Japan

Radioactive water continues to leak at Fukushima plant bringing radioactive iodine levels at 4,385 times the limit.

In the wake of the earthquake in Japan and the subsequent problems with several nuclear plants, people are beginning to doubt nuclear energy more and more. Many say that we need to replace nuclear energy with renewable energies. But do they consider the amounts of energy that will be needed to replace nuclear energy?

Tepco will scrap reactors 1 to 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Tepco  is expected to improve the working environment of workers trying to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. This was industry minister Banri Kaieda point of view.

Tepco sought assistance from French nuclear power authorities to address the crisis at the Fukushima power plant.

TÜV Rheinland, which maintains a large solar testing center in Yokohama, has shifted its workload to other regional centers. It will also be redeploying equipment and personnel temporarily, according to pv-tech.org..

Major Japanese banks are considering to extend loans to TEPCO of up to US$24.7 billion.

Work to restore power and key cooling functions was disrupted at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as smoke caused workers to evacuate.

GE defended its Mark I containment system at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant against safety issues raised against it.

TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-chi nuclear power plant is in danger of fuel rod meltdown.

The EU is exploring the closure of nuclear plants following Japan's struggle to contain a possible metldown at its nuclear plant after an earthquake.

Workers have returned to the nuclear plant after Tokyo Electric Power Company briefly withdrew them from the site due to a rise in radiation levels.

General Electric is ready to assist Japan in tackling nuclear crisis, following three explosions at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

South Korea will provide  LNG to Japanese power companies that turned off nuclear power plants due to the earthquake.

A hydrogen blast hit the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant’s No. 4 reactor, bringing the number of the complex's damaged reactors possibly to four. It has a total of six reactors.

Japan has declared a nuclear emergency after the operator of Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant reported an abnormality today, following a major earthquake.