The Trump administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.

Something Strange Is Living—and Thriving—Below Fukushima’s Dead Reactors

Ionizing radiation apparently didn’t prevent some types of bacteria from breeding in the water, but astonishingly, they are ...

IAEA issues "stark" nuclear warning after Russia pummels Ukraine

Russia has repeatedly struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, risking a nuclear disaster.

World's largest nuclear plant shuts down reactor just one day after reopening

The reactor had been offline for over a decade, and the company wanted to fire it back up, but the reactor had different ...

TEPCO plans to restart halted nuclear reactor early next week: source

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plans to restart a reactor at a nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, ...

The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise ...

Nuclear reactor owned by Fukushima plant operator TEPCO to shut down again hours after restart

The world's largest nuclear power plant is shutting down a reactor due to a glitch. The No. 6 reactor at Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant restarted Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 ...

IAEA: Backup systems help to ensure nuclear reactors’ safety

While Russia and Ukraine continue targeting each other's energy infrastructure amid their war, backup systems are critical ...
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Japan's TEPCO restarts first nuclear reactor since Fukushima disaster despite local opposition

TOKYO, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture despite local opposition, ...