Category: nuclear plant

Russia Takes Control of Ukraine’s Nuclear Plant; Boston Bomber’s Death Sentence Reinstated | NTD Evening News

Russia has taken control of a Ukrainian nuclear plant. Ukraine and NATO accused Russia of shelling the plant, which the invading military has denied doing. The plant’s radiation levels remain normal. In the United States, the Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence of the Boston Marathon bomber.


In Altered Photo from Public TV Network, Nuclear Plant Appears to Issue Black Smoke Instead of Water Vapor

ZDF, one of Germany’s public television networks, has released and deleted a modified photograph of a nuclear plant in a Facebook post, sparking mockery and outrage at a time of intense debate over the low-emission power source’s future during a worldwide push for decarbonization. Like the BBC in the United Kingdom, ZDF is funded in…


Germany Shuts Down Half of Its 6 Remaining Nuclear Plants

BERLIN—Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation. The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the lifetime of Germany’s…