20-year US-Russian nonproliferation program ends
By VITNIJA SALDAVA Representatives of participating companies sign containers with uranium to be used as fuel for nuclear reactors, prior to loading them aboard Atlantic Navigator ship, on a port…
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Mass burial held in Philippine city hit by typhoon
By OLIVER TEVES and KRISTEN GELINEAU Workers arrange body bags at a mass burial site at the Basper public cemetery in Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 14,…
Japan ex-leaders join calls against nuclear power
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Koizumi said Tuesday that…
JAPAN STARTS UP OFFSHORE WIND FARM NEAR FUKUSHIMA
By ELAINE KURTENBACH In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 and released by Marubeni Corp., a wind turbine, named Fukushima Mirai, is seen about 20 kilometers off the coast…
Q&A on polonium: What may have killed Arafat
By MARIA CHENG and JILL LAWLESS Palestinians walk past a mural depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Shati Refugee Camp, in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Swiss scientists…
UK COMMITS TO NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE FUKUSHIMA
By DANICA KIRKA From left: Britain’s Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, Britian’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Vincent de Rivaz, Chief Executive of EDF (Electricite de France) and Henri Proglio, CEO and…
TYPHOON, MUDSLIDES KILL 17 IN JAPAN; 50 MISSING
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Rescue workers look for survivors as they stand on the rubble of a house buried by mudslides after a powerful typhoon hit Oshima on Izu Oshima island,…
AP INTERVIEW: IRAN SPEAKER TOUTS SURPLUS URANIUM
By JOHN HEILPRIN Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijani answers a question during a press conference on the sidelines of the 129th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in Geneva, Switzerland,…