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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›
EVEN COAL GENERATORS ARE LUKEWARM ON TRUMP'S PLAN TO HELP THEM
Dynegy Inc., and some other coal generators are poised to profit from Energy Secretary Rick Perry's plan to change power market rules... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA WILL RESUME NUCLEAR REACTOR WORK
South Korea Will Resume Reactor Work, Defying Nuclear Opponents... 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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
RIOT POLICE CRACK DOWN ON PARIS PROTESTS AGAINST LABOUR REFORMS
Thousands of protesters turn out on streets of French capital as refineries and nuclear power stations across the country come to a halt... READ MORE›
LEADING SCIENTISTS SAY THE WORLD MUST EMBRACE NUCLEAR POWER TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Nuclear power can be done safely, and with a relatively small environmental footprint, said Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC... READ MORE›
POWER PLANT OWNERS LIMIT TOSHIBA'S WESTINGHOUSE LIABILITIES
Toshiba's Westinghouse subsidiary is building the nuclear power plants for the U.S. utility companies, but filed bankruptcy in March because of cost overruns... READ MORE›
CHINA TO DEVELOP FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Beijing may have come up with a solution floating nuclear power plants... READ MORE›
BEWARE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY'S FAKE NEWS ON BEING EMISSIONS FREE
The editorial asserts Nuclear power has a trump card it is a zero-carbon technology which delivers a continuous, uninterrupted supply... READ MORE›
FORMER PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI REITERATES CALL FOR JAPAN'S COMPLETE EXIT FROM NUCLEAR POWER
Japan can become a much better country with zero nuclear power plants, harnessing natural energy, Koizumi said... READ MORE›
GERMANY TO SHUT DOWN COAL-FIRED PLANTS, EXTEND POWER GRID
Germany to shut down coal-fired plants, extend power grid sources... READ MORE›
DOCUMENTARY RENEWS DEBATE OVER RENEWABLE ENERGY
What it says is that nuclear power is uneconomical and impractical, the two charges usually aimed at renewable energy in Japan... READ MORE›