Green News Radioactive soil and red trees: Why is Chernobyl’s forest so deadly? After five weeks of occupation, Russian troops retreated from Chernobyl suffering from radiation poisoning. What happened? 07/04/2022
Green News Nuclear experts ‘gravely’ concerned about safety of Ukraine's reactors Time is running out for an agreement on how to maintain nuclear facilities in Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency says. 24/03/2022
Climate Gas and nuclear labelled 'green' by the EU. But how will it affect us? The controversial change to the EU's list of sustainable energies has been branded a ‘robbery’ by Greenpeace. 02/02/2022
Europe Decoded Why is the EU's green label for nuclear and gas so controversial? The bloc's taxonomy classification system for sustainable financing is being called into question over fears of greenwashing. 01/02/2022
Sweden Sweden's spy agency probes drones over 3 nuclear plants Sweden's domestic security agency will investigate drones that were seen hovering over or near three nuclear power plants. 17/01/2022
Germany Germany shuts down three of its six nuclear power plants However, the full phase-out will not be over for a long time, as the post-operational phase and the gradual dismantling of the plants, under the responsibility of operators, is expected to take many more years. 31/12/2021
Belgium Belgium to shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 Progressively phasing out nuclear power has been enshrined in Belgian law since 2003. 23/12/2021
France France vows to build new nuclear reactors to meet climate goals France already has 56 operational reactors and derives about 70% of its electricity from nuclear energy. 10/11/2021
Nature Chernobyl: Why the nuclear disaster was an environmental success The 1986 disaster has unexpectedly created Europe's largest nature reserve. 07/05/2021
Iran Iran blames Israel for nuclear site sabotage and vows revenge Israel has not directly claimed responsibility for the incident but Israeli media reported the cyberattack was orchestrated by the country. 11/04/2021
Belarus MEPs raise safety concerns over a new nuclear plant in Belarus Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, which built the plant, has rejected claims the Astravets facility is unsafe, saying the design conforms to the highest international standards. 11/02/2021
Finland 'Serious' incident at Finnish nuclear power plant under control The Finnish nuclear safety authority says there is no danger to humans or the environment after a "serious" incident occurred at a nuclear power station in Finland. 10/12/2020
Green News How is nuclear fusion part of the UK’s ‘green industrial revolution’? Achieving this long sought after source of energy would be a big step. 03/12/2020
Belarus Belarus opens first nuclear power plant amid criticism from Lithuania Lithuanian officials say the Astravyets plant, which is close to its own capital city, has been plagued by accidents and mistreatment of workers 07/11/2020
Good Morning Europe Belarus' first nuclear power plant launches despite Baltic unease It lies just 20km from Lithuania and the European Union. 05/11/2020
Good Morning Europe Germany’s search for permanent nuclear waste sites Germany has published a list of 90 potential nuclear waste repository sites 29/09/2020
France France completes shutdown of oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim The closure of the plant on the border with Germany is part of a policy shift to reduce France's dependence on nuclear power. 30/06/2020
Poland Poland's bid for nuclear power It is known that Poland will not abandon coal completely. It is also known that renewable energy is not able to meet the needs of the Polish economy. So the Polish energy strategy is to provide for the construction of a civil energy nuclear sector. 23/03/2020
Germany Germany's nuclear power regions fear for the future when plants close Whilst the German government has pledged 40 billion euros to help coal regions as mines close, those living and working in nuclear power are not seeing the same support. . 23/03/2020
France France expands nuclear security cordon, gives out more iodine tablets The radius for free iodine tablets was previously ten kilometres. 17/09/2019
Ukraine New structure built to contain famous Chernobyl reactor almost ready After Reactor No 4 exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, the surrounding area became extremely contaminated. It has taken nine years to complete a structure to contain the radioactive material. 04/07/2019
Russia 'World's first' floating nuclear plant completes testing in Russia Russia has said it is ready to commission the "world's only" floating nuclear power plant after running a series of successful tests. 26/04/2019
