Osaka (AFP) March 20, 2011 - Days before Japan plunged into an atomic crisis after a giant earthquake and tsunami knocked out power at the ageing Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator had admitted faking repair records.
London (AFP) March 20, 2011 - The crisis at the Fukushima plant in Japan could delay plans for a new generation of British nuclear power stations, dealing a blow to the atomic energy industry's hopes for a 30-billion pounds boost.
Brussels (AFP) March 20, 2011 - Japan's atomic crisis has widened an old chasm in Europe between critics calling for a nuclear-free world and advocates who see it as a vital source of energy for decades to come.
Washington (AFP) March 18, 2011 - General Electric defended its 40 year old Mark 1 reactors at the center of Japan's nuclear crisis Friday, saying that early questions about reactor's safety had long been addressed.
Washington (UPI) Mar 18, 2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a safety review of the nation's nuclear power plants amid heightened concern over the safety of the energy source in light of the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant, Russia (AFP) March 18, 2011 - Anxious Russian nuclear engineers swung open the doors Friday to the atomic power plant nearest Moscow to prove that its four reactors would never suffer the type of event witnessed in Japan.
Madrid (AFP) March 17, 2011 - Hundreds of people took part in protests held across Spain Thursday to demand the closure of the country's six nuclear power stations after Japan's nuclear accident following a massive earthquake.
Berlin (AFP) March 17, 2011 - German energy giant EON may take legal action against the government after Berlin decided to close seven nuclear reactors for at least three months in light of events in Japan, a report said Thursday.
Washington (AFP) March 17, 2011 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired Thursday the Japanese nuclear crisis has made him reconsider his nation's plans for civilian atomic energy.
Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2011 - The atomic crisis sparked by Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami is throwing a spotlight on energy-hungry China's own plans to build dozens of nuclear power plants despite questions over safety.
Washington (AFP) March 17, 2011 - The US-made reactors at Fukushima are coming under close scrutiny as experts point to flaws in their original design and the lack of a safety feature that the nuclear industry is only now starting to address.
Washington (AFP) March 17, 2011 - Some of America's nuclear power plants loom near big city populations, or perch perilously close to earthquake fault lines. Others have aged past their expiration dates but keep churning anyway.
Jakarta (AFP) March 16, 2011 - Indonesia said Wednesday that it will press on with plans to build a nuclear plant close to a volcanic fault line, despite the nuclear emergency in earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan.
Rome (AFP) March 16, 2011 - With Japan's nuclear crisis dominating headlines in Italy, officials here are battling opposition to the planned re-introduction of atomic power abandoned following the Chernobyl disaster.
Stockholm (AFP) March 16, 2011 - A Swedish nuclear industry group applied to authorities Wednesday for permission to bury nuclear waste for the period it is unsafe, but Greenpeace protesters warned of the risks of leakage.
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2011 - China on Wednesday ordered safety inspections of the country's nuclear plants and suspended approval of new projects after quake and tsunami disasters in Japan led to an atomic crisis.
