7 d. ago Japanese Governor Endorses Restart of Hokkaido Nuclear Plant

The only nuclear plant on the Japanese island of Hokkaido has won the crucial endorsement of the local governor, bringing the restart of atomic power generation a step closer in the country’s northernmost region.

Politics

2 w. ago Japan’s Biggest Nuclear Plant to Get De Facto Restart Approval

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will receive approval from a local Japanese governor on Friday to restart the country’s biggest nuclear power plant, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

Culture

2 w. ago Japan Approves Restart of World’s Biggest Atomic Power Plant

The world’s largest nuclear power plant has won a long-delayed approval to restart, a watershed moment for Japan and its energy industry after the country witnessed the worst atomic disaster this century.

Culture

2 w. ago Energy Department loans $1B to help finance the restart of nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that it will loan $1 billion to help finance the restart of the nuclear power plant on Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island that is under contract to supply power to data centers for tech giant Microsoft. The loan is in line with the priorities of […]

Economics

2 w. ago Constellation Gets $1 Billion Loan to Open Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant

Constellation Energy Corp.’s plan to restart its shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant is getting $1 billion in backing from the US government as the Trump administration pushes to add more atomic power on the electric grid.

Economics

2 w. ago ‘Start their life over’: Alberta county divided after vote over planned nuclear plant

Amid the sprawling canola fields, white spruce and jack pine trees, fireweed and goldenrods of northern Alberta, Pat McNamara is having a case of nuclear deja vu. Two decades ago, he lived in Port Hope, Ont., northeast of Toronto, in a community dealing with decades of nuclear ground contamination, including at his own daughter’s schoolyard. […]

Culture

4 w. ago Japan resumes seafood exports to China 2 years after Fukushima wastewater release

TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Friday that its seafood exports have resumed for the first time since China imposed a ban over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant more than two years ago. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters that 6 metric tons (6.6 tons) of […]

Economics