No alternatives for nuclear power by 2050: Deputy PM
August 07, 2011 | 12:00
There will be not be any energy sources which could be used to replace nuclear power in Vietnam by the year 2050, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.
Japan to 'stress test' all nuclear reactors
July 06, 2011 | 16:47
Japan said Wednesday it will run "stress tests" on all its nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi atomic accident sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Japan to help TEPCO pay nuclear victims
May 13, 2011 | 21:03
Japan launched a rescue plan Friday to help nuclear plant owner TEPCO foot the bill for the Fukushima disaster, and started the shutdown of another atomic plant to prevent a similar calamity.
Blasts, new fire escalate Japan's nuclear crisis
March 16, 2011 | 11:00
Japanese crews battled Wednesday to avert a nuclear disaster and said they may pour water from helicopters to stop fuel rods from being exposed to the air and releasing even more radioactivity.
Areva drops 9 per cent on market amid Japan nuclear fears
March 14, 2011 | 17:08
French nuclear group Areva dropped 9.5 per cent Monday as European stock markets reacted to growing fears over nuclear power owing to problems with reactors in quake-hit Japan.
Nuclear projects all set to gather pace
March 14, 2011 | 10:00
Electricity of Vietnam is pushing its nuclear power projects ahead after choosing its foreign dance partners.
Powering up Ninh Thuan plans
March 10, 2011 | 14:30
Intensive preparations were in the pipeline for construction on the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant to start in 2014, said Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN) head of the nuclear power preparation committee Phan Minh Tuan.
Vietnam, Japan boost energy cooperation
March 02, 2011 | 10:28
Vietnamese and Japanese officials discussed a wide range of issues regarding energy cooperation at a meeting held by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (MEIT) in Tokyo on March 1.
Nuclear power requires public support
February 24, 2011 | 15:37
Interest in public opinion is a key and essential part to the success of any nuclear power programme in Vietnam, specialists from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have said.
Oil giant Saudi Arabia looks to alternative energy
January 25, 2011 | 09:45
With vast oil reserves that are far from exhausted, Saudi Arabia, facing rising domestic energy demand that could cut into its oil exports, has decided to explore nuclear and renewable energy, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Monday.
Japan is firmly behind glowing nuclear dream
December 29, 2010 | 13:01
In a clear statement of its support, Japan is arranging funds to support the development of Vietnam’s second nuclear power project.
Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany
November 07, 2010 | 14:03
A train carrying what activists claim is "the most radioactive ever" cargo of nuclear waste ran the gauntlet of hundreds of protesters Saturday as it crossed the Rhine from France to Germany.
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