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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seoul (AFP) March 14, 2011 - President Lee Myung-Bak boasted Monday of the safety of South Korean-built nuclear reactors as explosions at an earthquake-hit atomic plant in Japan raised fears of a nuclear disaster.
