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EU firms push nuclear despite FukushimaParis (UPI) May 25, 2011 European utilities are betting on nuclear power despite Japan's Fukushima crisis, which has resulted in a popularity setback for the energy source and tighter safety rules. French electricity giant EDF, which operates 58 nuclear reactors in France and 16 in Britain, this week unveiled its long-term corporate strategy. Chief Executive Officer Henri Proglio vowed that EDF would continue to push reactor development despite the recent events in Japan. "Providing competitively priced and carb ... read more |
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 Switzerland opposes building further nuclear power plants The Swiss government on Wednesday recommended to parliament that the country's five nuclear power plants should not be replaced as they age, leaving them to be phased out by 2034. ... more | .. |
 EU to test nuclear plants' safety after hard bargaining The European Union's energy chief said Wednesday he was satisfied with a deal to conduct EU-wide safety checks on nuclear plants even though tests on terror attacks were left for another day. ... more | .. |
Japan retired nuclear workers ready for duty A group of retired Japanese nuclear and civil engineers are hoping to report back for duty for one last mission - to stabilise the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Japan's TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday said it believed fuel had partially melted inside three reactors, as long suspected by experts. ... more | .. |
Japan's TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company said Tuesday it believed most of the fuel had melted at two more reactors at its tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
 Egypt prepares to invite tenders for nuclear plant Egypt has completed technical studies and is preparing to invite tenders for building its first nuclear power plant, the official MENA news agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Deal finally struck on stress tests for Europe's reactors European nations Tuesday finally struck a deal on stress tests to be carried out from next month on the continent's reactors, EU diplomats and European Commission sources said. ... more |
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Japan crisis to delay Toshiba reactor orders Japanese conglomerate Toshiba on Tuesday said its plans to win $12 billion in orders to build nuclear reactors may have to be delayed for several years as nations tighten safety after Japan's March crisis. ... more | .. |
  Radiation protection expert criticizes comparison of Fukushima to Chernobyl In the opening editorial to the latest edition of the Journal of Radiological Protection, published, Wednesday 18 May, radiological protection expert Professor Richard Wakeford of the Dalton Nuclear ... more | .. |
UN atomic watchdog experts arrive in Japan A team of specialists from the UN atomic watchdog arrived in Japan on Monday to join other international experts investigating Japan's nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 IEA warns Merkel on nuclear decision Germany threatens European energy security by pressing ahead with its plan to drop nuclear power, the director of the International Energy Agency, Nobuo Tanaka has said. ... more |
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 Japanese protest revised school radiation limit Furious parents at the centre of Japan's atomic crisis and hundreds of their supporters rallied in Tokyo Monday against revised nuclear safety standards in schools they say are putting children at risk. ... more | .. |
 Kan to address international concerns on nuclear crisis Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will look to reassure his G8 counterparts at the grouping's summit this week that Japan is winning the battle to stabilise the world's worst nuclear crisis for 25 years. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO shares down 9.26 percent after record loss Shares in beleaguered utility Tokyo Electric Power fell 9.26 percent by noon Monday in Tokyo trade after the company posted the biggest ever loss for a Japanese non-financial firm. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic watchdog experts set off for Japan A team of experts from the UN atomic watchdog flew out to Tokyo from Vienna on Sunday to team up with other international experts investigating Japan's nuclear crisis. ... more |
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Swiss protest nuclear power A demonstration in northern Switzerland against nuclear power drew thousands of people on Sunday ahead of a government decision on the future of atomic energy in the country. ... more | .. |
 2022 'good time' for Germany to end nuclear power: Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that 2022 was "a good time" for Germany to end nuclear power, backing a proposal by the Bavarian wing of her party. ... more | .. |
 Erratic information fuels mistrust of TEPCO Tokyo Electric Power's belated admission that damage to crippled reactors at its nuclear plant is worse than it first thought has fuelled suspicion it withheld bad news in the first days of Japan's crisis. ... more | .. |
Japan, China, S. Korea leaders visit nuclear region The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea travelled to Fukushima on Saturday in a show of solidarity over the ongoing nuclear crisis, visiting evacuees left homeless by the quake and tsunami. ... more |
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'Mega-float' to hold water at Japan nuclear plant A huge floating structure to hold radioactive water was on Saturday berthed at the quay of Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
UN launches study of Japan's nuclear disaster: Ban The United Nations has launched a broad study of the implications of the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the earthquake and tsunami in March, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced. ... more | .. |
Leaders of Japan, China, S. Korea meet in Fukushima Leaders of Japan, China and South Korea were to gather in Fukushima City Saturday in a gesture of solidarity over the ongoing nuclear crisis - but with Tokyo's neighbours reportedly concerned by its actions. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO's bumbling president calls it a day Masataka Shimizu's resignation as president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company marked an ignominious end to an otherwise stellar career at the utility spanning 43 years. ... more |
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TEPCO to post huge loss, president to resign: reports Tokyo Electric Power is expected to post an annual net loss of up to $18 billion due to the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant and announce the resignation of its president, reports said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Czech PM urges expertise in European nuke stress tests Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Thursday that stress tests at European nuclear plants should be a purely technical and free of politics, as the European Union finds itself deadlocked over the issue. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear power can endure Fukushima 'bump in the road': Blix A former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Hans Blix, said Wednesday he believed the development of nuclear power would continue despite Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant crisis, which he described as a "bump in the road" for the industry. ... more | .. |
Japan TEPCO workers enter reactor building Workers briefly entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant Wednesday to measure radiation levels and check for damage, the operator said. ... more |
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Japan's TEPCO debt waive call draws ire Japanese government remarks calling on lenders to forgive some of Tokyo Electric Power's debt sparked acrimony and confusion, and illustrate difficulties in addressing a nuclear crisis, say analysts. ... more | .. |
Japan's TEPCO says shutdown plan on schedule Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company on Tuesday said its plan to end the crisis at its stricken nuclear plant was on schedule, despite signs that damage to the facility was worse than initially thought. ... more | .. |
Japan disaster not similar to Chernobyl: officials The potential health consequences of the nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant are not equal to those caused by the disaster at Chernobyl, Japanese health officials said Tuesday ... more | .. |
Doctors defy radiation woes in Japan's Fukushima When other doctors fled, 72-year old Kyohei Takahashi stayed, and hundreds of patients in the tsunami-hit Japanese town of Minamisoma near a crippled nuclear plant will never forget. ... more |
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