Today the UK government announced the go ahead for two new nuclear reactors to be built at the Hinkley Point power plant in Somerset, in the country's south west. It's very big news - the UK has not built a nuclear reactor in 20 years.

But before the... Read more >

Here’s the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

State of the Fukushima Reactors

The contaminated water crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to worsen as recor... Read more >

Greek myth tells of the proud and arrogant king Sisyphus who, after trying to cheat death, was forced by the Gods to roll a giant boulder up a hill. When he reached the top of the hill, the boulder would roll back to the bottom and Sisyphus would have...

Japan is free from nuclear power for the second time in 14 months, as the country’s last operating nuclear reactor closes for maintenance.

This is excellent news. The closure of Reactor 4 at the Kansai Electric Ohi nuclear power plant (following th...

Information released today by Greenpeace Japan shows that the builders and suppliers of nuclear reactors were afraid of being held financially responsible for any accidents they might cause from the outset of the nuclear energy era in Japan.

A freedo... Read more >