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Japan approves nuclear restart despite opposition
16/06/2012 - JAPAN

Japan approves nuclear restart despite opposition

Japan gave the go-ahead to resume operations at two nuclear reactors on Saturday despite mass opposition to the plan. The move comes a little more than a month after the country’s last plant was taken offline following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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China: Illegal detentions flourish
12/05/2012 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

China: Illegal detentions flourish

The case of blind dissident Chen Guangcheng once again throws light on Beijing's human rights record. We have a special report from China on the issue of illegal detention. Meanwhile, the Philippines say they won't be bullied by Beijing as tension rises over a natural-gas rich rocky outcrop. Finally, we head to Japan, a nation traumatised by the Fukushima disaster, and ask what kind of future awaits the country's nuclear industry.
Japan's last active nuclear plant closes
05/05/2012 - JAPAN

Japan's last active nuclear plant closes

Japan's Hokkaido Electric Power Co began shutting down the country’s last active nuclear reactor on Saturday, more than a year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima plant crisis, undermining public faith in atomic power.
French nuclear scientist gets five-year terror sentence
04/05/2012 - JUSTICE

French nuclear scientist gets five-year terror sentence

A French court sentenced French-Algerian nuclear scientist Adlène Hicheur, formerly employed at the CERN nuclear institute in Switzerland, to five years in prison Friday for "criminal association" allegedly aimed at plotting terror attacks.
Work starts on permanent Chernobyl container
27/04/2012 - UKRAINE

Work starts on permanent Chernobyl container

On the 26th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl in the former USSR, Ukraine's president on Thursday launched the construction of a structure to contain the site of the failed reactor for the next hundred years.
Turkish PM boosts nuclear cooperation with China visit
09/04/2012 - DIPLOMACY

Turkish PM boosts nuclear cooperation with China visit

On the first official trip to China by a Turkish leader in 27 years, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paved the way for more bilateral cooperation on nuclear energy and made a trip to Xinjiang, where China's Muslim Uighur population resides.
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Lisa Jackson, Head of the US Environmental Protection Agency
31/03/2012 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Lisa Jackson, Head of the US Environmental Protection Agency

In the United States, the Obama administration wants to limit carbon emissions from US power plants. That proposal is seen as putting a lid on the construction of new coal-powered plants. Markus Karlsson talks to the woman behind that policy, Lisa Jackson. She is the Head of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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Japan eases Fukushima restriction zone
30/03/2012 - JAPAN

Japan eases Fukushima restriction zone

Japan is to relax the danger zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time since last year's disaster, it was announced on Friday. The opening up of low contamination zones will allow 16,000 evacuees to go back into their homes.
Fukushima one year on: a quest for viable energy
11/03/2012 - JAPAN

Fukushima one year on: a quest for viable energy

In the wake of the nuclear catastrophe of Fukushima, Japan has had to take a hard look at its energy production model. For the moment, there are more questions than answers. France24.com takes a closer look.
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Anti-nuclear movement grows in Japan one year after Fukushima
08/03/2012 - WEBNEWS

Anti-nuclear movement grows in Japan one year after Fukushima

The growing anti-nuclear movement in Japan. With his Super Tuesday victories is the bag, Mitt Romney turns his attention to Barack Obama. And Israeli president Shimon Peres stars in a viral video promoting world peace.
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