshiba to sell 16 percent stake in Westinghouse: report
Dec 27, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's Toshiba is in talks with three parties about selling a stake of up to 16 percent in US nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse Electric, a report said ...
Japan's new govt to review zero-nuclear policy
Dec 27, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy. The pro-b...
Iran denies Russian women paid to cover up in nuclear plant
Dec 26, 2012 (AFP)
Iran on Wednesday denied statements by a lawmaker that is it paying Russian women working as technicians at its sole nuclear power plant to adhere to the Islami...
Asian bids 'closer' to winning Turkey nuclear plant project
Dec 25, 2012 (AFP)
Asian countries are closer to winning a bid to build Turkey's second nuclear power plant near the Black Sea city of Sinop, the Turkish energy minister said on T...
Japan anti-nuclear vote melts away
Dec 23, 2012 (AFP)
Eight million people signed an Internet petition demanding an end to nuclear power and hundreds of thousands joined public protests. Yet Japan handed an electio...
Japan's incoming pro-nuclear PM 'to review Fukushima'
Dec 23, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's incoming pro-nuclear premier Shinzo Abe said Sunday his government will again investigate the Fukushima atomic crisis, after which the country's reactor...
Faults said risk to Japan nuclear plants
Dec 21, 2012 (UPI)
A nuclear watchdog agency in Japan says earthquake faults in the country's Aomori Prefecture may be active and could affect many nuclear facilities. The finding...
Vattenfall wants 3.5 bn euros in German nuclear spat
Dec 21, 2012 (AFP)
Swedish energy group Vattenfall is demanding 30 billion kronor (3.5 billion euros, $4.6 billion) in damages from Germany following Berlin's decision to shut som...
Swedish nuclear reactor shut after sea water infiltration
Dec 21, 2012 (AFP)
A reactor in Sweden's biggest nuclear plant was stopped Thursday after an infiltration of sea water, the operator Vattenfall and the national nuclear industry w...
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