The operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said Monday it expects to post an $8.95 billion net annual shortfall due to costs and compensation payments related to last year’s crisis. Tokyo has promised the firm a similar amount in aid.
The US government on Thursday gave final approval to the construction of two new reactors at power generator Southern Co.'s facility in Vogtle, Gerogia, despite objections over safety concerns in the wake of Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster.
FRENCH PAPERS, Fri. 03/02/11. French papers focus on the ongoing violence in Egypt. Libération explores how public opinion regarding the army has changed drastically in one year. Many Egyptians believe the army may have orchestrated the violence to keep a grip on power. In other news, it’s cold in France! According to right-leaning paper Le Figaro, France is better off than neighboring Germany in terms of electricity, thanks to its nuclear power plants.
EU leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed to ban imports of Iranian oil as part of efforts to force Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme. The move comes amid a tense stand-off between the US and Iran over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Paris’s world renowned Louvre art gallery announced on Friday it is to send numerous works of art to Japan in a gesture of solidarity with the country 10 months after it was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.
Papers report on the death of France 2 television journalist Gilles Jacquier in Homs in Syria. They also look at a new study showing that the French work "six weeks less per year than the Germans". Other stories include a workers' protest at Père Lachaise cemetery, and the viability of France's nuclear industry. That's the focus for this Thursday 12th January 2012.
France's Interior Minister Claude Guéant has reportedly said the country will take steps to tighten security in all of its 58 nuclear power plants, after Greenpeace activists highlighted the system's weaknesses by infiltrating two sites last month.
The French papers take Budapest to task - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is accused of seeking authoritarian rule. Libération and Le Monde urge a Europe-wide response. French nuclear power, bad news for the Champs-Elysées and the Iowa caucus also feature. That's the focus for this look at the French press on Wednesday 4th January 2012.
France's nuclear authority has called for enhanced safety measures at the country's 58 reactors in light of last year's Fukushima disaster in Japan, though ruling out any immediate plant closure.
Iran announced on Sunday it has tested the first nuclear fuel rod created from its own uranium deposits at a reactor that requires a high level of enrichment, which might bolster Western doubts that Tehran pursues military nuclear capacity.
