Japan's nuclear crisis is likely to prompt Southeast Asian states to look more carefully at their plans to tap atomic energy for power generation, the head of the regional bloc said Monday.
Voters handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a wake-up call Sunday on nuclear power after the Japan crisis as the Greens more than doubled their score in the second of 2011's seven state elections.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel braced for a voter backlash Sunday in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt, the first vote since the Japan disaster forced her into a sudden U-turn on nuclear policy.
Japan's top government spokesman on Sunday signalled that the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant at the centre of an ongoing crisis following a series of explosions would be scrapped.
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.
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 pound boost.
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.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and senior executives in Australia's uranium industry have insisted the major producer will withstand the Japanese nuclear crisis despite a slump in shares.
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.
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.
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.
Some of America's nuclear power plants loom near big city populations, or perch perilously close to earthquake fault lines.
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.
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.
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.
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.
