Nuclear

Third blast and fires at Fukushima prompt China's State Council to suspend approval for new plants until improved safety rules are in place

Shares in renewable energy sources rocket as public and investors recoil from nuclear

Merkel confirms seven nuclear power plants will shut for at least three months

UK nuclear developers counsel caution as experts remain at odds over whether disaster will herald global slow-down in nuclear build plans

Fears over Japan nuclear plant crisis and German decision to suspend deal extending life of reactors drives up price of EU carbon credits

Chris Huhne says UK must learn lessons from blast at earthquake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant

Charles Hendry: "By 2025, 70 per cent of our existing nuclear workforce will have retired"

Greenpeace fears 'yet another subsidy for new nuclear' as details emerge of proposal by French group Areva to build new plant at Sellafield

New nuclear plants set to move forward when National Policy Statement consultation ends tonight