Nuclear fuel leaves French port for Japan, first since Fukushima
PARIS (Reuters) - A shipment of highly radioactive nuclear fuel to Japan left the port of Cherbourg in northern France on Wednesday for the first time since the Fukushima...
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant "losing faith" in leaking water pits
TOKYO (Reuters) - The company that runs a Japanese nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami two years ago said on Tuesday it was losing faith in temporary storage pits...
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Higher cancer risk after Fukushima nuclear disaster: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - People in the area worst affected by Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident two years ago have a slightly higher risk of developing certain cancers,...
Japan to begin restarting idled nuclear plants
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan will restart its nuclear plants that pass new safety standards, which are expected to be adopted as early as July.
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Japanese energy, business groups urge US gas export approvals
Japanese utilities and business groups are pressing U.S. regulators to approve natural gas exports at a time when Japan’s idled nuclear production has boosted its need for...
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Japan faces nuclear shutdown for second time since Fukushima
TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Japan may face a total nuclear shutdown in the summer for the second time since the March 2011 Fukushima disaster as the country's two...
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Nuclear power key issue in Japan elections
TOKYO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A new political party, expected to become the unifying force of an anti-nuclear energy coalition, has been formed in Japan ahead of next...
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
Japan quake-hit nuclear plant "may still be leaking radiation" into sea
TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's quake-struck Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Friday it could not rule out the possibility that it may still be leaking...
China ending post-Fukushima nuke moratorium
Chinese government says it hopes to generate 30% of energy from renewable sources and nuclear by 2015China is ready to approve new nuclear power plants as part of...
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Japan gets cold feet on total exit from nuclear power
Japan's Cabinet on Wednesday stopped short of committing to phase out nuclear power by 2040, backtracking from an advisory panel's recommendations in the face of...
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Japan won’t stop work on reactors, official says
Yukio Edano, the minister for economy, trade and industry, cast further doubt on whether the resource-poor nation will follow through on a contentious plan to phase out...
Japan aims to abandon nuclear power by 2030s
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said it intends to stop using nuclear power by the 2030s, marking a major shift from policy goals set before last year's...
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Murkowski presses Obama official on late nuclear waste plan
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pressed an Energy Department (DOE) official Wednesday for answers on why the Obama administration missed a summer deadline for finalizing a...
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Japan axing nuclear for renewables means missing carbon targets
Phasing out nuclear power in Japan will cost the country the equivalent of $622 billion to build a power grid around renewable energy and means it will fail to meet a...
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
President of TEPCO urges Japan to keep nuclear in its future
Japan would be punished with sky-high energy prices and would see its greenhouse gas emissions surge if it went nuclear-free, said Naomi Hirose, president of the Tokyo...
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Japan leans toward zero nuclear stance, caution remains
TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Japan's government, wary of public opinion ahead of an election, is leaning toward setting a target to eliminate atomic power by 2030 - a...
Monday, August 27th, 2012
One in five big Japan firms wants exit from atomic power by 2030
TOKYO (Reuters) - About one in five big Japanese firms wants to see the share of nuclear power in the electricity supply reduced to zero by 2030, a Reuters poll showed,...
Thursday, August 16th, 2012
U.N. atom agency sees "significant" nuclear safety progress
VIENNA (Reuters) - Important progress has been made towards strengthening global nuclear safety after Japan's Fukushima accident last year, according to the United...
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
In Japan, energy saving takes its toll
SAPPORO, Japan — In this summer of idled nuclear plants and energy shortages, corporate Japan is operating under duress.
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Japan utilities emit record CO2 after Fukushima disaster
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) and nine other Japanese power companies emitted a record amount of carbon dioxide in the year ended March 31 as the Fukushima Dai-Ichi...
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