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The number of nuclear newbuild projects significantly dropped to a decade low
A significant decrease in the number of nuclear newbuild projects around the world has been registered by the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR), hitting a decade low, mainly after the 2011 Fukushima disaster and due to the increasing costs of the atomic energy.
read more... 13/09/2017
Last segment of the Fukushima ice wall is being frozen
The last section of the ice wall surrounding the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors is being frozen, as stated by Tokyo Electric Power Company. The wall ensures that no water from the outside enters the reactor building basement, and no contaminated water from the inside escapes to the outside.
read more... 25/08/2017
Nuclear waste found under Fukushima power plant
A heap of melted nuclear waste has been found by an underwater robot inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima power plant.
read more... 28/07/2017
German power giants entitled for compensation after accelerated nuclear shutdown
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that the government must compensate utilities as it hastened the closure of nuclear power in the country aftermath Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011.
read more... 07/12/2016
Fukushima to be transformed in a green energy hub
A public-private council has been set up in the city of Fukushima for the purpose to turn the prefecture into a renewable energy hub in just few years.
read more... 29/03/2016