Japan: Tepco confirms extra meltdown as IAEA probe begins

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has confirmed that the crisis was more severe than first acknowledged. Tepco said nuclear fuel melted down in two further reactors, in the days after the tsunami in March, the admission was made as United Nations'...

UK strike regarding use of foreign workers rolls on

More British workers are joining a rolling strike in support of demands that domestic rather than foreign labour be employed at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire. " Contractors at two nuclear plants have walked out in support of protests over the use of foreign...

Nuclear power's green promise cooled by rising temps

"Summer is exposing the chinks in Europe's nuclear power networks. The extended heat wave in July aggravated drought conditions across much of Europe, lowering water levels in the lakes and rivers that many...

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