The party in Northern Alberta is over - (it wasn't much of a party to begin with - unless you like the smell of steaming bitumen and the sound of cannons) - and there must be some long, sad faces in the boardrooms of the tar sands...

Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: AP: Iran to begin operation of 1st nuclear power plant ‘Iran's first nuclear plant will begin long-delayed pilot operations on Wednesday, the state atomic energy agency said. A...

During our action in the tar sands of northern Alberta, Canada last week we were running a Twitter and comment feed on the Stop the Tar Sands landing page - so that while people watched the live video feed of our activists they...

8 November - A crowd of 16 000 people demonstrated against the Castor transport in Gorleben today, marching through the town and eventually settling just outside of it, near to the gates of the "Zwischenlager" - the temporary nuclear...

Update from Mike Hudema - Climate Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada - 7am local time It's a few hours before we enter the tar sands. The tar sands are the largest industrial, capital and energy project on the planet but most...

Like the rest of us Vermont Yankee is suffering in the current economic climate : The owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant says it will have to wait almost 60 years before it has enough money to decommission the plant. Faced...

By Mike Townsley, Head of News - Greenpeace International “I have seen the future and it is murder,” lamented Leonard Cohen on my iPod as I arrived in Fort McMurray airport, Alberta, Canada. The oil man’s airport of choice for access...

Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed: World Nuclear News: Research base for new Chinese nuclear power ‘A new research and development office opened in Beijing this week, focused on the task of...