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U.S. ENERGY WATCHDOG REJECTS TRUMP PLAN TO SUBSIDIZE COAL, NUCLEAR SECTORS
The U.S. energy watchdog terminated Monday a key proposal by President Donald Trump's administration to subsidize coal and nuclear plants, finding it neith... READ MORE›
ENERGY AGENCY REJECTS TRUMP PLAN TO PROP UP COAL AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
The industry has been besieged by multiple bankruptcies and a steady loss of market share as natural gas and renewable energy have flourished... READ MORE›
'THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT'
Occupying 4.2 sq km of land along the Japan Sea coast, it is the biggest nuclear power plant in the world... READ MORE›
IN GERMANY, CONSUMERS GET PAID FOR USING POWER
Several countries in Europe have experienced negative power prices, including Belgium, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland... READ MORE›
HINKLEY POINT: THE DREADFUL DEAL BEHIND THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE POWER PLANT
When it is finally completed, Hinkley Point C will be the most expensive power station in the world... READ MORE›
PLANS FOR MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN WALES WIN GREEN LIGHT
Office for Nuclear Regulation approves design for new reactor at Horizon Nuclear Power's plant at Wylfa, Anglesey... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI OF DATA COULD CONSUME ONE FIFTH OF GLOBAL ELECTRICITY BY 2025
Data centres on their own could produce 1.9 gigatonnes Gt or 3.2 percent of the global total of carbon emissions, he says... READ MORE›
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FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR REACTOR RADIATION AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2011 MELTDOWN
The one-metre-wide hole was probably created by nuclear fuel that melted and then penetrated the vessel after the tsunami knocked out Fukushima Daiichi's back-up cooling system... READ MORE›
DYING ROBOTS AND FAILING HOPE: FUKUSHIMA CLEAN-UP FALTERS SIX YEARS AFTER TSUNAMI
Naohiro Masuda, the president of Fukushima Daiichi's decommissioning arm, says he wants another probe sent in before deciding on how to remove the melted fuel... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA: ROBOT IMAGES SHOW MASSIVE DEPOSITS THOUGHT TO BE MELTED NUCLEAR FUEL
Robot spots suspected debris of melted fuel for first time since 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant... READ MORE›
ENERGY MINISTER TO BE GIVEN MORE CONTROL IN STATE'S $500M PLAN TO SECURE FUTURE
Photo SA wants to secure its own interests, say Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis and Premier Jay Weatherill... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION AT EDF'S FLAMANVILLE NUCLEAR PLANT IN NORTHERN FRANCE
Nuclear power provides four-fifths of France's electricity generation, but much of the country's ageing nuclear fleet is expected to close in the 2030s... READ MORE›
ROBOT FINDS POSSIBLE MELTED NUCLEAR FUEL
An underwater robot spotted the lava-like rocks inside a reactor of Japan's destroyed nuclear plant... READ MORE›
JAPAN, INDIA SIGN AGREEMENT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER
Energy-hungry India wants to increase nuclear power generation to support its strong economic growth... READ MORE›
JAPAN PM ABE CALLS SNAP ELECTION
Mr Abe has also strongly advocated restarting Japan's nuclear power generation plants, all of which were shut down amid public anger after the Fukushima disaster in 2011... READ MORE›
S KOREA HOLDS CYBER DRILL AFTER HACK
South Korea has in the past blamed North Korea for hacks on banks, government websites and broadcasters... READ MORE›
HALF OF AMERICA'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS SEEN AS MONEY LOSERS
Nuclear power plants are getting paid 20 to 30 a megawatt-hour for their electricity, Nicholas Steckler, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said in a report Wednesday... READ MORE›
SCRAPPING HINKLEY FOR RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES WILL SAVE 'TENS OF BILLIONS'
A final investment decision by EDF on the nuclear power plant's expansion is expected in May... READ MORE›
FAILING NUCLEAR POWER IS GOOD FOR COAL, BAD FOR EARTH
This third option calls for a quadrupling of 2015 U.S. nuclear power production... READ MORE›
NEW BLOW FOR HINKLEY POINT CONTRACTOR EDF AFTER FRENCH SAFETY CHECKS
Safety issues force many reactors offline with warnings of power cuts across France, higher energy prices and a rise in emissions... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA KEEPS FIGHTING RADIOACTIVE TIDE 5 YEARS AFTER DISASTER
Mr. Ikeda's last job at Fukushima involved the destruction of used protective coveralls... READ MORE›
ROGUE SUN COULD WIPE OUT LIFE ON EARTH
Still, falling water levels in the storage pool caused anxiety that the fuel rods within could be exposed to the atmosphere... READ MORE›
SWITCH FROM NUCLEAR TO COAL-FIRED POWER LINKED TO LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN US REGION
Study reveals fall in birth weight in areas of the Tennessee Valley which had greatest boom in coal-fired power plant activity following nuclear closures... READ MORE›
JAPAN CAPTURES MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIKELY MELTED FUKUSHIMA FUEL
3 reactor containment vessel at Fukushima, which is likely to contain melted fuel, according to Takahiro Kimoto, an official at the company... READ MORE›
COAL IS LOSING AN APPALACHIAN STRONGHOLD AS TRUMP FIGHTS BACK
At least six gas-fired plants are planned in the Ohio River Valley over the next four years... READ MORE›
COAL PLANTS USE AS MUCH WATER AS 1 BILLION PEOPLE AND CONSUMPTION SET TO DOUBLE
World Water Day research finds 44 percent of coal plants, and 45 percent of planned coal power plants, in areas of water stress... READ MORE›
UK APPROVES CHINESE-BACKED NUCLEAR PLANT, SETS TIGHTER CONTROLS
The project offers an insight into how Britain could conduct relations with the world in a post-Brexit era... READ MORE›
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WORKERS TO JOIN STRIKE
Workers at French nuclear power stations are due to join a strike over labour reforms that has already paralysed oil refineries and triggered fuel shortages... READ MORE›
BRITAIN FACES HUGE COSTS TO AVOID POWER SHORTAGES WITH ELECTRIC CAR PLAN
The cost of Hinkley Point C alone, the only nuclear power station now under construction in Britain, is estimated at 19.6 billion pounds... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA SURVEY BACKS RESTARTING CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS
The suspension was one of President Moon Jae-in's key campaign pledges to allay public worry over nuclear power... READ MORE›
CHINA TO TAKE ONE-THIRD STAKE IN A?24BN HINKLEY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
China to take one-third stake in A?24bn Hinkley nuclear power station... READ MORE›
CHINAS NUCLEAR VISION COLLIDES WITH VILLAGERS FEARS
By 2030, officials want nuclear power to generate up to 10 percent of China's electricity... READ MORE›
JAPAN RESTARTS FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR SINCE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER
Sendai nuclear plant in southern Japan is first to begin operation since 2011 Fukushima meltdowns, despite anti-nuclear protests... READ MORE›
Still, falling water levels in the storage pool caused anxiety that the fuel rods within could be exposed to the atmosphere... READ MORE›
JAPAN PAYS WORKER WHO GOT CANCER AFTER FUKUSHIMA
The ministry said the worker was exposed to 15.7 millisieverts of radiation during his 14 months at Fukushima Daiichi... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA RESIDENTS TORN OVER NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE PLAN
Japan has since allocated more than 15 billion to an unprecedented project to lower radiation in towns around the plant, such as Okuma... READ MORE›
CYBER-ATTACKS ON SOUTH KOREAN NUCLEAR POWER OPERATOR CONTINUE
We cannot let cyber-attacks stop nuclear power operation, Cho told a news briefing... READ MORE›