Tokyo (AFP) Aug 1, 2012 - Tokyo Electric Power's chief on Wednesday vowed nothing was sacred in his bid to chop costs as the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant posted a $3.68 billion quarterly loss.
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2012 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant was effectively nationalised Tuesday as it received one trillion yen ($12.8 billion) of taxpayer money to stay afloat.
Frankfurt (AFP) July 30, 2012 - German power group EnBW said Monday it will not join other utility companies in filing a complaint with Germany's top court over compensation for Berlin's decision to abandon nuclear power.
Seoul (AFP) July 30, 2012 - A South Korean nuclear reactor went into automatic shutdown on Monday apparently after a malfunction, plant operators said, while ruling out a possible radiation leak.
Tokyo (AFP) July 29, 2012 - Thousands of demonstrators holding aloft candles and lights formed a human chain around Japan's parliament on Sunday in a new protest against nuclear power after last year's Fukushima atomic crisis.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Jul 26, 2012 - Saudi Arabia is pressing ahead with its ambitious plans to develop nuclear power to meet rising electricity demand and save oil for export.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2012 - Japan's energy policy is now at its most critical juncture since the inception of nuclear power in 1966. Nearly 16 months after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station - the worl
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 25, 2012 - AREVA Inc. and Northrop Grumman have joined forces to provide cybersecurity protection support for the nuclear industry. The alliance is in response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's call for c
Rome (AFP) July 24, 2012 - A rail convoy carrying highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel from Italy to France set off from the northern Italian town of Saluggia overnight, Italian media reported Tuesday.
Jaipur, India (AFP) July 24, 2012 - More than 40 workers at a nuclear power station in northern India have been exposed to tritium radiation in two separate leaks in the past five weeks, company managers said on Tuesday.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2012 - Radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause anywhere from 15 to 1,300 deaths and from 24 to 2,500 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan, Stanford researchers have calcu
Tokyo (AFP) July 23, 2012 - Japanese officials and Tokyo Electric Power ignored the risk of an atomic accident because they believed in the myth of nuclear safety, a government-backed report on the Fukushima crisis said Monday.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2012 - The same underlying man-made problems that contribute significantly to the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan are in place in the United States and require preventative actions that go far beyond
Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2012 - Japan's usually sedate society is angry and getting organised against nuclear power, with the kind of snowballing protest movement not seen for decades.
Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2012 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday was told it could hike household bills by around 8.5 percent, as the president insisted his company was misunderstood by the public.
Abu Dhabi (AFP) July 18, 2012 - The UAE will begin building two of four nuclear power plants in partnership with a South Korean consortium, the first of which will begin production in 2017, the Gulf state announced Wednesday.
