Nuclear Energy

Eleven EU states unite to strengthen nuclear energy ties: statement

Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia agreed "to support new projects" alongside existing nuclear plants.

Myanmar, Russia sign pact on developing nuclear power

Russia has been promoting cooperation on nuclear power with several Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines

Japan reverses nuclear phaseout plan adopted after Fukushima disaster

The new policy says Japan must maximise the use of existing nuclear reactors by restarting as many of them as possible and prolonging the operating life of old reactors beyond their 60-year limit, and by developing next-generation reactors to replace them

Goodbye oil, gas and alternative energy too? Russia's 'Breakthrough' seeks energy from spent nuclear fuel

Theoretically, it will be a world where hydrocarbons will not be needed to produce energy but still be used for making plastic or lubricants or other nice things

Russia's energy clout doesn't just come from oil and gas - it's also a key nuclear supplier

Russia also has 43 per cent of the global enrichment capacity, followed by Europe (about 33 per cent), China (16 per cent) and the US (7 per cent)

Nuclear scientists come one step closer to developing a clean energy source

The energy only lasted for 100 trillionths of a second but it took them closer to the holy grail of fusion ignition - where more energy was created than what they were using.

First nuclear plant in Belarus stops power output day after it was inaugurated

Authorities say the plant's construction was plagued by accidents, stolen materials and the mistreatment of workers.

Russian hackers who pose threat to US election have breached nuclear plants, power grid in the past

The timing of the attacks so close to the election and the potential for disruption set off concern inside private security firms, law enforcement and intelligence agencies

Mansion without a toilet: Towns in Japan seek to house, store nuclear waste out of necessity

Radioactive waste needs to be stored away for a few centuries in thick concrete structures underground so it won’t affect humans and the environment.

China is both the largest coal consumer and the largest clean energy market in the world

In the past three years, China's carbon emissions have begun to rise and emissions from fossil fuels and concrete production rose by 4 percent,