Tag: Nuclear accidents
Green group warns of Alice radioactive freight threat
Anti-nuclear campaigners have warned the Alice Springs Town Council against a plan to increase the amount of radioactive material freighted on the Adelaide to Darwin railway.[MORE]
N Korea nuclear negotiating partners 'not fulfilling deal'
North Korea said it could not discuss the next stage of denuclearisation until its negotiating partners fulfil their duties.[MORE]
N Korea nuclear move welcomed, but 'more to do': US
US says North Korea has taken "a good step" by blowing up the cooling tower, but warns there is "much to be done".[MORE]
Chernobyl exclusion zone to become bison reserve
Ukraine has said it intends to introduce a threatened species, the european bison, into the exclusion zone around the stricken Chernobyl nuclear reactor.[MORE]
Ukraine marks 22nd anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe
Ukraine has paid homage to victims of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, a "planetary" drama as Kiev called it, 22 years after the world's worst nuclear incident.[MORE]
US researchers test radiation protection drug
Medical researchers in the United States say they have successfully tested a drug that could protect victims of nuclear radiation. [MORE]
Gas leakage kills two at Pakistan nuclear plant: officials
Two workers were killed overnight after a gas leakage at a Pakistani nuclear facility, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission said in a statement.[MORE]
Aussie veterans sue UK over nuclear tests
Veterans of British nuclear tests in the South Pacific, including 100 Australians, have launched a class action against the British Government.[MORE]
Candidate to push for NT nuclear station
An independent Senate candidate for the Northern Territory says she will work hard to open up a nuclear power station in the Territory if elected.[MORE]
N Korea cooperating on nukes disablement: US
North Korea is cooperating well with US experts in disabling its nuclear program, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her South Korean counterpart said.[MORE]
New 'tomb' for Chernobyl reactor
Ukraine has signed deals with Western firms to build a new arch-shaped shelter to encase the wrecked fourth reactor and store spent nuclear fuel at the Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident.[MORE]
Nuclear missiles mistakenly flown across US
There has been a major security blunder in the United States involving nuclear weapons.[MORE]
'Months' needed to restart quake-hit Japan nuclear plant
The head of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has indicated that it could be a year before a Niigata Prefecture nuclear power plant, damaged by the July 16 earthquake, can resume operations.[MORE]
Japan underestimated fault line at nuclear plant
Japan's industry minister has admitted the government had underestimated the possible risks of building the nation's biggest nuclear power plant near a seismic fault line.[MORE]
Japan agrees to UN nuclear plant inspection, report says
Japan has agreed to let United Nations (UN) experts inspect its largest nuclear power plant, which leaked radiation after a powerful earthquake, a report says.[MORE]
Japan declines UN nuclear inspection offer: reports
Reports from Japan say the government has turned down an offer by the United Nations nuclear agency to send inspectors to a nuclear plant damaged by an earthquake. [MORE]
Industry must cut power use after accident: Japan
Japan says it will tell industry to restrict energy use during peak hours after the closure of the country's biggest nuclear power station due to earthquake damage. [MORE]
Japan quake city orders nuclear plant to stay shut
A Japanese nuclear power plant has been ordered to stay closed until safety was assured after an earthquake caused radiation leaks, prompting the UN nuclear watchdog to say the operator had misjudged the risks. [MORE]
Nuclear radiation risk 'worse than first reported'
The owner of the nuclear power station that was near the epicentre of Monday's earthquake in Japan has admitted more radiation escaped from the plant than was first reported.[MORE]
Japan PM criticises nuclear industry after leak
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has criticised the country's nuclear industry over its response to this week's earthquake.[MORE]
Second leak at Japanese nuclear reactor
The operators of a nuclear reactor that was damaged in yesterday's Japanese earthquake have confirmed there has been another radioactive leak at the power plant. [MORE]
Highly radioactive material stolen in India
Police in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand are hunting for a container packed with highly radioactive material stolen from a research facility, officials say. [MORE]
Nuclear energy panel considers Chernobyl
The Federal Government-appointed panel investigating nuclear power has visited the sites of major overseas nuclear disasters, including Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.[MORE]
Greenpeace urges probe into Swedish nuclear incident
The environmental organisation Greenpeace has called for worldwide testing of nuclear power plants, following the shutdown of Swedish reactors due to an electricity blackout. [MORE]
Beazley's uranium plan a 'slippery slope'
Greenpeace says Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has stepped onto a "slippery slope" with his proposed policy shift on uranium.[MORE]
