The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Power

Divisive ideas such as keeping nuclear plants open and regulating autobahn are now gaining traction

Construction of the nuclear power plant on the shore of the Irish Sea, on England's far western shore, began in 2017. 

The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine. The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely tense", Ukraine's atomic energy…

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of using a captured nuclear power plant as a place to store and launch weapons. As Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Saturday. Overnight explosions made for a tense night in Ukraine, where cities have recently come…

The president of the Ukrainian nuclear agency said on Friday that Russian forces are using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine as a base for storing and launching weapons. Russia’s defence ministry said Saturday that its forces destroyed a Ukrainian factory in the city of Dnipro that produced…

An oil leak from an electricity substation at the East Lothian nuclear power station site sparked warnings against going into the water or fishing at Thorntonloch and Skateraw beaches and surrounding coastline

German conservative politicians have revived debate on extending the life of the country's three remaining nuclear power plants, and polls show a rise in public support for the energy source in the face of a possible cut-off of Russian gas.

There is growing concern about Japan's science and technology. Although Japan has been putting a lot of effort into becoming a "science and technology-oriented country," its international standing has actually declined in recent years. According to a report released last year by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry,…

A ruling this week by the Tokyo District Court is in direct conflict with a ruling last month by Japan's Supreme Court.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he had asked the industry minister to have up to nine nuclear power plants operational this winter.

A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of the utility behind the tsunami wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to pay 13 trillion yen ($94 billion) to the company, holding them liable for the 2011 meltdown crisis