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Tons of highly toxic water spilled out when workers removed the wrong pipe during works.
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Tons of highly toxic water spilled out when workers removed the wrong pipe during works.
The West suspects Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at building nuclear weapons, but Iran insists it is for generating energy.
A report by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland looked at the impact day-to-day operations would have on Ireland and what would happen in the event of a severe nuclear accident.
A survey has shown that most industry insiders also think €100 or higher would be a fair water charge for a four person household.
Fracking is an emotively driven environmental issue – but the Irish government could do worse than follow the UK in opening up the market here for exploration, writes Aaron McKenna.
When an aeroplane crashes we don’t stop flying, we improve safety. Nuclear power should be the same, writes Philip Walton.
Iran is to step up its uranium enrichment programme by sharply increasing the number of centrifuges used to make nuclear fuel.
Department of the Environment releases report from independent experts on risk to Ireland of a radioactive leak at the Cumbrian nuclear site as it is being decommissioned.
The nuclear power plant in Solvenia has been “preventively” shut down due to heavy rains.
The government is increasing a surcharge on electricity bills to fund the development of alternative energy.
Officials say they plan to have six nuclear subs in operation by 2018.
Operators of the nuclear plant ruled out any possible radiation leak at the plant after the automatic shutdown.
It’s claimed workers were forced to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to so they could stay on the job longer.
A local military official says that the attackers caused some damage to the facility and stole a “sizeable quantity” of food.
International efforts to end deadlock over Iran’s nuclear programme take place in Moscow.
The IAEA met with an Iranian delegation in Vienna today to discuss issues concerning Iran’s nuclear programme.
Nuclear energy CEO was wounded as he left his home this morning.
It’s not clear whether the Tomari plant will reopen as demonstrators called for the country to renounce nuclear power.
EU foreign policy chief says “constructive and useful” talks will continue next month in Baghdad.
These temporary jailbirds put their star power behind issues from the Vietnam War to nuclear power.
“If the atomic world has nine lives, five of them have already been used” – the Chernobyl Children International founder is in Japan for the first anniversary of the 11 March 2011 disaster.
On 11 March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake off the Japanese coast sparked a devastating tsunami that left 22,000 dead or missing.
Washington and Pyongyang both announce that North Korea will allow IAEA inspectors to verify that it has stopped work.
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Iran and UN nuclear inspectors are due to start discussions regarding the country’s controversial nuclear programme this weekend.
An Iranian official has said that several people are being held over the killing of a scientist last week.
The move could escalate tensions between the Islamic State and the US just a day after Iran welcomed the rescue of 13 fishermen by American troops.
Officials insisted there had been no radiation leak during the blaze, which raged for hours as firefighters battled the flames.
Experts have noted the plant remains vulnerable to more problems and it will take decades to decommission following March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
A fire broke out on the nuclear-powered vessel in Siberia this morning, killing two crew and injuring a third.
The 4G reactors would run on depleted uranium and take “safety to a new level”, according to the Microsoft billionaire.
Tokyo Electric Power says it is running out of room to store decontaminated water that was used to cool down the damaged reactors at Fukushima.
Meanwhile, the Commission says that stress tests on the nuclear power plants across 15 member states are going according to plan.
Protesters set vehicles alight and damaged a section of rail while demonstrating against the transportation of nuclear material to northern Germany.
Ireland’s weather is an incredible resource – and learning to use it could be the key to our future, writes Pat McGill.
The earthquake, which was the largest to hit the US east coast in 67 years, struck less than 24 kilometres from a two-reactor power plant.
After Fukushima, nuclear power has become a bogeyman – but we shouldn’t dismiss it out of hand, writes physicist David Robert Grimes.
Naoto Kan has told a parliamentary committee that the Fukushima I power plant should be closed by January.
More than two-thirds of Japan’s reactors remain offline following the nuclear crisis sparked last May.