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Tamil Nadu okays Kudankulam n-plant
Mar 19, 2012 (IANS)
Tamil Nadu Monday gave the green signal for the Kudankulam nuclear plant, with an activist saying that 10 people opposing the project have been arrested. The st...
India to start work on stalled nuclear plant
Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)
The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Monday gave the green light for work to start on a massive nuclear power station stalled for months amid protests ove...
N-power capacity failed to rise: Economic Survey
Mar 19, 2012 (IANS)
Even though the generation of nuclear power increased by 33 percent this fiscal, no capacity was added against a target of 2,000 MW, the Economic Survey said Th...
80% in Japan support nuclear phase-out: poll
Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)
Eighty percent of Japanese want to phase out the country's reliance on nuclear power and eventually eliminate it, a poll said Sunday, a year after Japan was hit...
Bulgaria PM gets cold feet on Russia nuclear plant deal
Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Friday he was considering pulling out of a deal with Russian nuclear company Atomstroyexport to build a new nuclear ...
Areva sells stake in Eramet for 776 mn euros
Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)
French nuclear energy giant Areva said Friday it had signed a deal to sell its 26 percent stake in the Eramet mining company to France's strategic investment fu...
Poland to seek bids for first nuclear plant
Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)
Polish state-run energy group PGE said Wednesday it expected to launch a public tender to build the country's first nuclear power station within two months. "Th...
Nuclear power crucial to China
Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)
Nuclear power is important to China because of its quest for climate change mitigation, an expert with the environment ministry has said. "The Chinese nuclear i...
Power cut at reactor in S. Korea stirs criticism
Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)
South Korean nuclear officials came under fire Wednesday for failing to report a brief electricity failure at an ageing atomic power plant until more than a mon...
Responding to the Radiation Threat
Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)
The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officia...
UN nuclear body says ageing reactors fuel safety concerns
Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)
Eighty percent of nuclear power plants are more than 20 years old, raising safety concerns, the UN atomic agency warned in a draft report seen by AFP on Tuesday...
Kolkata protest against PM comment on Kudankulam project
Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)
A group of Kolkata residents Monday held a 12-hour fast against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on agitations centred around the Kudankulam nuclear pow...
S. Korea opposition vows to reduce nuclear energy
Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea's top opposition leader vowed Monday to gradually reduce the country's reliance on nuclear energy if her party gains a majority in next month's gene...
Activists tap court to block Japan reactor restart
Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)
A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday to prevent the restart of a nuclear power plant, a day after the first anniversary of the tsunami that spark...
International governance on nuclear safety still requires action
Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)
One year after the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi, the World Energy Council (WEC) will publish on Friday, 9 March, a study analysing the impact of the ac...
Protesters link arms around the world to decry nuclear power
Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protesters across the globe called for an end to nuclear power as they marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsun...
Prayer, protest at Japan anti-nuclear rally
Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people rallied near Japan's crippled Fukushima plant Sunday demanding an end to nuclear power as the nation marked the first anniversary of...
Merkel lauds Germany's nuclear phase-out plan
Mar 10, 2012 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday lauded her country's decision to phase out nuclear power, speaking on the eve of the first anniversary of Japan's Fu...
Japan cabinet was warned of Fukushima meltdown
Mar 10, 2012 (AFP)
Top Japanese cabinet ministers were warned of possible nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima hours after the tsunami hit last March, government papers have revealed, d...
US orders post-Fukushima nuclear safety upgrades
Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)
US regulators on Friday ordered operators of nuclear reactors to enhance safety measures in the event of a major accident, two days ahead of the anniversary of ...
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