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China to suspend new nuclear power projects
China will put its nuclear power plans on hold, following months of debates after the Japanese nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant in March which reversed the whole world against nuclear energy.
read more... 16/06/2011
Crippled Fukushima nuclear plant hit by an explosion
According to Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) declarations an oil leak and a small explosion occurred on Tuesday at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, crippled already by the earthquake and tsunami of March, 11th.
read more... 01/06/2011
France’s Fessenheim nuclear plant may be halted following the Swiss request
The authorities in northwestern Swiss regions neighboring France have called for French Fessenheim nuclear plant activity closure because of its age and its location in a seismic area until its safety is verified. The request appeared as a result of the catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.
read more... 17/05/2011
Japan’s nuclear crisis strikes Germany
As worries spread around the world after the detection of plutonium in soil samples that came from crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor, polls in Germany show that 52% of respondents wanted nuclear power phased out completely in the near future, and it was confirmed at recent elections in the German State Baden-Württemberg, where Angela Merkel, head of Christian Democratic Party in Germany, had lost control of this region for the first time in last six decades.
read more... 31/03/2011