Madrid (AFP) July 30, 2015 - Spain's conservative government and the central region of Castilla-La Mancha locked horns Thursday over plans to build the nation's first-ever temporary storage facility for highly radioactive waste.
Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2015 - Four years after Germany took the sudden decision to phase out nuclear energy production in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, a new report commissioned by the Green Party warns that the sheer cost
Paris (AFP) July 30, 2015 - The most lasting health impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will likely be psychological not physical, according to a trio of studies published Friday in The Lancet.
Paris (AFP) July 30, 2015 - Atomic energy giant Areva on Thursday agreed to sell a majority stake of its nuclear reactor unit to electricity group EDF as part of a shake-up of the French sector.
Tokyo July 29, 2015 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant faced a fresh lawsuit Wednesday from the family of a 102-year-old man who killed himself because he was depressed at having to leave his home.
Tokyo (AFP) July 28, 2015 - Japan's embattled utility Tokyo Electric Power Co now expects the compensation costs after the Fukushima nuclear disaster to be more than $57 billion, the government confirmed Tuesday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 27, 2015 - China will build two nuclear power plants for Iran on the Makran coast neighboring the Gulf of Oman, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced on Wednesday. I
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2015 - A general framework agreement on the construction of the second phase, which includes a third and fourth power unit for the nuclear power plant, was signed by Russia and India in 2014. The Go
Paris (UPI) Jul 22, 2015 - After a string of moves into the Asian market, French energy company ENGIE said Wednesday it was moving deeper into Latin America with a Chilean acquisition.
Paris (AFP) July 22, 2015 - French lawmakers adopted a new law on Wednesday that will halve the country's energy consumption by 2050 and slash its reliance on nuclear energy.
Stockholm (AFP) July 21, 2015 - Sweden's state-owned energy group Vattenfall announced a massive 36.3 billion krona ($4.2 billion, 3.9 billion euro) writedown Tuesday tied to looming closures of two nuclear reactors and slumping lignite activity in Germany.
Iitate, Japan (AFP) July 21, 2015 - Sweating inside their plastic protection suits, thousands of men toil in Japan's muggy early summer in a vast effort to scrub radiation from the villages around Fukushima.
Ljubljana (XNA) Jul 21, 2015 - Slovenia presented Croatia with plans for additional radioactive waste repositories for the mutually-owned nuclear power station NEK in Krsko at a joint commission meeting on Monday. The Croat
Bratislava (XNA) Jul 21, 2015 - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has confirmed that he met on Friday with management members of Italian energy giant Enel, the majority owner of Slovak Elektrarne (SE) energy utility. We tal
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (XNA) Jul 21, 2015 - Construction on Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 nuclear power plants, the first of the kind in Vietnam, will be extended southwest as required in new changes to their master plan approved by the Ministry of Indu
Naraha, Japan (AFP) July 21, 2015 - More than four years since Satoru Yamauchi abandoned his noodle restaurant to escape radiation spreading from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the Japanese government is almost ready to declare it safe to go home.
