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.
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.
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.
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.
A fresh fire broke out at a reactor of Japan's quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant early Wednesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
