Follow our comprehensive coverage of events in Japan. From the earthquake and resulting tsunami to the potential nuclear meltdown and economic difficulties that lie ahead, euronews provides news updates, background analysis and testimonies from people on the ground.
European nuclear power plants undergo stress tests Could European nuclear power plants withstand an extreme natural disaster or would they be as susceptible as Japan’s Fukushima, which suffered a meltdown of… 04/10/2012
Fitch goes negative on Japan credit rating Fitch has joined the other two ratings agencies – Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s – in cutting its outlook on Japan’s sovereign debt to negative from… 27/05/2011
EU agrees ‘stress tests’ for nuclear reactors After months of wrangling the EU has struck a deal on so-called ‘‘stress tests’‘ for the continent’s nuclear power plants. The bloc’s 27 separate atomic… 25/05/2011
Nuclear Power: Italy a unique case The Fukushima disaster in Japan in March threw the spotlight on Europe’s nuclear power plants. While the EU Commission and the bloc’s 27 member states… 12/05/2011
Chernobyl needs costly new dome An extra 110 million euro donation for Chernobyl, to build a new containment structure… The promise from the European Union coincides with the opening this… 18/04/2011
Nuke test on Japanese ship The first ship to leave Japan since the Fukushima nuclear crisis has arrived at Europe’s biggest port Rotterdam. The ‘Carsten Maersk’ container vessel… 14/04/2011
Europe sounding nuclear alarm bells Japan’s nuclear disaster has spurred political movement in Europe. Industry experts and energy ministers have held safety talks in Brussels, convened by … 15/03/2011
