Tokyo (AFP) July 11, 2011 - Tokyo's outspoken Governor Shintaro Ishihara says Japan still needs atomic power, despite what he expects will be some hysterical reaction to the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Tokyo (AFP) July 8, 2011 - The head of a Japanese utility firm apologised to the government on Friday after the company urged staff to send emails from home to a televised meeting calling for the restart of idled nuclear reactors.
Berlin (AFP) July 8, 2011 - The German parliament sealed plans Friday to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, making the country the first major industrial power to take the step in the wake of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant.
Tokyo (AFP) July 7, 2011 - Japan's idled nuclear plants are likely to stay offline beyond a summer power supply crunch, say analysts, after a government plan for stress tests sparked confusion in regions hosting reactors.
Tokyo (AFP) July 6, 2011 - Japan said Wednesday it will run stress tests on all its nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi atomic accident sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Paris (AFP) July 6, 2011 - Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Wednesday that his security forces had made safe the uranium mines in his country run by French state-owned nuclear firm Areva.
Berlin (AFP) July 5, 2011 - German energy giants EON and RWE said Tuesday they would wait for London to rule on the future of its nuclear power industry before going ahead with investments in new power plants in Britain.
Tokyo (UPI) Jul 5, 2011 - The mayor of a small town in southwestern Japan approved the restart of two suspended nuclear reactors, the first such decision since the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jul 05, 2011 - After Fukushima, it is now imperative to redefine what makes a successful nuclear power program - from cradle to grave. If nuclear waste management is not thought out from the beginning, the public
Dar Es Salaam (AFP) July 5, 2011 - Tanzania will begin uranium mining in its southern Selous Game Reserve, Africa's second-largest wildlife sanctuary and a UNESCO heritage site, the energy minister said Tuesday.
Paris (AFP) July 4, 2011 - French safety authorities Monday said they had cleared a reactor at a 33-year-old nuclear plant to go on functioning for another decade provided maintenance work is carried out.
New Delhi (AFP) July 4, 2011 - India has suggested that countries refusing to match nuclear reactor sales with technology transfers could be frozen out of one of the world's largest reactor markets.
Berlin (AFP) July 3, 2011 - The second largest German power company, RWE, wants government compensation after parliament voted to abandon nuclear energy by 2022, its boss Juergen Grossmann said in an interview Sunday.
London (AFP) July 1, 2011 - The British government worked with the country's nuclear industry to calm public fears over the safety of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, the Guardian reported Friday.
Los Angeles (UPI) Jul 1, 2011 - Following Japan's Fukushima disaster, the nuclear industry must redefine what makes a successful nuclear power program from cradle to grave, experts say.
Berlin (AFP) June 30, 2011 - The German parliament approved by an overwhelming majority Thursday plans to scrap nuclear power by 2022, a decision set in motion in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
