TOKYO (AP) - Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen... [Full Article]
SASI-RI, North Korea (AP) - The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity - not of fighting, but of farming. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SASI-RI, North Korea (AP) - The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity - not of fighting, but of farming. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Toshiba Corp and SunEdison, a unit of U.S.-based MEMC Electronic Materials Inc, have agreed to build solar power plants in Japan, the Nikkei said. SunEdison will sell the power generated at these plants, the paper said. Toshiba expects 27... [Full Article]
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital say they have successfully "grown" a kidney in a laboratory environment and transplanted it back into a healthy animal, raising the tantalizing possibility of a future with organs grown in lab di... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - A rat causing a power outage by short-circuiting a temporary switchboard. Another blackout occurring as workers install anti-rat nets. Holes in the linings of huge underground tanks leaking radioactive water. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - EDF Energy took offline its 640 megawatt Torness 2 nuclear reactor in Scotland following an unplanned outage, the operator said on Tuesday. "Torness reactor 2 was manually shut down at 18.54 on March 26 for an unplanned outage... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - Cooling systems have been restored for four fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, more than a day after a power outage halted the supply of fresh cooling water and raised concerns about the facility, which sti... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - Power has been restored to two fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, but two others are still without fresh cooling water after nearly 20 hours, raising concerns about the fragility of a facility that still ru... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - Four fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant have been without fresh cooling water for more than 15 hours due to a power outage, but the plant's operator said Tuesday morning it was trying to repair a broken... [Full Article]