12 h. ago Russia 'is risking nuclear catastrophe by restarting captured power plant'

A 'nuclear catastrophe' is said to be on the cards after a 10-year operating licence was granted to the state nuclear agency, Rosatom.

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4 d. ago Japan pauses restart of world’s largest nuclear power plant one day after it went online

Operator says it does now know when the problem at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata province will be solved, after an alarm sounded during start-upThe restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan on Thursday just a day after it went online for the first time in about 14 years, with the operator saying it does not know when the problem will be solved.The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata province had been closed since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, but operations to relaunch it began on Wednesday after it received the final green light from the nuclear regulator. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago World’s largest nuclear power plant suspended just hours after it resumed operations

Fourteen other nuclear reactors have restarted across Japan since 2011

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6 d. ago World’s largest nuclear plant restarts for first time since Fukushima meltdown

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is owned by the same operator of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi plant

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7 d. ago This country wants to build a nuclear power plant on the moon

The project aims to supply energy for its lunar space programme

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7 d. ago Chernobyl power plant LOSES external power supply after Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, IAEA warns

The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General, Rafael Grossi, reported this morning that several Ukrainian power substations had been affected by large-scale military activity.

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7 d. ago Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffers power loss amid Russian attacks

Fresh Russian strikes have targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

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7 d. ago Australia’s largest coal power plant to operate for an additional two years which green groups say is a ‘disaster’

Life of Eraring power station in Lake Macquarie extended to April 2029, Origin Energy saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s largest coal-fired power plant, Eraring in New South Wales, will stay open for an additional two years until 2029, amid concerns about the national energy grid’s ability to satisfy demand.The operator of the plant in Lake Macquarie, Origin Energy, had previously agreed a deal with the state government to delay Eraring’s closure from 2025 to August 2027. While the state environment minister said the new extension would contribute to NSW’s emissions reductions, climate advocates described it as a “disaster”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Australia’s largest coal power plant to operate an extra two years to support national grid

Life of Eraring power station in Lake Macquarie extended to April 2029, Origin Energy saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s largest coal-fired power plant, Eraring, will stay open for an extra two years until 2029, amid concerns about the national energy grid’s ability to support demand ahead of the station’s planned retirement.The operator of the plant in Lake Macquarie, Origin Energy, had previously agreed a deal with the New South Wales government to extend Eraring’s closure from 2025 to August 2027. While the state environment minister said the new extension would contribute to NSW’s emissions reductions, climate advocates described it as a “disaster” for emissions targets. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russia and Ukraine agree localised ceasefire for Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant repairs

The IAEA has secured the agreement of both Russia and Ukraine for a localised ceasefire to enable repairs on the last remaining backup power line to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

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1 week ago Ukraine’s battered power grid faces unprecedented challenge, energy minister says

Ukraine's energy minister says Russia has attacked every Ukrainian power plant since its invasion

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2 w. ago Good bean guide: Experts rank them by healthiness, and reveal how to harness the plant power packed into every tin

Recent studies have shown that the humble bean can lower the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, protect against colon cancer, and even help with weight loss.

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2 w. ago Watchdog halts a Japanese nuclear plant's safety review after seismic data found to be fabricated

Japan's nuclear watchdog is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant

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3 w. ago Japan’s ‘most dangerous’ nuclear power plant admits to manipulating earthquake safety data

Regulator halts review to restart Hamaoka power plant after 14 years

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3 w. ago Japan nuclear plant admits to manipulating earthquake safety data

Regulator halts review to restart Hamaoka power plant after 14 years

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3 w. ago ‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?

Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worriedDuring a golden sunset in Memphis in May, Sharon Wilson pointed a thermal imaging camera at Elon Musk’s flagship datacentre to reveal a planetary threat her eyes could not. Free from pollution controls, the gas-fired turbines that power the world’s biggest AI supercomputer were pumping invisible fumes into the Tennessee sky.“It was jaw-dropping,” said Wilson, a former oil and gas worker from Texas who has documented methane releases for more than a decade and estimates xAI’s Colossus datacentre was spewing more of the planet-heating gas than a large power plant. “Just an unbelievable amount of pollution.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago What next for Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as Trump discusses plan

Russia has considered joint Russian-U.S. use of the plant, according to the Kommersant newspaper

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last month ‘We are no longer apologising’: Éanna Hardwicke on Ireland’s cultural confidence and what it’s like to play Roy Keane

Currently on stage in a play that provoked riots, the rising Irish actor is also stepping into Keane’s boots to replay a notorious footballing feud. But, he says, his country feels more empowered than ever beforeÉanna Hardwicke cannot really remember Saipan. Not Saipan the place, a small Pacific Island 200km north-east of Guam. Nor, thankfully, Saipan the film, in which he stars, and which I’m hoping to discuss with him at length this afternoon. No, he means Saipan the incident, Saipan the event, Saipan the crisis that has baffled and incensed Ireland’s population for a quarter of a century.We are sitting in a pleasantly boxy meeting room deep within the lungs of the National Theatre, a space so starkly concrete that the current king of England once described it as a clever way of building a nuclear power plant in the middle of London without anyone objecting. Hardwicke himself sports the quiet, thoughtful presence of a literature student, at times speaking like a particularly artic...

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