Manila (AFP) May 11, 2011 - Tourists will soon be able to wander through a nuclear power plant in the Philippines that was built nearly three decades ago but never used, a government official said Wednesday.
Tokyo (UPI) May 11, 2011 - Japan said it would abandon existing plans for nuclear power expansion, as the country Wednesday marked two months since an earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Moscow (AFP) May 10, 2011 - Russia has successfully completed a vital pre-launch test at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, the country's nuclear export agency said on Tuesday.
Washington (AFP) May 10, 2011 - Federal regulators said Tuesday they will increase oversight of a southern US nuclear power plant after a low pressure coolant injection valve failed in October 2010.
Tokyo (AFP) May 10, 2011 - The president of TEPCO on Tuesday submitted a request for Japanese government aid in compensating those affected by its stricken nuclear power plant, as the utility said it faced funding problems.
Tokyo (UPI) May 10, 2011 - Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co. said it would shut down its Hamaoka nuclear power plant.
Tokyo (AFP) May 10, 2011 - The suspension of Japan's Hamaoka nuclear plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, may cause electricity supply problems this summer, Japan's economy minister said Tuesday.
Geneva (AFP) May 10, 2011 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant suggested that there were large gaps in international systems to deal with safety breaches.
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2011 - The operator of Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, said Monday it would temporarily shut down its last two running reactors.
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2011 - A Japanese man who applied for a temporary truck driving job instead found himself deployed to the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, an employment official told AFP on Monday.
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2011 - Japan and the United States are eyeing a plan to jointly construct an underground nuclear waste storage complex in Mongolia, a newspaper report said Monday.
Delft, Holland (SPX) May 09, 2011 - The recent nuclear accident in Fukushima Daiichi in Japan has brought the nuclear debate to the forefront of controversy. While Japan is trying to avert further disaster, many nations are reconsider
Berlin (UPI) May 9, 2011 - Only 10 out of the 21 nuclear reactors in Germany are currently running and there haven't been any power outages, suggesting that government plans to drop nuclear could be realized quicker than expected.
Brussels (AFP) May 9, 2011 - Europe on Wednesday will draw up stress-test parameters for a safety sweep of its nuclear power reactors, promised after Japan's Fukushima No.1 disaster, but already the focus of bitter disputes.
Beijing (UPI) May 9, 2011 - China plans to upgrade emergency procedures for nuclear power plants, a government official said Sunday.
Madrid (AFP) May 8, 2011 - Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Madrid Sunday calling for the immediate shutdown of Spain's nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
