Nuclear Power Generation
Rat linked to outage at Fukushima atomic plant
Mar 21, 2013 03:52 EDT
A rat may have caused a power cut that knocked out cooling systems at Japan's tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator said Thursday, an episode that highlighted the jerry-rigged nature of the fix.
Temelin, a Czech village overshadowed by disputed nuclear plant
Mar 20, 2013 14:51 EDT
Flanked by Germany, which is phasing out nuclear power, and Austria, which has already done so, the Czech Republic is pinning its future on atomic energy.
Cooling systems restored at Fukushima reactors: TEPCO
Mar 20, 2013 11:02 EDT
Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said Wednesday after a blackout sparked a new crisis.
New nuclear plant gets green light
Mar 20, 2013 04:17 EDT
The government has given the go-ahead for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants.
Govt gives green light to new nuclear plant
Mar 19, 2013 23:26 EDT
The government gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants.
Cooling systems restored at Fukushima reactors: TEPCO
Mar 19, 2013 22:59 EDT
Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said Wednesday after a blackout sparked a new crisis.
Cooling systems restored at Fukushima
Mar 19, 2013 22:08 EDT
Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said, after a blackout sparked a new crisis.
Crippled Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut
Mar 19, 2013 12:28 EDT
Engineers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant succeeded Tuesday in restarting three cooling systems after a power cut underlined its still-precarious state, two years after a tsunami struck.
UK govt gives green light to new nuclear plant
Mar 19, 2013 12:19 EDT
Britain gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants.
Czech villagers embrace disputed nuclear plant
Mar 19, 2013 11:09 EDT
Flanked by Germany, which is phasing out nuclear power, and Austria, which has already done so, the Czech Republic is pinning its future on atomic energy.
Crippled Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut
Mar 18, 2013 22:40 EDT
The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday power for cooling systems at three spent fuel pools was still out more than 14 hours after it failed.
Crippled Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut: report
Mar 18, 2013 15:48 EDT
A power failure at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. to suspend systems to cool spent fuel pools at three reactor units, a report said Tuesday.
US military members suing over Japan nuke disaster
Mar 15, 2013 07:21 EDT
US service members are suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for more than $2 billion on grounds the utility lied about the dangers of helping clean up the nuclear disaster that struck two years ago, a newspaper reported Thursday.
Nuclear group Areva insists public trusts sector
Mar 12, 2013 01:41 EDT
Two years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis, the head of French group Areva, a leading company in the sector, insisted that public confidence in atomic energy has been re-established.
Greenpeace protests at Argentina nuclear plant
Mar 11, 2013 15:52 EDT
Some 40 Greenpeace activists were arrested inside an atomic power plant in Argentina on Monday at a protest on the second anniversary of the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, the group said.
Anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo ahead of tsunami anniversary
Mar 09, 2013 14:45 EST
Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in Tokyo Saturday ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, urging Japan's new government to abandon nuclear power.
Taiwan stages mass 'No Nuke' rally
Mar 09, 2013 14:34 EST
Tens of thousands of Taiwanese people rallied in the capital Saturday to demand the government heed the lesson of a Japanese atomic crisis and scrap the island's nuclear facilities, organisers said.
Coal-fired power plants making Europeans sick: report
Mar 07, 2013 12:52 EST
Emissions from coal-fired power plants in the European Union contribute to over 18,000 premature deaths a year and cost an annual 42.8 billion euros, a report from the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) said Thursday.
Nuclear power capacity grew again in 2012: IAEA
Mar 05, 2013 13:54 EST
The world's nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012 after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to a draft new UN atomic agency report seen by AFP Tuesday.
Nuclear power grew again in 2012: UN atomic agency
Mar 05, 2013 07:24 EST
Nuclear power generation grew again in 2012 after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, according to a draft new UN atomic agency report seen by AFP Tuesday.
