Merkel's nuclear U-turn driven by Fukushima disaster
BERLIN: Germany wants to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

The coalition, sensitive to accusations it may increase dependence on highly polluting brown coal, said it planned to cut power use by 10 pe

In a belated acknowledgment of the severity of Japan

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami probably pushed Sony to a $3.2 billion loss in the just-ended fiscal year, the electronics and entertainment giant warned Monday. It was the latest Japanese manufacturer to report a huge financial hit from the disaster.

An electricity pylon in front of a Sony plant in Tagajo, Japan.

Japan will conduct a safety verification exercise before exporting nuclear power equipment. But the move implies

A radiation alarm went off at Tokyo Electric Power

Nuclear inspector Weightman said the causes of the Japan N-accident are far beyond the most extreme events the UK could expect to experience.
Nuclear reactors in May 18: Nuclear reactors in the UK have a strong safety culture and do not need to make immediate safety improvements, the nuclear watchdog said in its interim report on nuke plants in the country on Wednesday.

The assessment by chief

The crumpled cars have reddened with rust, and spring rains and a warming sun have left the ashes and mud hardened into an earthen plate of armor.