About 7 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from a desalination facility Wednesday at the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant but did not reach the sea, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Workers accidentally disconnected a pipe to the facility and caused the leak that continued for more than an hour in the morning, it said, adding that six of the 11 workers were covered wi ...

Researchers at a US lab have passed a crucial milestone on the way to their ultimate goal of achieving self-sustaining nuclear fusion. Harnessing fusion - the process that powers the Sun - could provide an unlimited and cheap source of energy. But to be viable, fusion power plants would have to produce more energy than they consume, which has proven elusive. Now, a breakthrough by scientists at the National ...

Japan will once again be without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor goes offline on Sunday for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remained closed for intensified safety checks following the 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-stricken plant in Fukushima. But despite signs the crisis in Fukushima is worsening, Japan's commitment to restarting many of its 50 idled plants appears stronger t ...

The United Nations' atomic agency has cut its long-term outlook for nuclear energy growth for a third year in a row, in part because of hesitancy following Japan's Fukushima disaster. The industry could, however, still nearly double its capacity by 2030 due to expansion in Asia. Overall nuclear generating capacity will grow by between 17 and 94 percent by 2030 depending on a wide range of factors such as gl ...

To achieve the target, several projects of NPCIL are at different stages of implementation including construction, planning and proposal, stated S K Malhotra, Head of Public Awareness Division of Department of Atomic Energy Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has plans to enhance nuclear energy capacity by ten times to 60,000 MW in about next two decades, a senior official said here today. "T ...

South Korea and Vietnam agreed Monday to conclude a bilateral free trade agreement next year and cooperate closely for nuclear power development in the Southeast Asian nation. South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang reached the agreement during a summit in Hanoi, pledging to work together to triple trade volume between the two sides to reach US$70 billion by 2020. "We a ...

The talks between Japan and India to pursue a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement is set to resume on Tuesday. Talks stalled due to the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in 2011 that prompted the Japanese government to shut down 48 of its 50 nuclear power plants. India’s officials from the Ministry of External Affairs, Joint Secretary (East Asia) Gautam Bambawale and Joint Se ...

Radiation near a tank holding highly contaminated water at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has spiked 18-fold, the plant’s operator said Sept.1, highlighting the struggle to bring the crisis under control after more than two years. Radiation of 1,800 millisieverts per hour - enough to kill an exposed person in four hours - was detected near the bottom of one storage tank on Aug. 31, Tokyo Electric ...

A court in Busan on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Lee Jong-chan, the senior executive vice president of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. implicated in a snowballing corruption scandal. The court issued the warrant out of concerns that the suspect could destroy evidence or flee, officials said. The prosecution on Tuesday detained the 53-year-old executive and requested a warrant against h ...

Nuclear Information Technology (China) Forum 2013 successfully ended up at Aug. 9th in Shanghai Marriot. More than 210 nuclear IT experts in and abroad joined in this international nuclear IT conference. Focused on the development plan of nuclear IT industry, latest R&D progress of nuclear self-reliance software and valuable experience exchange of leading nuclear companies’ information technology develo ...