nuclear power
October 15, 2012
BERLIN--Germany's tax on households' electricity bills to finance the expansion of renewable energies will rise almost 50 percent on the year as the country pushes ahead with...
October 13, 2012
Japan's government is to strengthen its ability to veto the construction of new nuclear reactors, by writing a new legal framework that gives it the final say.
October 10, 2012
Engineers have begun installing steel sheeting that will eventually line a containment vessel at the Oma nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture, which is currently under...
October 02, 2012
OMA, Aomori Prefecture--Construction of a nuclear reactor is soon to restart in this northern town, after a 19-month hiatus following the accident at the Fukushima No. 1...
September 29, 2012
Whether Japan's idled reactors should resume power generation is a decision others must take, not the central government, the industry minister has said.
September 29, 2012
Anti-nuclear campaigners have demonstrated outside the prime minister's office weekly for six months now, bringing their message to the heart of government.
September 22, 2012
The head of Japan's new nuclear watchdog said Japan's two functioning reactors should remain active, despite the end of the summer peak demand for electricity.
September 22, 2012
After watching one of the world's worst nuclear disasters in their own backyard, members of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, a pro-nuclear association of nuclear engineers,...
September 20, 2012
Japan inaugurated a new nuclear safety agency Sept. 19, as part of moves to tighten oversight of a sprawling industry blamed for one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.
September 20, 2012
A good way to get along with others is to use ambiguous promises that say "no" in a roundabout manner. For example, when someone says, "Let's have dinner together," one might...
September 19, 2012
The government's commitment to abandon nuclear power by the 2030s is increasingly sounding like "maybe," after its new energy policy won only qualified approval at a Cabinet...
September 15, 2012
The government's pledge to pull the plug on nuclear power by the 2030s could prove to be a hollow promise, with few details yet given on how to achieve it and how to reconcile...
September 15, 2012
Business circles in Japan have lambasted the government's new energy policy, released Sept. 14, which pledges to shut down all nuclear power plants by the 2030s.
September 15, 2012
The Noda administration on Sept. 14 formally decided on a new national energy strategy aimed at ending nuclear power generation in Japan by the end of the 2030s.
September 14, 2012
Japan's government said it intends to stop using nuclear power by the 2030s, marking a major shift from policy goals set before last year's Fukushima disaster that sought to...
September 13, 2012
With Japan moving to phase out nuclear energy, Britain, France and Aomori Prefecture are trying to ensure they will not be stuck with high-level radioactive waste from a fuel...
September 12, 2012
Citing the country's geologically unstable archipelago as a threat, the Science Council of Japan is recommending that the government build temporary storage facilities to hold...
September 04, 2012
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan on Sept. 4 proposed abandoning nuclear power generation by the early 2050s, rather than a target of 2030, with an eye on moving up the date.
August 26, 2012
Forty-two percent of Diet members favor a government proposal for abandoning nuclear energy by 2030, showing growing support for a drastic policy shift following last year’s...
August 25, 2012
The industry ministry plans to amend legislation to allow for "direct disposal" of spent nuclear fuel, a move away from the nation’s problem-plagued goal of creating a full...