Japan may tap into its $3.6bn emergency fund to pay for Fukushima clean-up.

Threat at power plant which leaked 300 tonnes of contaminated water raised to Level Three incident

Sealed-off Windscale chimney still contains highly radioactive waste - 56 years after accident.

Tokyo estimates 300 tonnes of radioactive water may be seeping into the Pacific Ocean every day.

Japan's trade balance shows deficit with export climbing 7.4% owing to weaken yen.

Stock price finishes 6.69% lower on Tuesday in Tokyo.

Activists from environmental group Greenpeace broke into the French nuclear power station of Tricastin on Monday (July 15) to protest against the use of atomic power.

The manager of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant - the site of the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl in 1986 - died on Tuesday (July 9) of oesophageal cancer, unrelated to his duties.

Tehran says new research nuclear reactor will be 'harmless' and will be used for medical purposes.

Seoul disconnects nuclear plant's network from internet and seals off USB ports.

University of Tehran said 6.1 magnitude was reported near the city of Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces 'Iran has gone nuclear'.

Tokyo Electric Power on Monday (March 25th) blamed a rat for a 29-hour halt in power used to help cool spent nuclear fuel rods at its Fukushima plant last week, saying the rodent had triggered a circuit breaker after touching exposed wires.

Japan observes minute's silence in tribute to victims and survivors of disaster.

More than 3,000 people gathered at Hibiya Park, about 10 minutes walking distance from the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company in Tokyo on Monday to hold a minute's silence commemorating the victims of the 2011 disasters.

Protests held on the eve of second anniversary of earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear disaster.

Tehran, for first time, gives definite figure of centrifuges at Natanz facility.

World Health Organisation outlines health risks of those in fallout zone of Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster.

Japan's trade deficit rises 10 percent to £11.3bn as imports become costly on weak yen.

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission declares alert at Oyster Creek nuclear power plant after Frankenstorm Sandy makes landfall.

Geoff Whitehouse says people claiming that the mural incites racial hatred should get a sense of understanding and perspective

IAEA keen on breaking deadlock despite past meetings yielding nothing.

A fire has broken out at a nuclear power station in France, leaving several people injured, according to emergency officials and media reports.

Although triggered by tsunami, the Fukushima disaster 'could and should have been foreseen and prevented', according to independent parliamentary investigation.

Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda orders restart of reactors 3 and 4 at Ohi nuclear power plant.

Japan is ignoring lessons from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, triggered by last year's earthquake and a massive tsunami, say two seismologists.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterates compromise offer but officials deny Iran ready to abandon programme

The chief of the UN nuclear agency said he expected to sign a breakthrough deal with Iran to boost cooperation on a probe into the country's controversial atomic activity.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the owners of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant devastated by the March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, reported a net-loss of $9.7 billion for the full year ending 31 March 2012. Reporting its annual figures on 14 May, these figures reflected an improvement of some 35 per cent over 2011's figures but insufficient to avoid 09 May's effective nationalisation of the company.

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