Memories painful on Chernobyl’s 30th anniversary
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and DMYTRO VLASOV As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of…
Nuclear power plant accidents
Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize
By KARL RITTER and MALIN RISING Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that the prize judges called “a monument to suffering and…
Japan restarts reactor after break due to Fukushima
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH A power plant operator in southern Japan restarted a nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the…
Nuclear industry explores accident-resistant fuel
By RAY HENRY FILE – In this March 21, 2011 file photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), smoke rises from the Unit 3 reactor of the tsunami-damaged Fukushima…
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…
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,…