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EU Parliament approves new European Commission

Members of the European Parliament vote on the new team of Commissioners at the headquarters of European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Nov. 27, 2024. The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the new team of the European Commission, led by Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, who will serve her second five-year term as president. Lawmakers voted 370 in favor, 282 against, with 36 abstentions, giving the green light to the 27-member executive team. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NRA commissioner nominee vows to make scientific judgments

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Ishiwatari, a Tohoku University professor and geologist, tells reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2014, he thinks it is "natural to make scientific judgments on the basis of data" about whether nuclear reactors are safe to be restarted under the framework of new safety regulations. Ishiwatari is one of the government's nominees to replace two of the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

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U.S. nuclear regulator OKs reactor construction

WASHINGTON, United States - Five commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission attend a hearing at the NRC headquarters in the suburbs of Washington on Feb. 9, 2012. The commission approved the construction of new nuclear reactors for the first time in 34 years, licensing two additional reactors at a plant in Georgia. The decision by a 4-1 vote, with the opposition cast by Chairman Gregory Jaczko (C), authorizes Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., to build and operate the new reactors at Georgia's Vogtle nuclear plant.

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Ex-nuclear regulator Shimazaki warns of underestimated quake hazards

Seismologist Kunihiko Shimazaki, a former nuclear regulator, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 13, 2016. Shimazaki, who was one of the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, said that earthquake hazards may have been underestimated in the safety screening process of the country's reactors, especially those in western Japan, based on the latest scientific knowledge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-nuclear regulator Shimazaki warns of underestimated quake hazards

Seismologist Kunihiko Shimazaki, a former nuclear regulator, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 13, 2016. Shimazaki, who was one of the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, said that earthquake hazards may have been underestimated in the safety screening process of the country's reactors, especially those in western Japan, based on the latest scientific knowledge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. nuclear regulator OKs reactor construction

WASHINGTON, United States - Five commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission attend a hearing at the NRC headquarters in the suburbs of Washington on Feb. 9, 2012. The commission approved the construction of new nuclear reactors for the first time in 34 years, licensing two additional reactors at a plant in Georgia. The decision by a 4-1 vote, with the opposition cast by Chairman Gregory Jaczko (C), authorizes Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., to build and operate the new reactors at Georgia's Vogtle nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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NRA commissioner nominee vows to make scientific judgments

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Ishiwatari, a Tohoku University professor and geologist, tells reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2014, he thinks it is "natural to make scientific judgments on the basis of data" about whether nuclear reactors are safe to be restarted under the framework of new safety regulations. Ishiwatari is one of the government's nominees to replace two of the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo)