Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima
World 09:51 22/12/2025NIIGATA, Japan - The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's pivot back to nuclear since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Japan reaffirms no-nukes pledge after official floats weapons idea
World 15:33 19/12/2025Japan reaffirmed its decades-old pledge never to possess nuclear weapons on Friday after local media reported that a senior security official suggested the country should acquire them to deter potential aggressors.
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
World 15:13 06/08/2025The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade.
Israel claims victory as US intel says Iran nuclear sites not destroyed
World 15:01 25/06/2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a "historic victory" against Iran despite a US intelligence report concluding that American strikes set back Tehran's nuclear program by just a few months.
US launches nuclear response training course in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:39 07/08/2018The course is scheduled to run from August 6 to 10 in Da Nang
Hanoi prepares for potential catastrophes caused by Chinese nuclear plants
Vietnam News 11:27 24/05/2018The city is already preparing for other large-scale disasters
Nuclear disaster drill conducted in Da Lat
Vietnam News 15:02 27/01/2018Da Lat is Vietnam’s hub of scientific research in the fields of biotechnology and nuclear physics
Exit now, pay later: Germany's rushed farewell to nuclear power
World 14:14 01/11/2015The decision, one of the biggest policy turnarounds in Germany's history, lays bare a lack of coordination untypical for Merkel, a physicist by training and known for her disciplined step-by-step approach
Fukushima operator sued over 102-year-old man's suicide
World 19:00 29/07/2015Fumio Okubo was the oldest resident of Iitate village 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Fukushima Daiichi plant
Vietnam needs a national radioactive dumping ground: experts
In-Depth 13:49 26/05/2015Those in charge of nuclear safety at local industrial and healthcare facilities have been baffled at what to do with their units’ radioactive waste
China to start building 3rd generation nuclear reactor: company
World 19:00 06/05/2015Unit five of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in Fujian province will incorporate an ACP1000 reactor developed by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the firm said Wednesday.
US envoy Kennedy tours Fukushima nuclear plant
World 21:30 14/05/2014The 56-year-old envoy, who took up her post last November, was on a tour of Japan's northeast, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
