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Abe clarifies intention to promote nuclear energy generation

Kyodo News InternationalJune 19, 2013 15:02
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe clarified on Wednesday his intention to promote nuclear energy generation despite the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power plant in 2011, pledging to make efforts to enhance safety of nuclear power facilities. "The tragedy that hit Fukushima has yet to end. I can't stand still when I think of the difficulties the victims have been facing," Abe said in a speech in London.

Int'l experts say info not enough to assess fault at nuclear plant

Kyodo News InternationalMay 21, 2013 10:01
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority lacks enough information to conclude that a fault running directly underneath a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan is active, international experts commissioned by plant operator Japan Atomic Power Co. to study the issue said Tuesday.

TIMELINE-North Korea's brushes with international community

January 24, 2013 09:30
Jan 24 (Reuters) - Here is a look at North Korea's recent brushes with the Iinternational community as it announced further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States:

South Korea to expand nuclear energy despite growing safety fears

January 8, 2013 10:04
By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - South Korea has no option but to expand its nuclear power plant programme despite growing public concern over safety in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster in 2011 and a series of scares that closed two reactors last year. The proportion of South Koreans who considered nuclear power safe fell to 34.8 percent in a survey conducted in November and published on Tuesday, down from 40 percent in April 2011 and 71 percent in January 2010, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said.
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