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Switzerland to close its Muehleberg nuclear plant by 2019
Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Swiss government has decided to phase out nuclear power as an energy source for electricity generation and to look more towards energy efficiency and renewables.
read more... 27/12/2013
Japan switched on its first turbine at a wind farm near Fukushima
Fukushima has become synonymous with the nuclear disaster resulting from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. But it may turn that reputation and become known as home to the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
read more... 11/11/2013
Switzerland to close its Muehleberg nuclear plant by 2019
Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Swiss government has decided to phase out nuclear power as an energy source for electricity generation and to look more towards energy efficiency and renewables.
read more... 05/11/2013
Fukushima once again in the spotlight
Japan's nuclear watchdog has said today it is really worried after more than 300 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from a steel tank around the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant.
read more... 21/08/2013
The nuclear energy problem of Japan
Since the Fukushima catastrophe in April 2011, nearly all of the country’s nuclear plants closed, leaving a significant capacity gap which has had to be filled with more coal, oil and gas which provoked substantial costs in both economic and environmental terms, as the price of power increased due to a sharp turn toward the use of fossil fuels.
read more... 16/08/2013