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NUCLEAR ENERGY

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2015
Fukushima residents torn over nuclear waste storage plan
Norio Kimura lost his wife, father and 7-year-old daughter, Yuna, in the March 2011 tsunami.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 7, 2015
China could struggle to meet 2020 nuclear targets: CNNC exec
China could struggle to meet its 2020 nuclear energy targets with the industry still waiting on a cautious government to speed up the approval process, a senior industry executive said on Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2015
IAEA team has guarded praise for Fukushima No. 1 cleanup
Some headway has been made in the massive decommissioning effort at Tepco's wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant over the past year, an inspection team from the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday — but there are still a number of challenges, including what to do with a huge amount...
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2015
Iranian leader Khamenei sent Obama secret letter: report
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President Barack Obama amid nuclear talks by sending him a secret letter, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2015
Uranium-rich Australia puts its nuclear taboo under review
While Australia is home to the world's largest uranium reserves, it has never had a nuclear power plant. Now, amid growing concerns over climate change, the government is weighing whether to reverse its long-held ban.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2015
Iran tells West: Rouhani at risk if nuclear talks fizzle
Iran's foreign minister has warned the United States that failure to agree a nuclear deal would likely herald the political demise of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani, Iranian officials said, raising the stakes as the decade-old standoff nears its end-game.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2015
Sendai reactor faces June restart if inspection, election hurdles cleared
The Abe administration will probably attempt a nuclear reactor restart in June if it can overcome the regulatory and political hurdles posed by the Fukushima disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2015
U.S.-India nuclear 'breakthrough' could be finalized within the year: officials
A "breakthrough understanding" to fling open India's nuclear power sector to U.S. firms reached during President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi last month could be finalized this year, Indian officials have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2015
Tokyo Electric to miss March deadline for filtering radioactive water
Blaming equipment problems, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it will fail to meet its commitment to processing all of the highly radioactive water stored at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant by the end of March.
WORLD
Jan 16, 2015
China renews its atomic ambition with additional reactors
China is expected to start building at least five nuclear reactors in 2015 while facing a further delay at a plant that had been slated to start this year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2015
S. Korea nuclear hack ups aging reactor risks
The hacking of South Korea's nuclear operator means the country's second-oldest reactor may be shut permanently due to safety concerns, said several nuclear watchdog commissioners, raising the risk that other aging reactors may also be closed.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jan 3, 2015
The biggest terrorism threat in Japan
Remember how the government said Japan needed a state secrets law to protect it from acts of terrorism?

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