An explosion at a nuclear waste facility in Southern France has killed one and badly burned another but is unlikely to cause a dangerous radioactive leak, experts said on Tuesday. The blast occurred late…
Chernobyl is already responsible for up to 5,000 cases of cancer in Europe.
Selling Australian uranium is reportedly at the top of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s priorities as she travels to India this week. Before she decides to do that, there are three facts she may want to…
In a highly symbolic move, the World Tourism Summit this week opened in Sendai, Japan, the area most affected by last March’s tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown. Hosting the Summit, which…
The first wind phone appeared in Japan in 2010, and the concept has since spread around the world.
When the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan was hit by a tsunami in March 2011, the disaster had a profound effect on German energy policy. Chancellor Angela Merkel reasoned that “Fukushima…
Russia is a big player in the global nuclear power construction business. Why this era could soon be over.
Small nuclear reactors are one step closer to powering the UK’s future energy requirements.
For South Africa decommissioning its nuclear plant Koeberg is a reality that cannot be ignored much longer.
Why have so many lives been lost in Japan and New Zealand recently? And why have so many survivors – the so-called “lucky ones” – had their livelihoods and homes destroyed? As a seismologist, I ask myself…
