Paris (AFP) March 14, 2011 - French nuclear group Areva dropped 9.5 percent Monday as European stock markets reacted to growing fears over nuclear power owing to problems with reactors in quake-hit Japan.
Brussels (AFP) March 14, 2011 - Japan's nuclear emergency Monday prompted Germany and Switzerland to halt nuclear programmes as anxious Europe scrambled to review cross-border safety while safeguarding the powerful industry.
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2011 - The unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan at reactors damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami has led some lawmakers to call for putting the brakes on US nuclear development.
Vienna (AFP) March 13, 2011 - - Radiation levels at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Japan have returned to normal after a state of emergency was called there earlier, the UN atomic watchdog IAEA said Sunday. The Japanese autho
Paris (AFP) March 13, 2011 - Evacuation, temporary shelter and iodine pills are the chief weapons for protecting civilians against nuclear fallout, experts say.
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2011 - Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano said Sunday that radioactive meltdowns may have occurred in two reactors of the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant.
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2011 - Japan's top government spokesman Sunday warned of the risk of a second explosion at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, but said that reactor three could withstand it as reactor one did a day earlier.
Hong Kong (AFP) March 13, 2011 - Explosion and meltdown fears at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant renewed debate about the safety of atomic energy Sunday and cast doubt over its future as a clean energy source.
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2011 - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan was facing media criticism on Sunday over his government's response to an explosion at a quake-hit nuclear reactor that had triggered fears of a meltdown.
Fukushima, Japan (AFP) March 13, 2011 - Japan battled a nuclear emergency Sunday in which the government said twin meltdowns may have taken place and that radiation had escaped from reactors at a quake-damaged atomic power plant.
Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2011 - The operator of a quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant said Sunday that the cooling system of another reactor was not working and risked a possible explosion.
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2011 - US nuclear experts warned Saturday that pumping sea water to cool a quake-hit Japanese nuclear reactor was an act of desperation that may foreshadow a Chernobyl-like disaster.
Tokyo (AFP) March 12, 2011 - The Japanese government on Friday declared an atomic emergency and told thousands of residents living near a nuclear plant in Fukushima to evacuate, warning a small amount of radiation could be released.
Tokyo (AFP) March 12, 2011 - Japan said on Saturday that an ageing nuclear plant may be in meltdown after a huge quake and monster tsunami ravaged a large area of the northeast, leaving more than 1,000 people feared dead.
Tokyo (AFP) March 12, 2011 - Radiation leaked from a quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant Saturday, but the government moved to calm fears of meltdown and said a huge explosion had not ruptured the container surrounding the reactor.
Tokyo (AFP) March 12, 2011 - Japan, with scant energy resources of its own, relies on an extensive nuclear power network which authorities have always insisted is built to withstand the most powerful earthquakes.
