The Nuclear Regulation Authority says potentially weak steel components manufactured by a Japanese company have not been used in domestic nuclear facilities, after its French counterpart ordered reactors that used the company's parts to be checked. The NRA determined at a regular meeting Tuesday there ...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority greenlights extending the life of Kepco’s 40-year-old reactor in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture.
Nuclear regulators have decided to gear up the safety assessment of two reactors operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in central Japan, raising the possibility of finishing the process by next March, sources said Tuesday. Reactor Nos. 6 and 7 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa ...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Monday approved an additional 20 years of operation for two aging reactors on the Sea of Japan coast that will become the first such units to be rebooted under new rules introduced after the Fukushima disaster. The atomic regulator green-lighted ...
The National Rifle Association is reaffirming its position that more gun control won't stop extremists or criminals from carrying out attacks. Chief lobbyist Chris Cox says the Florida nightclub massacre — the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history — doesn't change the NRA's opposition ...
A Democratic senator launched a filibuster to force a vote on gun control legislation on Wednesday, three days after 49 people were killed at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said he would ...
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will be meeting with the National Rifle Association to discuss ways to block people on terrorism watch lists or no-fly lists from buying guns as his party scrambles to respond in the aftermath of ...
Donald Trump's gun policies are "not just way out there" but "dangerous" and would make America less safe, Hillary Clinton said Saturday. "This is someone running to be president of the United States of America — a country facing a gun violence epidemic — and ...
Donald Trump on Friday slammed Hillary Clinton as "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership that he said would leave Americans in high-crime areas unable to protect themselves. He also challenged Clinton to follow his lead and release a list of potential Supreme Court ...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority says it will revise laws, nearly double inspection staff and send some inspectors to the United States for training to address insufficiencies cited by International Atomic Energy Agency experts. The NRA announced the plans Monday in response to an IAEA evaluation ...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority will begin providing information every day on the safety of four nuclear plants located around the region recently rocked by earthquakes.
The head of the nuclear regulatory body Wednesday urged Kansai Electric Power Co. to understand the seriousness of a recent incident at one of its reactors, as the case had "a large impact on society" and diminished public trust in the safety of nuclear ...
