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Abe at Fukushima site
Abe at Fukushima site
Abe visits Fukushima Daiichi, September 2013 69x48Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe visited the Fukushima Daiichi site yesterday, personally encouraging workers' efforts in the clean-up and decommissioning project. He urged Tepco to forget about restarting two operable reactors there.
Nuclear Policies · Friday, 20 September 2013
Cricket appeal for recovery
Cricket appeal for recovery
Fukushima cricket match (British Embassy Tokyo) 77x48Diplomats from the British Embassy in Tokyo took on a team of residents from the Tohoku region for a friendly game of cricket staged in a town affected by the tsunami and nuclear crisis of March 2011.
Other News · Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Fear and Fukushima
Fear and Fukushima
International radiation protection experts have written messages to the Japanese people to explain the health impacts of the Fukushima accident.
Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Fukushima leak cleaned up
Fukushima leak cleaned up
Motegi at Fukushima Daiichi, August 2013 64x48Extensive measures to prevent and mitigate potential spills of radioactive water from storage tanks are being put in place at Fukushima Daiichi. The clean-up of a previous leak appears to have been successful.
Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Groundwater works intensify at Fukushima
Groundwater works intensify at Fukushima
Efforts to pump, control, store and otherwise manage groundwater at the Fukushima Daiichi site stepped up today with the addition of a new borehole and pumping station.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 15 August 2013
Taiwanese nuclear vote turns violent
Taiwanese nuclear vote turns violent
A parliamentary vote in Taiwan on whether to hold a referendum on the completion of the Lungmen nuclear power plant descended into a brawl between opposing parties.
Nuclear Policies · Friday, 2 August 2013
Climate targets blown in Japan
Climate targets blown in Japan
Government buildings, Tokyo (Guwashi999) 82x48Carbon dioxide intensity from Japan's electricity industry climbed again in FY2012, reaching levels 39% greater than when the country's nuclear reactors were operating normally, and taking the sector far beyond climate targets.
Energy & Environment · Thursday, 1 August 2013
Options open as French debate closes
Options open as French debate closes
Philippe Martin, July 2013 (Arnaud Bouissou - MEDDE) 64x48France's eight-month energy debate has drawn to a close. A summary of its findings will be presented in September to inform future government policy with one prime question being nuclear power's future role.
Nuclear Policies · Friday, 19 July 2013
Guangdong nuclear fuel centre 'cancelled'
Guangdong nuclear fuel centre 'cancelled'
China is revising plans for a huge nuclear fuel centre, dropping the previously announced location in Guangdong province as the relationship between the Chinese state and one of the joint venture partners changes.
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 18 July 2013
Incentives for nuclear communities
Incentives for nuclear communities
Financial incentives are on offer to British communities hosting new nuclear power plants, in common with measures to encourage new wind farms and shale gas development. Plans from the government were warmly welcomed today.
Nuclear Policies · Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Kudankulam 1 cleared for criticality
Kudankulam 1 cleared for criticality
UPDATED The two-year delay in commissioning India's new reactors at Kudankulam may soon be over now that operators have been authorised to 'approach first criticality' at unit 1.
New Nuclear · Friday, 12 July 2013
Growing support for nuclear France
Growing support for nuclear France
Support for nuclear power amongst the French public is on the rise. However, although twice as many people now favour nuclear energy than oppose it, half of the population remains uncommitted.
Nuclear Policies · Monday, 24 June 2013
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