A government-commissioned panel of experts on Wednesday largely supported Japan's new energy policy for the next few years ...

Uranium was found in one of the three meltdown-hit reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 ...

Nuclear power is forecast to be the cheapest baseload electricity source in Japan in 2040 ... constructing and operating a new nuclear power plant for 2040 is estimated at 12.5 yen ($0.08 ...

The draft policy states that nuclear power should meet nearly 20 per cent of Japan’s energy needs by ... also recommends replacing decommissioned plants with advanced reactors and calls for ...

Many areas in Nagaoka are within 30 kilometers of the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings nuclear plant. Officials from the ministry explained plans to allow the restart of reactors whose safety ...

Thermal power usage, particularly from inefficient coal-fired power plants, is set to decrease ... the 2030 target of between 36% and 38%. Japan's 2040 nuclear power target is in line with the ...

Grist sat down with environmental journalist Marco Visscher to talk about his new book on the rise, fall, and return of ...

BEIJING (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with top Chinese leaders Wednesday during his visit to Beijing, ...

The cost of constructing and operating a new nuclear power plant for 2040 is estimated at ... nuclear is cheaper than solar in some scenarios. Japan is currently in the process of revising its ...

FILE - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, is seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, northeastern Japan ...

(Bloomberg) — Nuclear power is forecast to be the cheapest baseload electricity source in Japan in 2040, highlighting the government’s desire to restart the nation’s idled reactors. The cost of ...