A massive fire broke out in the forest near the Chernobyl nuclear plant, which had been a disaster in 1986, causing Ukraine's National Guard to be on high alert.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said yesterday that it will gradually reduce its dependence on nuclear energy and aim to achieve the ultimate goal of not using nuclear power in
Japan admits to hiding part of the information about the spread of radioactivity at the Fukushima I nuclear power plant because of fears that it will cause panic among the public,
The International Nuclear Energy Agency declared the crisis at the completely different Fukushima I nuclear plant in Chernobyl in 1986.
Fukushima I, the plant operator, today said it had blocked a leak of highly contaminated water into the sea.
The British government plans to shut down a part of Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP), a northern UK plant, as soon as possible after Japan's worst nuclear disaster.
International physicists will build the largest 5 billion euro factory ever to produce energy through nuclear fusion.