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Europe's most powerful nuclear reactor kicks off in Finland

Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe's most powerful by production capacity, has completed a test phase lasting over a year and has started regular output, significantly boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency

The Independent UK

Over and Out: Germany Switches off Its Last Nuclear Plants

“Nuclear power, no thanks!” What was once a slogan found on the bumper of many a German car became a reality Saturday, as the country shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants in line with a long-planned transition toward renewable energy. The shutdown of Emsland, Neckarwestheim II and Isar…

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Germany pulls the plug on its last nuclear power plants

Germany has shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants in line with a long-planned transition to clean, green renewable energy.

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As Germany ends nuclear era activist says still more to do

Heinz Smital was a 24-year-old nuclear physics researcher when he first saw how far nuclear contamination could spread after the Chornobyl disaster in 1986.

Reuters

Germany Turns Out the Lights on Nuclear Power—at Last

It’s taken a few decades, but the final shutdown comes at a delicate time.

Foreign Policy

Powering down: Germany's last nuclear plants in final hours

Germany has begun winding down its three remaining nuclear power plants as part of a long-planned transition toward renewable energy

The Independent UK

Germany’s last three nuclear power stations to shut this weekend

Closures, delayed after Russia reduced Europe’s gas supplies, leave conundrum for energy policymakers

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Germany retires last nuclear plants

At 10pm on Saturday, the Isar-2 nuclear plant near Munich will begin winding down its power generation in steps of 10 megawatts per minute.

Bangkok Post

Atomic 'angst' over? Germany closes last nuclear plants

Germany will pull the plug on its last three nuclear power stations by Saturday, ending a six-decade programme that spawned one of Europe's strongest protest movements but saw a brief reprieve due to the Ukraine war.

Reuters

German town bids farewell to nuclear, eyes hydrogen future

Germany is shutting down its last three nuclear power plants on Saturday as part of an energy transition agreed to by successive governments

The Independent UK

Wind and Solar Hit Record 12% of Global Power Generation Last Year

Wind and solar energy represented a record 12% of global electricity generation last year, up from 10% in 2021, a report on Wednesday found. The report by climate and energy independent think tank Ember said last year could have marked peak emissions from the power sector, which is the largest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

German government rejects new call to delay nuclear shutdown

The German government has dismissed calls for a last-minute delay in shutting down the country's last three nuclear power plants this weekend

The Independent UK

Lawsuit seeks to uphold closing California’s last nuke plant

An environmental group is suing to block efforts to extend federal operating licenses for California's last nuclear power plant

The Independent UK

Hinkley Point C offshore works entering ‘final stages’

Two huge jack-up vessels have arrived off the coast of the nuclear power station in Somerset to help install a ‘critical’ underwater system

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Leaks from Minnesota nuclear power plant raise safety fears across US

Leaks were contained and posed no danger, official reports say, but past disasters continue to cause fears of power source

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Damage inside Fukushima reactor feared greater than assumed

Damage to the interior of a support structure at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may extend around its entire perimeter, raising concern that the extent of the damage may be greater than previously thought.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Nuclear Chief Discusses Ukraine Nuclear Plant in Russia

The head of the UN's atomic energy watchdog met with Russian officials in Kaliningrad on Wednesday for negotiations on the safety of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, currently held by Russian forces. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi’s trip to the Russian exclave came a week after he visited…

The Independent UK

UN nuclear chief discusses Ukraine nuclear plant in Russia

U.N. nuclear head Rafael Grossi has met with Russian officials in Kaliningrad for negotiations on the safety of Ukraine’s Moscow-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

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Ukrainian drone crashes near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Russian media

A Ukrainian drone has crashed near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Russia's RIA news agency cited a Russian officer as saying on Wednesday, as the chief of the global nuclear watchdog was expected in Russia for talks on the plant's security.

The Independent UK

India’s push for 24/7 clean energy from dams upends lives

A remote region amid gigantic peaks in the Himalayas is home to just 100,000 people but makes four nuclear power plants worth of energy

The Independent UK

New images from inside Fukushima reactor spark safety worry

Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant have shown exposed steel bars in the main supporting structure and parts of its thick external concrete wall missing

Newcastle Herald

It's time to stop the election hand-outs when we cast our votes

A clear majority of people do not take the paper and I never see people stand and look at any of the posters along the way.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA Chief to Visit Russian Exclave for Zaporizhzhia Talks

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday to discuss the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, located near the front line of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, an IAEA spokesperson said. Grossi visited the plant, in…

Reuters

IAEA chief to visit Russian exclave for Zaporizhzhia talks

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Small Areas Reopen near Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Few Return

Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, on Saturday, in time for the area’s popular cherry blossom season and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a ceremony there to mark the reopening. The area of about 4 square…

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