Sofia (AFP) March 16, 2012 - 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 power plant at Belene on the Danube.
Hong Kong (SPX) Mar 14, 2012 - 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 industry still feels confident to
Warsaw (AFP) March 14, 2012 - 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.
Seoul (AFP) March 14, 2012 - 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 month after the incident.
Kolkata, India (IANS) Mar 13, 2012 - 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 power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu and wrot
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2012 - 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 officials considered the evacuation of the ne
Vienna (AFP) March 13, 2012 - 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, a year after Japan's Fukushima disaster.
Tokyo (AFP) March 12, 2012 - 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 sparked the Fukushima atomic disaster.
London, UK (SPX) Mar 12, 2012 - 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 accident on national nuclear energy plan
Seoul (AFP) March 12, 2012 - 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 general election.
Koriyama, Japan (AFP) March 11, 2012 - 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 a disastrous quake and tsunami.
Paris (AFP) March 11, 2012 - 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 tsunami at Japan's Fukushima power plant.
Tokyo (AFP) March 10, 2012 - Top Japanese cabinet ministers were warned of possible nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima hours after the tsunami hit last March, government papers have revealed, despite repeatedly denying the risk in public.
Berlin (AFP) March 10, 2012 - 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 Fukushima disaster.
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - A year after the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave un
Washington (AFP) March 9, 2012 - 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 Japan's Fukushima crisis.
