Government has promised not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent fuel as part of the nuclear-powered submarine programFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe…
続きを読むThe four-phase plan has made nuclear arms control experts nervous … here’s whyAukus: nuclear submarines deal will cost Australia up to $368bnIn a tripartite deal with the US and the UK, Australia has unveiled a plan to acquire a fleet of up to eight nu…
続きを読むJapan’s prime minister is pushing for as many as 17 nuclear reactors to be switched back on, more than a decade on from the meltdown at FukushimaLook carefully through the trees, and it is just possible to catch sight of Onagawa nuclear power plant fro…
続きを読む‘Thermal effect’ of high-neck jumpers and scarves will save electricity during energy crisis, says governorThe governor of Tokyo has urged people to wear a turtleneck this winter to stay warm and reduce energy consumption.Yuriko Koike said wearing turt…
続きを読むMove designed to secure energy supplies would mark a dramatic shift in Japan’s policy stance held since 2011 reactor meltdownJapan is considering building next-generation nuclear reactors and restarting idled plants in a major policy shift, 11 years af…
続きを読むFirm’s president at time of disaster among five defendants found liable for £80bn in damage by Tokyo courtA court in Japan has ordered former executives of Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to pay ¥13tn (£80bn) in damages for failing to prevent a triple mel…
続きを読むKishida also promised increased reliance upon nuclear power for future energy independenceBoris Johnson and Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida have warned that the invasion of Ukraine could be replicated in east Asia if democratic powers do not stan…
続きを読むThe Ukrainian president thanked Japan for ‘leading the way’ in virtual address to MPsRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has called on Japan to increase pressure on Russia by imposing a trade embargo on Russ…
続きを読むFumio Kishida said every effort would be made to reassure local people that disposing of the water in the Pacific was safeJapan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said that there can be no delay to plans to release contaminated water from the wre…
続きを読むJapanese government claims water from nuclear plant released through 1km tunnel will be safe as all radioactive elements will have been removed Operators of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have unveiled plans to construct an undersea tunnel t…
続きを読むEDF subsidiary reportedly warned of ‘imminent radiological threat’ at Taishan nuclear power plantA French nuclear company has said it is working to resolve a “performance issue” at a plant it part-owns in China’s southern Guangdong province after an ea…
続きを読むJapan’s plans to discharge radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is a callous act that would do catastrophic harmEarlier this month, the Japanese government announced plans to discharge 1m tonnes of radioactive wastewater accruing since the Fuk…
続きを読むFukushima plant operator Tepco suffers blow to plans to resume at its only operable atomic facility The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has been prevented from restarting its only operable atomic facility after a series of safety breach…
続きを読むJapan has announced it will dump 1m tonnes of contaminated water into the ocean, sparking controversyFukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into seaJapan’s decision to release more than 1m tonnes of treated radioactive water from th…
続きを読むMuch has changed along the hundreds of miles of devastated coastline and the recovery is gathering paceAfter the wave: a decade of grieving for a daughter lost to the tsunamiOn 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan’s north-east coas…
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