Nuclear Power

Japanese utility, and the public, in dark about crippled nuclear plant

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TOKYO - Two and a half years after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant faces a daunting array of unknowns.

Fukushima clean-up turns toxic for Japan's Tepco

TOKYO - Two and a half years after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant faces a daunting array of unknowns.

Environment, Japan, 30 Jul 2013

EDF exits U.S. nuclear, ups earnings outlook

PARIS - French utility EDF, the world's biggest operator of nuclear plants, is pulling out of nuclear energy in the United States, bowing to the realities of a market that has been transformed by cheap shale gas.

Environment, 30 Jul 2013

Top China nuclear power firm to launch dual IPOs in Shanghai, HK next year: paper

SHANGHAI - China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC), the country's top nuclear power station builder, plans to launch dual initial public offerings (IPO) in Shanghai and Hong Kong next year, hoping to raise at least 20 billion yuan ($3.3 billion), the official Shanghai Securities News said on Monday.

Japan's Fukushima operator acknowledges contaminated water flowing into sea

TOKYO - The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Monday that contaminated ground water had likely been flowing into the sea, acknowledging such a leakage for the first time.

Environment, Japan, 22 Jul 2013

Public trust crisis threatens China's nuclear power ambitions

HONG KONG - As China pushes an aggressive expansion of nuclear power it is running into a major stumbling block - a breakdown of trust, post-Fukushima, in official assurances of public safety.

Environment, China, 18 Jul 2013

Steam rising from reactor building in Fukushima

TOKYO - Steam is rising from a destroyed building that houses a reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co, said on Thursday.

World, Japan, 18 Jul 2013

Greenpeace activists break into French nuclear plant

PARIS - Around 30 Greenpeace activists were arrested on Monday after breaking into an EDF nuclear power plant in southern France, saying they wanted to expose security flaws and demanding its closure.

World, Environment, France, 15 Jul 2013

U.S. nuclear outages drop to lowest in nearly two years

July 10 - U.S. nuclear power plant outages fell to the lowest level in almost two years on Wednesday, in time to meet peak summer demand for air conditioning, according to Reuters data.

Stocks, Markets, Financials, 10 Jul 2013

Japan nuclear regulator alarmed at Fukushima contamination reports

TOKYO - Japan's nuclear regulator expressed growing alarm on Wednesday at increased contamination beside the seafront of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and urged the plant's operators to take protective measures. | Video

Environment, Japan, 10 Jul 2013