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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    LexUtilities
    Japanese power: utility companies struggle to cover rising input costs Premium content

    More attention should be paid to continuing disaster-related expenses

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan tells business and public to save power to avert Tokyo blackout

    Energy crunch in the capital and surrounding areas will revive debate on restarting nuclear reactors

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Russia’s gas squeeze: a moment of truth for Europe

    EU countries are turning back to coal but they should be speeding up the transition to renewables

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    IEA chief warns Europe to prepare for total shutdown of Russian gas exports

    Fatih Birol says governments should keep ageing nuclear plants open and take other contingency measures

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK energy
    Ministers under fire for ‘last minute’ attempt to bolster Britain’s winter energy supplies

    Criticism follows news of EDF plant’s closure and risk of Russia halting gas shipments to Europe

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    Inside BusinessRichard Milne
    The project that marks a blemish in Finland’s dealings with Russia

    Critics say the now abandoned Fennovoima nuclear plant stands as a symbol of hubris over handling Moscow

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    EDF rules out extension of nuclear plant to secure UK winter supplies

    Britain’s plea to delay closure comes too late as ministers consider emergency measures to prevent blackouts due to Ukraine war

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    Power plant shutdowns hinder France’s ‘nuclear adventure’

    Corrosion in ageing reactors hits output just as president revives atomic energy programme

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK energy
    UK must ‘come clean’ on cost of nuclear to consumers, says infrastructure chief

    John Armitt urges transparency from government on energy bills impact

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Hinkley Point C costs set to soar by another £3bn, warns EDF

    Nuclear power plant now expected to total £25bn-£26bn with further delays anticipated

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    EU energy
    Brussels to help EU countries end reliance on Russian nuclear fuel

    European Commission will assist in speeding up the process of licensing alternatives

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Interview
    Ukraine war is ‘best opportunity’ for nuclear comeback since Fukushima, industry says

    Domestically generated power is geopolitically safer than gas imports, according to Japan’s largest reactor maker

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Finnish group abandons plans for Russia-backed nuclear power plant

    Contract with Rosatom terminated as war in Ukraine deals final blow to controversial energy project

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Atoms and Ashes — Serhii Plokhy on nuclear promise and perils

    A timely and enthralling study focuses on six cases of atomic energy disasters, including Chernobyl, Fukushima and Three Mile Island

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    4 min
    Making the heart of a star power the world | FT Rethink

    Generating a nuclear fusion reaction efficiently has proved impossible but, as Anjana Ahuja explains, we’ve recently seen some impressive breakthroughs

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Explainer
    Why Germany is resisting calls to ease energy crunch by restarting nuclear power

    Political, legal and logistical obstacles are in the way of plugging supply gap caused by war in Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    Lex
    Rolls-Royce/nuclear power: mini-nukes could close the generation gap Premium content

    Fans of small modular reactors say they are cheap and quick to build, but they also come with challenges

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    South Korea
    South Korea signals nuclear fuel U-turn as global energy crisis looms

    Incoming administration cites rising greenhouse gas emissions and Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    E.ON SE
    Eon rules out German nuclear power plant extension

    ‘No future’ for atomic power within country despite looming gas crisis, says chief executive

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    UK start-up achieves ‘projectile fusion’ breakthrough

    First Light Fusion successfully combines atomic nuclei as it targets net energy gain

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
    Leo Lewis
    Japan dodges the nuclear question as it struggles to keep the lights on

    This month’s power blackout scare could influence public and political opinion on restarting the reactors

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    UK energy
    UK nuclear task force proposed to fast track building power plants

    Kwasi Kwarteng wants delivery body to help meet target for reactors to provide a quarter of electricity generation by 2050

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Lex
    UK nuclear energy: small reactors could power a generational shift Premium content

    Cutting build time is crucial and SMRs can at least offer economies of volume, if not scale

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    UK energy
    Johnson in ‘gung-ho’ push for more UK nuclear power

    New strategy set to be unveiled could include six big new stations being built between 2030 and 2050

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    EU seeks to boost stockpile of iodine pills and nuclear protective gear

    The war in Ukraine has prompted Brussels to speed up plans to improve bloc’s response in case of a nuclear incident

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