Topic: nuclear-power-plant

Japanese official wants Fukushima nuke plant water dumped into ocean

Japanese official wants Fukushima nuke plant water dumped into ocean

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 10 09:49 PM

Japan's environment minister called Tuesday for water contaminated with low-toxicity radioactive tritium at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to be discharged into the Pacific Ocean, potentially provoking controversy with South Korea that has expressed concerns about the idea.   Read more »

Chernobyl begins new life as solar power park

Chernobyl begins new life as solar power park

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 11:04 PM

Ukraine launched Friday a park of photovoltaic panels at the former Chernobyl power plant as the country seeks to use solar power to give the scene of the world's worst nuclear disaster a new lease on life.   Read more »

Phivolcs: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant on safe ground

Phivolcs: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant on safe ground

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 02:55 PM

The mothballed Bataan nuclear power facility being considered for operation to supply the country's increasing energy needs is on safe ground, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.  Read more »

Energy dept seeks to calm nuclear power fears

Energy dept seeks to calm nuclear power fears

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 05:12 AM

The Department of Energy on Monday stressed the need to calm the public's fears over nuclear power, as it studied the feasibility of adding it to the country's energy mix.  Read more »

Duterte dials Russia for nuclear power future

Duterte dials Russia for nuclear power future

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 08:56 PM

A discolored telephone, the direct line to the president of the Philippines, sits unused in the nerve center of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, which has become a monument to the country's decades-old atomic energy ambition. Read more »

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