Russia is studying the possibility to carry out joint activities with Japan on nuclear energy in third countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

No damages have been reported so far on Japan's nuclear power plants after the north of the country got hit by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said

Some parts of Yamagata and Niigata prefectures suffered partial power failure on Tuesday after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, the NHK broadcaster reported citing the Tohoku Electric Power

Calls are not getting through to the city office, police and fire departments in the city of Murakami in Japan's Niigata prefecture, which has seen a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, local media reported on Tuesday

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP), which experienced the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl back in 2011, has transferred the first portion of fuel from one of the damaged reactor's fuel storage pools to a nearby facility

Moscow and Washington have in principle agreed on possible testing of Russian-made accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) at a US nuclear power plant (NPP), Vice-President for Research and Development of Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom's TVEL Fuel Company Alexander Ugryumov said on Monday