As nuclear fears rise around the world, Robin McKiere visits the scene of Ukraine's 1986 explosion.

Scott Technology has bought a controlling stake in a local electromagnet maker and said it is looking at a rights issue to help fund the deal.

The Government says Petrobras is following DOC guidelines to minimise the disturbance to marine mammals while it looks for oil off the East Cape.

Tsunami has swamped one energy trend but the sea is ushering in another.

My anti-nuclear friends are having a field day debunking my myopic view that a modest nuclear power plant would sensibly take care of New Zealand's energy needs for the next 100 years.

Equities on Wall St slid again overnight, as Japan's nuclear crisis showed no signs of abating and analysts tallied up the potential economic costs of the devastation.