Officials at Lithuania's Soviet-era nuclear plant say they have shut down the facility's last reactor. Spokeswoman Rasa Shevaldina says the Chernobyl-type reactor at the Ignalina plant closed on schedule at 11 p.m. local time Thursday. Lithuania agreed to close the plant as part ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twelve of the worst pollution problems in the developing world are being cleaned up, demonstrating that tens of thousands of others also could be improved, according to a report released on Wednesday. The clean-up sites, ranging from Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster area to the polluted streets of Delhi, were in the fourth annual World's Worst ...

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Environmental and health concerns over high-polluting coal plants as well as a critical need for stable power supply could push Balkan countries to welcome nuclear energy. Analysts and officials say that an emphasis on lignite -- the cheapest but dirtiest building block fuel -- is creating concern about the long-term impact of the region's energy strategy and forcing a ...