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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly three-quarters of Japanese companies support abandoning nuclear power after last year's Fukushima disaster, although a majority set the condition that alternative energy resources must be secured, a Reuters poll showed ...
May 25, 2012 at 05:34 | Source: msnbc.com
Fukushima has given U.S. nuclear regulators four important lessons given a ... Lee Clarke of Rutgers University pointed out long ago that documents prepared by firms operating complex and potentially hazardous facilities have to turn unknown ...
May 24, 2012 at 17:16 | Source: CNN
Massive earthworks needed to prepare the ground for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley in Somerset have been delayed, dealing a further blow to the government's energy plans. Half of the big six energy firms have already abandoned their ...
May 14, 2012 at 16:45 | Source: The Guardian
TOKYO - Japan's hard-hit manufacturers are facing a long summer with businesses making everything from ice cream to crayons fretting production may be hampered as the now nuclear-free nation faces energy cuts. A hot summer would usually be good news for ...
May 13, 2012 at 12:07 | Source: AsiaOne
He said a planned mechanism to stabilise revenue for firms investing in low-carbon generation did not amount to a pro-nuclear subsidy but aimed to smooth out "high up-front costs". "Unless nuclear can be price competitive -- as the industry says it can be ...
May 22, 2012 at 15:38 | Source: YAHOO!
According to Japanese government sources, Yakuza have been supplying labor to Japan’s nuclear industry since the late 90s. TEPCO and other firms have paid off yakuza groups in the past to remain silent about safety problems at their nuclear plants and other scandals.
May 23, 2012 at 23:58 | Source: The AtlanticWire (blog)
The Ministry of Defence will announce this week that it has placed £350 million of contracts for the design of new nuclear-armed submarines. British defence firms will be asked to begin work on the nuclear-propulsion systems for a new generation of submarines.
May 20, 2012 at 20:56 | Source: Daily Telegraph
That has led to speculation that Chinese or Russian firms could step in to fill the void. It also seems to create an opening for alternative nuclear technologies such as thorium, which many experts regard as safer and less weapons-prone than conventional ...
May 22, 2012 at 09:33 | Source: SmartPlanet.com
More from GlobalPost: UN blacklists North Korea firms over rocket launch The New York Times ... it planned to build to resolve its electricity shortages. International nuclear experts believed that the North’s enrichment program was not ...
May 17, 2012 at 12:53 | Source: GlobalPost
It's significant that while the Fukushima crisis was unfolding, Lee was in the United Arab Emirates signing a major deal whereby South Korean firms would build nuclear facilities in the country. Uljin encapsulates the current state of nuclear power ...
May 16, 2012 at 08:00 | Source: Asia Times