Checks of Russian nuclear reactors fail safety hopes - and worse, leaked report reveals
The exploded reactor at Chernobyl is a grim reminder of what is waiting in the wings unless Russia can undertake an expensive, extensive revamp of its nuclear policies.
- Japan announces 40-year nuclear phase out as Germany grapples with upcoming atomic power losses(31/08-2011)
- Fukushima Daiichi operator reports highest radiation reading since beginning of crisis(02/08-2011)
- Japan’s food supply under threat as radiation from Fukushima Daiichi spreads(26/07-2011)
- Rosatom chief appearance before Putin mirrors concerns outlined in leaked report(29/06-2011)
- New scram at Kola NPP's newly re-licensed third reactor – but Rosatom still bent on pushing plant’s limit(24/06-2011)
- TEPCO report reveals chaos and lack of preparedness in the hours following tsunami at Fukushima Daiichi (20/06-2011)
- Italians turn out in force to reject nuclear power in hugely popular referendum(13/06-2011)
- Germany to shut down nuclear power by 2022 as fears of Fukushima repeats rise(30/05-2011)
- Faulty hydrogen vents at Fukushima Daiichi spell trouble for US nuclear plants as well(18/05-2011)
- TEPCO officials confirm meltdown in Fukushima reactor No 1 while water levels uncontrollably rise and thousands more evacuate(17/05-2011)
- Reversing earlier remarks, Japan halts new nuclear reactor construction and is poised to emphasise alternative energy(11/05-2011)
- Rosatom chief says Fukushima emergency inflated for financial reasons as environmentalists counter his ‘cynical’ remarks(14/04-2011)
- Japan raises Fukushima Daiichi accident to highest rating on international scale, equaling Chernobyl(12/04-2011)
- COMMENT: Ecodefense!’s Slivyak: The time to reconsider nuclear energy is now (28/03-2011)
- COMMENT: Defiant of Fukushima, yet now mindful of apparent fears, Moscow revs up sales of 'safer' nuke energy. Would Russia at least revise stance on old reactors?(25/03-2011)
- Fukushima reactor designer turned whistleblower says he knew reactor No 4 has been unsound for 40 years(24/03-2011)
- Fukushima Daiichi’s reactor No 1 was granted 10-year operational extension despite warnings of its frailties: 120,000 imperilled by radiation poisoning(22/03-2011)
- Fukushima spent fuel crisis: What exactly are the risks — and will Russia heed the lesson?(22/03-2011)
- In array of catastrophes at Fukushima Daiichi, dangers at spent fuel cooling ponds come into focus(16/03-2011)
- COMMENT: Official Russia downplays nuclear power’s dangers as Fukushima’s ongoing crisis proves otherwise(15/03-2011)
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