The Science and Technology Agency on Wednesday decided to establish a committee of experts to examine the extent to which residents living near JCO Co.'s uranium-processing facility

The Canada-built reactor which is at the centre of the latest nuclear scare in South KOrea has long been the subject of controversy, with environmentalist groups saying it is unsafe. Besides South

Solar and wind power would be worth the money to develop if governments, oil companies and utilities really got behind them, speakers told a Greenpeace business conference yesterday.

Twenty two-workers were exposed to radiation at a South Korean plant from a leak of heavy water during maintenance on the plant's water colling

The Government announced an unprecedented 40 per cent hike in diesel prices. The new prices which come into effect from midnight are expected to partially neutralise the 60 per cent increase in

Hundreds of people inhabiting areas close to oilfields in Assam are being exposed to serious halth hazards with the country's two largest exploration companies discharging toxic effluents from

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is understood to have cleared the 513-MW Kannur power project being promoted by K.P.P. Nambiar and Associates

The owner of the uranium processing plant at the centre of Japan's worst radiation accident in history pledged Tuesday to pay compensation for the mishap, which exposed dozens of people to radiation

For sale: some of the world's biggest nuclear reactors, in Canada's most populous province, to an experienced owner willing to learn new skills. Ontario Power Generation, a spin-off

Lithuania's parliament yesterday approved a plan that set 2005 as the deadline to close the first unit of the Chernobyl-style Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, as long the West helps