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EuroVerify

False map shows Germany surrounded by nuclear power plants

Some of Germany's neighbours do have operable nuclear plants, but they don't line the borders as the map suggests.

30/12/2024

Green News

France plans to turns radioactive waste into forks and pans

Sweden and Germany already have novel ways of recycling materials once a nuclear plant has closed.

13/10/2024

Ukraine

UN warns of 'very fragile' conditions at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant

The comments from UN nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi follow fresh attacks near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine.

04/09/2024

Europe News

Germany’s former Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant demolished

Construction of the Grafenrheinfeld NPP in the southern state of Bavaria began in 1975 with the plant beginning commercial operations in 1982. It was Germany's oldest nuclear power plant but was closed in 2015 as part of the government's policy to transition away from nuclear power.

17/08/2024

Green News

Member states beef up safety rules amid growing nuclear power market

EU countries agreed on new nuclear safeguards which will see a greater level of inspections on facilities and the use of nuclear materials, despite a call from environmentalists to stop financing atomic power.

19/06/2024

Ukraine

'Dangerous': Kremlin blasts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant attack

Attacks on the Ukrainian nuclear power plant have significantly increased the risk of an accident, warned the International Atomic Energy Agency.

08/04/2024

Green News

Fukushima: Japan greenlights water release from the nuclear plant

The government says that releasing this water is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency, UN's watchdog, has also approved the project.

22/08/2023

Europe Decoded

Nuclear-made hydrogen sets the stage for the next EU fight

Member states are split on whether nuclear-made hydrogen should count towards the European Union's renewable energy goals.

28/03/2023

Living

Why are locals worried about Fukushima wastewater?

Nearly 12 years ago, a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear catastrophe at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. Now, the plant operator wants to release 1.3 million tonnes of wastewater into the sea.

20/02/2023

Europe News

Germany to keep 2 nuclear plants on standby in case of energy shortage

Germany will two nuclear power plants online in case of an energy shortage despite its previous plan to phase out the energy source.

06/09/2022

Green News

World's nuclear power capacity must double by 2050, say energy experts

Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 would give the world a chance of capping temperature rises at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

30/06/2022

Ukraine

Chernobyl staff 'exhausted mentally and physically': energy minister

It's "a big pressure to operate the station under occupation," Ukraine's energy minister told Euronews.

08/04/2022

Green News

Chernobyl forest fires releasing radioactive pollution, officials warn

Ukrainian officials say the fires were started by Russian shelling in the region.

28/03/2022

Tech News

How dangerous was Russia's nuclear plant strike?

Russia's latest attack on a nuclear site in Ukraine sparks alarm in Europe, with fears that the cooling systems at the Zaporizhzhia power plant could be at risk.

04/03/2022

No Comment

Ukrainians braced near biggest Europe nuclear plant

Video footage shared by Enerhodar's City Council showed people en masse standing on the street and blocking the entrance to the city.

03/03/2022

Japan

Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in two years

Some scientists warn the long-term impact on marine life is unknown and the fishing community has voiced strong objections.

13/04/2021

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

Ukraine

Ukraine: Forest fires in Chernobyl zone 'under control', officials say

Massive fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have been contained, Ukraine authorities say, after activists claimed they were dangerously close to the nuclear plant.

14/04/2020

Ukraine

Forest fires in Chernobyl exclusion zone bring hike in radiation

Inspectors said radiation levels were substantially higher than normal as two fires blazed in the largely unpopulated exclusion zone around the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster.

06/04/2020

France

France's oldest nuclear plant Fessenheim turns off one reactor

France has begun reducing its reliance on nuclear energy by closing a reactor at its oldest plant Fessenheim

22/02/2020