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NUCLEAR ENERGY 2

Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2022
U.N. plans permanent presence at Ukraine nuclear plant amid concerns over shelling
'We are not going anywhere. The IAEA is now there, it is at the plant and it is not moving,' the U.N. watchdog's chief said after leading a team to the Russian-held facility.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2022
Japan to resume nuclear fuel production
The country's three nuclear fuel producers have suspended production since December 2018 as it took time to comply with new standards set by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2022
IAEA team heads to nuclear plant as Ukraine launches offensive in south
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday called for sanctions against Russia's state nuclear energy agency over the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia plant.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2022
Shelling near Ukraine nuclear plant strikes towns, heightening concern
As the power plant inches toward a possible crisis, both sides have acknowledged the risks of a potential nuclear accident.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2022
With disaster looming, inspectors set to visit Ukraine nuclear plant
In a country still haunted by the memory of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, officials urged the public not to panic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2022
Global energy crisis spurs a revival of nuclear power in Asia
Governments in Japan and South Korea are removing anti-nuclear policies, while China and India are looking to build more reactors to avoid future supply shortages and curb emissions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 26, 2022
More data needed before ocean release of Fukushima water
There is insufficient scientific data to support release of contaminated water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2022
Can the Japanese learn to love nuclear power again?
The Japanese government is backing the construction of new reactors for the first time since Fukushima. It will have to convince a skeptical public first.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2022
Putin won’t shrink from triggering Chernobyl 2.0
Never before has a nuclear power plant been on the front line of a major war, and indeed a main object of the warring parties' strategies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2022
Putin to allow inspectors to visit Russian-occupied nuclear plant
The French president's office said Moscow had 'reconsidered' a demand that the International Atomic Energy Agency travel through Russia to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2022
Ukraine counters in the south as Russia pounds Donetsk region
Kyiv has said for weeks it is planning a counteroffensive to recapture Zaporizhzhia and neighboring Kherson province, the largest part of the territory Russia has seized.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2022
Dark thoughts haunt Ukrainians in shadow of nuclear crisis
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya power plant — Europe's biggest — has been on the front line since it was captured by Russia in March.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2022
Shelling of Ukraine nuclear plant raising fears and outrage
The war in Ukraine has had no shortage of devastation, yet the repeated shelling of the sprawling Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in recent days has particularly roused widespread fears.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2022
Germany looks like it is ready to begin a fourth nuclear exit
A wrongheaded phase-out of nuclear power plus a wrongheaded reliance on Putin's natural gas means Germany needs another U-turn.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2022
Ukraine accuses Russia of using nuclear plant for deadly rocket attack
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of imperiling the plant, Europe's largest nuclear complex, with attacks nearby.

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