Japan said on Tuesday that the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant is gradually stabilising and the amount of radiation being released is falling.
Highly contaminated water has escaped from a reactor building at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant and may leak into the ocean, the operator says.
Environmentalists call on government to reconsider SA’s nuclear energy plans.
When the stakes are so high and there are safer ways to generate power, it seems sheer folly to pursue nuclear power.
Concern over Japan’s ability to contain its nuclear crisis grew on Thursday, as military helicopters dumped water on to an overheating power plant.
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/ 10 December 2010
The pressure is on for the government to roll out the country’s nuclear strategy and decisions are expected to be made within a year.
Nuclear energy is mired in controversy yet it
is being touted as a solution to lowering emissions.
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/ 19 November 2010
South Africa given a $20-billion credit line for energy development, but there’s a quid pro quo.
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/ 9 November 2010
The government will have to make decisions "soon" if it is to meet its target of new nuclear power capacity by 2023, Eskom says.
As much as 50% of SA’s’ new electricity production could be comprised of nuclear energy, national planning commission member Bobby Godsell said.
The European Union hammered Iran on Monday with fresh sanctions against its vital energy sector.
A missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran says was kidnapped by the CIA, has turned up in Washington.
Iran has barred two United Nations nuclear inspectors from entering the Islamic Republic, a senior official was quoted as saying on Monday.
The UN imposed a new slate of sanctions on Iran on Wednesday in an attempt to force it to comply with demands over its nuclear programme.
Europe kept the pressure on Iran on to reach an agreement with the UN over its nuclear programme, following a deal between Iran, Turkey and Brazil.
Iran’s president on Wednesday warned US counterpart Barack Obama of a "tooth-breaking" response, as he condemned Washington’s new nuclear policy.
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/ 17 February 2010
U S president announces $8,3-billion in loan guarantees for construction of first nuclear reactors in almost 30 years.
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/ 8 February 2010
The US and France said on Monday they would push for new UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
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/ 30 November 2009
World powers threatened new sanctions against Iran on Monday after Tehran defiantly pledged to build 10 more uranium-enrichment plants.
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/ 29 October 2009
Iran was widely expected on Thursday to deliver its response to a UN-brokered proposal regarding a uranium-enrichment deal.
Despite objections from Greenpeace, the African National Congress considers nuclear power plants to satisfy rising energy demands.
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to attack the South after it joined a US-led plan to check vessels suspected of carrying equipment for weapons.
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected on Monday a proposal put forward by the West in a bid to resolve a row over Iran’s nuclear aims.
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/ 24 February 2009
Algeria aims to build its first commercial nuclear power station around 2020, Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil said on Tuesday.
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/ 5 December 2008
Eskom on Friday said that it was "not in a position to invest in nuclear", and has terminated talks it was holding with nuclear technology providers.
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/ 27 November 2008
South Africa has put a provision in its nuclear policy to restrict uranium exports to satisfy local demand.
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/ 26 November 2008
Iran now has 5 000 working uranium-enrichment centrifuges, a senior official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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/ 1 November 2008
Indecision is threatening much-vaunted nuclear rennaisance, writes Stefaans Brümmer.
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/ 13 October 2008
Pyongyang has announced plans to allow US and international monitors to resume inspections of nuclear facilities.
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/ 12 October 2008
The US on Saturday removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in a bid to revive faltering denuclearisation talks.
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/ 19 September 2008
North Korea upped the ante in the stand-off over its nuclear programme, confirming on Friday that it is restoring a key atomic reactor.
South Africa is seeking commercial contracts with foreign companies to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, a senior official said on Wednesday.