Civil Nuclear
Focus on safety at Brazil nuclear plant after Japan
Brazil's Angra dos Reis bay is a tropical paradise that attracts droves of tourists each year.
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World marks Chernobyl under shadow of Japan
The world on Tuesday marks a quarter century since the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine, haunted by fears over the safety of atomic energy after the Japan earthquake.
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Risks remain at Japan’s nuclear plants
Backup generators at many Japanese nuclear power plants lack capacity to keep reactor cores cool if another earthquake or tsunami were to strike, sources say.
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Japan farmers rally against nuclear plant company
Hundreds of angry Japanese farmers protested Tuesday outside the Tokyo head office of nuclear plant operator TEPCO, taking with them vegetables, milk and and even two cows affected by the atomic crisis.
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Berlusconi talks up nuclear on Chernobyl anniversary
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday talked up nuclear power as the "safest" form of energy on the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl amid fears linked to the disaster in Japan.
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Advancing the Debate Over Nuclear Waste Storage Locations
Plans for a nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico were initially opposed in the late 1980s by a 2-1 margin but a new analysis of 35 statewide public…
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Thousands join German anti-nuclear protests
More than 100,000 demonstrators staged nationwide protests in Germany on Monday calling for an end to nuclear power as part of the traditional Easter March, organisers said.
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Japan nuclear plant operator slashes wages
The operator of Japan's stricken nuclear power plant said Monday it will halve the yearly salaries of its board members as it seeks to absorb the financial hit from the ongoing atomic crisis.
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German nuclear exit could be costly
If Germany drops nuclear power as a source of energy, it could mean a hefty bill for power consumers, experts have warned.
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Anti-nuclear protests on Franco-German border
Anti-nuclear protests were to be held along the Franco-German border Monday, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster and after Japan's nuclear accident at Fukushima.
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Anti-nuclear ‘die in’ on Franco-German border
Around 700 anti-nuclear protesters staged a "die in" on a bridge on the Franco-German border Monday, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl and after Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident.
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Thousands march against nuclear power in Japan
Thousands of people marched in Tokyo Sunday to demand an end to nuclear power in Japan and a switch to alternative energy after the crisis at an atomic plant hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
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Bulgarian nuclear plant at Kozloduy faced EU stress test
Bulgaria's sole nuclear plant at Kozloduy, spotlighted in the 1990s over safety issues, is looking forward to European stress tests, following Japan's nuclear disaster.
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Tens of millions live in nuclear ‘danger zone’: study
Some 90 million people worldwide live within 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) of a nuclear reactor, equivalent to the exclusion zone around Japan's crippled Fukushima plant, a study released Friday shows.
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Japan to stick with nuclear power: ruling party
Japan will review its energy policy in light of the Fukushima atomic plant disaster but will stick with nuclear power, the secretary general of the centre-left ruling party said Friday.
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Japan evacuees berate nuclear firm head
Families forced to flee their homes by radiation leaks from a tsunami-hit Japanese nuclear power plant on Friday angrily berated the head of the operator as he apologised for the disaster.