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South Africa plans more nuclear power plants
Published on 12/12/2023
» CAPE TOWN - South Africa will start sounding out bidders for an extra 2,500 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power by March, as the country attempts to tackle its worst power outages on record.
UAE: fossil fuel power and COP28 host
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PARIS - A gas-guzzling fossil fuel exporter trying to spearhead more ambitious climate action, the United Arab Emirates remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons for its prosperity.
Arctic archipelago turns the page on its mining past
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» FORMER SVEA MINE (NORWAY) - At the old Svea mine in the Arctic, broken railway tracks overgrown with weeds lead nowhere. Of the hundred buildings that once made up the town, there's almost nothing left.
Chinese disinformation fuels anger over Fukushima water
Published on 31/08/2023
» In Guangdong province, on China’s southern coast, a woman posted a photo of a boxed-up Japanese-brand air-conditioner that she planned to return in protest. In southwestern China, the owner of a Japanese pub posted a video of himself ripping down anime posters and smashing bottles, saying he planned to reopen the business as a Chinese bistro.
Japan extends life of nuclear plants
Published on 31/05/2023
» TOKYO: Japan on Wednesday passed a law allowing nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years, as it tries to reinvigorate the sector to meet energy challenges and climate targets.
Japan firms invest $72m in floating nuclear plant project
Kyodo News, Published on 24/05/2023
» TOKYO: About a dozen Japanese companies, including major shipbuilders, have invested a total of about 10 billion yen (US$72 million) in a British start-up developing floating offshore nuclear power plants, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
Ailing Erdogan re-emerges in video link with Putin
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkey's ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday re-emerged from a two-day absence and spoke by video link with Vladimir Putin at a virtual ceremony unveiling a Russian-built nuclear power plant.
UN nuclear watchdog at Russian-held plant
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» KYIV: The UN atomic energy watchdog chief arrived Wednesday at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a rare visit to Europe's largest atomic facility currently controlled by Russian forces.
Albania's 'wild river' granted national park status
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» TEPELENë (ALBANIA) - Environmental campaigners scored a rare victory in Albania on Wednesday after authorities announced the creation of a national park to protect the Vjosa River, one of Europe's largest undammed waterways.
The controversial plan to release Fukushima plant's wastewater
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (JAPAN) - Twelve years after a nuclear catastrophe triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan are preparing to release treated wastewater into the sea.