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Swedish firm applies to bury nuclear waste amid protests

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.

Mar 16, 2011

Spain urged to close Fukushima’s ‘twin’ reactor

Madrid (AFP) March 15, 2011 - A Spanish environmental umbrella group urged the government Tuesday to close the country's oldest nuclear reactor following the accident at what it described as its twin atomic power plant in Japan.

Mar 15, 2011

After Japan ‘apocalypse’, EU agrees nuclear ‘stress tests’

Brussels (AFP) March 15, 2011 - European Union nations on Tuesday agreed to subject their scores of nuclear power plants to safety stress tests to ward off risk of the apocalypse unravelling in Japan.

Mar 15, 2011

Asia’s nuclear drive on despite Japanese crisis

Manila (AFP) March 15, 2011 - Asian governments that are ramping up nuclear power face huge pressure to curb their programmes in the wake of Japan's atomic crisis, but dozens of reactors will still be built in the near future.

Mar 15, 2011

Chile atomic energy support wanes post-Japan quake

Santiago (AFP) March 15, 2011 - As a potential nuclear disaster unfolds in Japan, quake-prone Chile is thinking twice about atomic power as a solution to its pressing energy needs.

Mar 15, 2011

Germany to shut down seven reactors

Berlin (UPI) Mar 15, 2011 - Germany will shut down its seven oldest nuclear power reactors and may not restart them, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.

Mar 15, 2011

Higher radiation south of stricken nuke plant: Kyodo

Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2011 - Higher radiation levels were recorded Tuesday in a region north of the Japanese capital Tokyo after a blast at a quake-hit nuclear power plant, Kyodo News reported.

Mar 15, 2011

Japan crisis could slow global nuclear development: IEA

Oslo (AFP) March 15, 2011 - The disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could slow worldwide development of nuclear technologies and further complicate the battle against climate change, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.

Mar 15, 2011

Japan says blast heard at another nuclear reactor

Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2011 - A huge explosion hit another reactor at an earthquake-damaged Japanese nuclear power plant early Tuesday, the third blast since Saturday, the plant operator said.

Mar 15, 2011

Japan says radiation near nuke plant poses health risk

Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2011 - Radiation levels near a quake-stricken nuclear plant are now harmful to human health, Japan's government said after two explosions and a fire at the facility Tuesday.

Mar 15, 2011

Japan scrambles as reactor container ‘damaged’

Sendai, Japan (AFP) March 15, 2011 - The container around an overheating nuclear reactor appears to be damaged, Japan's government said Tuesday, raising the chance that dangerous radiation could leak from the quake-hit plant.

Mar 15, 2011

Japan’s TEPCO evacuates staff from nuke reactor

Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2011 - Workers have been evacuated from the number-two reactor at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant after it was hit by an explosion Tuesday, a Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman said.

Mar 15, 2011

Japan’s nuclear crisis spurs Europe to review nuclear safety

Berlin (AFP) March 15, 2011 - Growing alarm over Japan's nuclear disaster prompted several European nations to review the safety of their own nuclear installations Tuesday, with Germany temporarily shutting down seven reactors.

Mar 15, 2011

New Belarus nuclear plant safer than Japanese ones: Putin

Minsk (AFP) March 15, 2011 - The new nuclear power plant to be built by Russia in Belarus will be safer than those in Japan, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in Minsk Tuesday.

Mar 15, 2011

Plant operator says reactor seal apparently not holed

Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2011 - The seal around a reactor at a quake-damaged Japanese nuclear power plant does not appear to have been holed, the plant operator said Tuesday, following an explosion at the plant.

Mar 15, 2011

Operator says Japan reactor cooling system fails: Jiji

Tokyo (AFP) March 14, 2011 - The cooling system at the number two reactor at the quake-damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan has failed, Jiji Press reported Monday, citing operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO).

Mar 14, 2011